Israel bombards schools, homes in Gaza
Al Jazeera : Israel is still attacking homes and schools across the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several people just one day after dozens were...
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Xi not expected to attend Trump inauguration
BBC : Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to attend the US presidential inauguration in January despite an invitation from Donald Trump, according to two...
Iran confirms increase in IAEA nuclear inspections
AFP : Iran confirmed Saturday that it has allowed watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to increase the number of inspections it carries out...
2 detained after bomb kills 3 Thai festival
AFP : Authorities in Thailand have arrested two men following a bomb blast at a festival near the border with Myanmar that killed three people...
The Arctic island with 20 people, 1m birds
BBC : Set some 40km off Iceland’s northern coast, this windswept sliver is home to one of Europe’s most remote settlements and a thriving seabird...
US starts relocating Marines from Japan’s Okinawa
AFP : The United States has begun relocating thousands of Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa, Tokyo and Washington said Saturday, after decades of...
‘Crown of Thorns’ returns to Notre Dame Cathedral
Agency : An ancient relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s “Crown of Thorns” is returning to Notre Dame, five years after it was...
The Arctic island with 20 people, 1m birds
BBC : Set some 40km off Iceland’s northern coast, this windswept sliver is home to one of Europe’s most remote settlements and a thriving seabird...
Indonesian President steers strategic middle path
Al Jazeera : When Prabowo Subianto was sworn in as Indonesia’s eighth president in October, an immediate question was what the appointment of the once-feared...
Indian Muslims grapple with loss amid home demolitions
News Desk : Shahid Malik is fighting for a home that no longer exists. For the past two years, Malik, an accountant by trade, has...
About 1.1m newly displaced in Syria since toppled Assad
The Guardian : About 1.1 million people have been displaced since Syrian rebels launched the offensive that ousted former president Bashar al-Assad, the UN’s humanitarian...