Ex-German president died at 81
Agency : Horst Koehler, former German president from 2004 to 2010 and a respected global policymaker with a particular interest in Africa, died on Saturday...
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US egg shortage Biden’s fault
Al Jazeera : President Donald Trump promised to lower prices for groceries, including eggs. But one crack in his plan is that egg prices haven’t...
Japan’s elderly prefer jail to peace
CNN : The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers...
UN demands evacuation of 2,500 Gaza children at ‘imminent risk’ of death
Reuters : United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday demanded that 2,500 children be immediately evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment after meeting with US...
Chad leader welcomes ‘complete’ departure of French forces
AFP, N’djamena : President MahamatIdrissDeby on Friday welcomed the “definitive and complete departure” of French forces from Chad which marks the end of France’s last...
Investigators recover plane black boxes from Washington air collision
AFP, Washington : Investigators on Thursday recovered the black boxes from a passenger plane whose mid-air collision with a military helicopter over Washington’s Potomac river...
Pakistan sacks, blacklists dozens of officials after Mediterranean deaths
Al Jazeera, Islamabad, Pakistan : When Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif removed Ahmed Ishaq Jahangir from his position as the chief of the country’s Federal...
Syria’s new leader pledges ‘national dialogue conference
AFP, Damascus : Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, promised Thursday to hold a “national dialogue conference” in his first address to the nation since the...
Myanmar military extends state of emergency for another six months
Al Jazeera : Myanmar’s military has extended its state of emergency for another six months as it struggles to maintain its increasingly fragile grip on...
Afghanistan food crisis deepens
Reuters : The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after...
Pakistan outlaws disinfo with 3-yr jail term
AFP : Pakistan criminalised online disinformation on Tuesday, passing legislation that enshrines punishments of up to three years in prison, a decision journalists say is...
Iran’s foreign minister meets Taliban in Kabul
AP : Top Taliban officials met Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday to discuss tensions along their shared border, the treatment of Afghan refugees in Iran...