North Korea’s Kim Jong Un receives car as gift from Putin
Reuters : North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received a car from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as a gift “for his personal use”, official media reported on Tuesday, in what could be a...
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Julian Assange case raises press freedom fears
Deutsche Welle : A grand total of 1,776 days: That’s how long Julian Assange will have been detained in Britain’s maximum-security Belmarsh Prison by Tuesday, when he faces what could be the final hearing...
Three killed in Minnesota shooting
BBC Online : Minnesota police say two officers and a paramedic have been killed in a shooting at a family home. The gunman, who was barricaded inside his Burnsville home with seven children, opened...
Imran Khan-backed candidates to join Sunni party
Reuters : Independent candidates backed by Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister that won seats in inconclusive elections over 10 days ago will join the minority Sunni Ittehad Council Political Party to form a government,...
64 dead in Papua New Guinea tribal violence
AFP : Dozens of bloodied bodies have been found along a remote stretch of road in Papua New Guinea’s highlands, police said on Monday, a gruesome escalation of long-running violence between warring clans Police...
25 killed in Afghanistan landslide
AFP : A landslide caused by heavy snowfall has killed 25 people and injured eight others in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan, a disaster management ministry spokesman said on Monday. Earth, snow and...
Gaza’s Nasser Hospital ‘completely out of service’ as Israeli attacks mount
Al Jazeera : Ground and air assaults by the Israeli forces have now rendered Gaza’s second-largest hospital nonoperational. The besieged enclave’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday said the...
Boos and cheers as Trump launches $399 sneakers line day after $355m fine
Al Jazeera : Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump has made an unusual stop a day after a judge ordered him to pay nearly $355m in penalties for lying about his wealth...
Navalny’s ‘killers’ refusing to hand over body
AFP : Alexei Navalny’s supporters on Saturday accused Russian authorities of being “killers” who were “covering their tracks” by refusing to hand over his body, as the Kremlin stayed silent despite Western accusations and...
Navalny’s supporters’ grief after his death
BBC : In its 45-minute Friday night news bulletin, Russian TV devoted 28 seconds to the news about Alexei Navalny. His death was announced almost in passing. Just 28 seconds for the man who’d...
Senegal election: Opposition supporters march in Dakar
BBC : Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, demanding swift presidential elections. It comes after the country’s top court blocked President Macky Sall’s attempt to postpone the election, originally scheduled for...
Cameron raises Red Sea issues with Chinese counterpart
Reuters : British Foreign Minister David Cameron met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, the UK Foreign Office said in a statement. Cameron told his counterpart that China...