Israel-Hamas war rages in besieged Gaza
AFP : The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began on Monday in Gaza with no truce in sight, as fighting rages between Israeli forces and...
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Kate says sorry for edited photograph
Reuters : Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, issued an apology on social media on Monday for “any confusion” caused by an edited photograph which was...
19 killed in Indonesia flash floods
Al Jazeera : Flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island have left at least 19 people dead and seven others missing, officials have...
Portugal’s general elections amid populist surge
Al Jazeera : Voting is under way in Portugal’s snap parliamentary elections as the two moderate blocs, the centre left and the centre right, are...
US prepared ‘rigorously’ for potential Russian nuclear strike in Ukraine in late 2022, officials say
CNN : The US began “preparing rigorously” for Russia potentially striking Ukraine with a nuclear weapon, in what would have been the first nuclear attack...
Iran condemns UN experts’ report on protest crackdown as ‘false’, ‘biased’
Al jazeera : Iran has condemned a report by United Nations experts who concluded the Islamic republic’s violent crackdown in 2022 on peaceful protests and...
US ‘prepper’ culture diversifies amid fear of disaster and political unrest
Reuters : Brook Morgan surveyed booths at the “Survival & Prepper Show” in Colorado that were stocked with boxes of ammunition, mounds of trauma medical...
Afghanistan’s singing sisters defying the Taliban from under a burka
BBC : As the world was watching the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, two sisters in Kabul were among millions of women in...
Israel hits landmark residential tower in Rafah as Gaza truce talks stall
Al jazeera : Israeli forces have struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, residents said, stepping up pressure...
Biden takes on Trump in fiery State of the Union speech
Reuters : President Joe Biden on Thursday laid out his case for re-election in a fiery State of the Union speech that accused Donald Trump...
Sunak’s mother-in-law appointed to Indian parliament
AFP : The mother-in-law of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was appointed today (8 March) to serve in India’s parliament, capping a career working for...
North Korea conducts artillery firing drills
AP : North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised artillery firing drills aimed at boosting combat readiness, state media reported Friday, days after his country...