Scuffles as celebrated lawyer goes on trial in China
Al Jazeera News :One of China’s most celebrated human rights lawyers went on trial over online comments critical of the ruling Communist Party, as police...
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Yemen’s warring sides agree to ceasefire ahead of talks
Al Jazeera News :A seven-day ceasefire in Yemen is to start on Monday, a day before UN-sponsored peace talks in Switzerland, officials on both sides...
From icon to politician: As Myanmar changes, so does Suu Kyi
Reuters, Naypyitaw :When Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi spoke warmly on a recent radio show about a critical meeting that followed her landslide election victory,...
With eye on Islamic State, Western powers push Libyans to accord
Reuters, Rome :The United States and Italy on Sunday led an international diplomatic push to get Libya’s warring factions to sign a deal to form...
Fire at Russian mental health clinic in Voronezh region kills 23
Reuters, Moscow :A fire swept through a psychiatric clinic in a village in the Voronezh region south of Moscow late on Saturday killing 23 people,...
Bodies on the streets as violence rocks Burundi
Al Jazeera News :At least 87 people were found dead in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura on Saturday, a day after the government said an unidentified group...
Anger in Baghdad over Turkish troops in Iraq
Al Jazeera News :A mass demonstration was held in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, as tensions escalated between Iraq and Turkey over the deployment of Turkish...
Kuwait court upholds one death sentence in mosque bombing
Reuters, Kuwait :A Kuwaiti appeals court upheld one death sentence and overturned another in the case of an Islamist suicide bombing at a mosque in...
Deadly bombing hits Pakistan marketplace
Al Jazeera News :At least 15 people were killed and 50 wounded when a bomb ripped through a crowded bazaar in a mainly Shia area...
China navy carries out more drills in disputed South China Sea
Reuters, Beijing :China’s navy has in recent days carried out more exercises in the disputed South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday, calling...
Irish citizen on hunger strike in Egypt prison
Al Jazeera News :“I write with a ticking clock closer to my death. For the past two years and three months I have been imprisoned...
Three astronauts make successful night landing on Earthhas been orbiting the Earth at roughly 28,000 kilometres per hour since 1998. Space travel has been one of the few ar
AFP, Almaty :Three astronauts, from the United States, Russia and Japan, on Friday successfully completed a rare nighttime landing on Earth in the wintry Kazakh...