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Pentagon assigns another $1.5 b for border wallAFP, Washington The Pentagon said Friday it was diverting another $1.5 billion for new barriers to stop illegal...
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Taliban fighters double as reporters to wage Afghan digital war
Reuters, Kabul :Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s chief spokesman and editor-in-chief of the insurgent group’s daily news bulletin, starts every day by collecting reports of overnight...
Thousands of mothers of disappeared march across Mexico
AP, Mexico City :Thousands of mothers of disappeared Mexicans marched in cities across the country to mark Mexico’s Mother’s Day and demand authorities find their...
Aid groups suspended aid to Syria’s embattled northwest
AFP, Beirut :UN-linked aid groups have suspended activities in parts of violence-plagued northwest Syria, where stepped up bombardment by the regime and Russia is jeopardising...
70 countries urge North Korea to scrap nuclear, ballistic weapons
AFP, United Nations :Seventy countries urged North Korea on Friday to scrap its nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and related programs, decrying the “undiminished threat” posed...
US House passes $19b disaster aid bill despite Trump opposition
AP, Washington :The House on Friday passed a $19 billion disaster aid bill that would deliver long-sought relief to farmers, victims of hurricanes and floods,...
In Bhutan, the Prime Minister is a doctor every Saturday
AFP, Thimphu :It’s Saturday in Bhutan and Lotay Tshering has just completed urinary bladder repair surgery on a patient at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National...
Muslims afraid, resentful as ethnic rift deepens in Sri Lanka
Reuters, Rathmalyaya : N.K. Masliya says she has been visiting a neighborhood clinic in the northwestern Sri Lankan village of Rathmalyaya for over five years, always...
Guaido blasts Maduro over opposition crackdown
AFP, Caracas :Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido accused President Nicolas Maduro’s regime on Thursday of “dismantling” parliament after three lawmakers sought diplomatic refuge while another...
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Brazil President’s decree allows millions of Brazilians to carry gunsAFP, Rio de Janeiro Truckers, lawyers and politicians are among millions of Brazilians eligible to carry...
India, China seen as Europe’s last hope to save Iran deal
Reuters, Brussels :The European Union will defend the Iran nuclear accord despite Tehran’s decision to backtrack on its commitments in response to U.S. sanctions, diplomats...
Singapore reports first case of rare monkeypox virus
AFP, Singapore :Singapore has reported its first ever case of monkeypox, brought in by a Nigerian man thought to have contracted the rare virus by...