Deadly daylight raid deep into Gaza frees Israeli captives
BBC : Four hostages kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival during the 7 October attacks have been rescued in a daylight raid deep...
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Vietnam arrests prominent journalist over Facebook posts
AFP : Authorities in Vietnam have arrested a leading independent journalist for “abusing democratic freedoms” to undermine the state by posting articles on Facebook, police...
Pak PM Chinese premier resolve to protect CPEC
Dawn : Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday met Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, where they resolved to protect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)...
WHO waits on data after fatal first human H5N2 bird flu case
Reuters : The WHO said Thursday it was awaiting the full genetic sequence data after a man died of bird flu in Mexico in the...
UN chief condemns Myanmar military attacks on civilians
AFP : UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Thursday recent attacks by Myanmar’s military that reportedly killed scores of civilians in western Rakhine state. The...
Sudan could soon have 10m internally displaced people: UN
Reuters : The number of people internally displaced in Sudan due to conflict could soon exceed 10 million, the United Nations migration agency said on...
Widow of Beau Biden testifies about seeing revolver in Hunter Biden’s truck
Al Jazeera : Hunter Biden’s widowed sister-in-law has testified that she found his gun and threw it away out of fear of his spiralling drug...
Sunak apologises for leaving D-Day event early for TV interview
Al Jazeera : British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologised for leaving international D-Day commemorations in France early so he could do a television interview...
Unity government is S Africa’s best option
BBC Online : South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) will invite other political parties to form a government of national unity, its leader President Cyril...
Trial over thwarted ‘coup’ bid opens in DR Congo
AFP : Around 50 people including several Americans are due to go on trial on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo over what the...
World leaders, veterans mark D-Day’s 80th anniversary
Al Jazeera : Veterans and world leaders have gathered in Normandy, France, to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, when...
Russia could deploy missiles in striking distance of the West: Putin
Reuters : Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he could deploy conventional missiles within striking distance of the United States and its European allies...