Ex-king voices concern over state of Nepal after protests
AFP : Nepal’s former king Gyanendra Shah has expressed concern over the state of the country four months after a youth-led uprising toppled the...
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Venezuela says in talks with US to restore diplomatic ties
AFP : Venezuela said Friday it had launched talks with the United States on restoring diplomatic ties, days after US forces deposed Nicolas Maduro as...
Syrian army says controls Aleppo district
AFP : Syria’s army said it had completed a “security sweep” on Saturday of a neighbourhood in Aleppo where it clashed with Kurdish forces, who...
UNSC plans emergency meeting on Ukraine
AFP : The UN Security Council will meet Monday to discuss Ukraine, after Russia launched strikes on capital Kyiv causing heating outages in the middle...
Storm Goretti: 100,000 homes in France without power
AFP : A man was killed after a tree fell on a caravan in England after record winds brought by Storm Goretti, as 100,000 homes...
Fresh rallies in Iran: Son of Shah calls for city centres to be seized
AFP : Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic republic, as the son of the ousted shah urged protesters...
Neighbours in Minneapolis protect each other from US immigration police
AFP : When Jennifer Arnold learned one of her neighbors in the midwestern city of Minneapolis had been arrested by immigration authorities late last year,...
US oil pledged $100b for Venezuela ahead of meeting: Trump
AFP : US President Donald Trump said Friday the world’s biggest oil companies pledged to invest $100 billion to revive Venezuela’s oil sector as he...
Europe to do ‘everything it can’ to support Syria: EU chief
AFP : European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Europe would do everything possible to assist Syria’s recovery and reconstruction, after meeting President Ahmed...
S Korea’s ex-President faces potential death sentence request
Reuters : South Korea’s special prosecutor is expected to make a sentencing request for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his...