Egyptians head to polls in election likely to give Sisi third term
AFP :Polling stations opened on Sunday for Egyptians to vote in a presidential election overshadowed by war in neighbouring Gaza and with little doubt the...
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French frigate downs drones over Red Sea: military
AFP :A French frigate shot down two drones in the Red Sea that were heading towards it from the coast of Yemen, the French military...
Kurdistan university housing fire kills 14
AFP :At least 14 people died on Friday in a fire at a university accommodation block in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region, local authorities said. Local...
Guatemala prosecutors threaten to annul victory of President-elect Arevalo
Al Jazeera :Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal has declared the results of this year’s presidential race “unalterable” after public prosecutors openly questioned whether to annul the...
Denmark passes bill to stop Quran burnings
Deutsche Welle :The Danish parliament on Thursday approved legislation that would effectively prohibit Quran burnings in the northern European country.The law criminalizes the “inappropriate treatment...
Five died in Guyana military helicopter crash
AFP :Five Guyanese soldiers died this week when their helicopter crashed near Venezuela, President Irfaan Ali said Thursday as the neighbors faced off in a...
UN Security Council to consider urging Gaza ceasefire
AFP :The UN Security Council meets on Gaza Friday under acute pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and will vote on urging an immediate ceasefire after...
Australian man dies after being buried in sand
BBC :An Australian man has died after being buried in sand on a beach, authorities say.Josh Taylor was at a beach campground on Queensland’s Bribie...
Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer killed in Gaza strike
AFP :The Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, one of the leaders of a young generation of authors in Gaza who chose to write in English to...
Taiwan detects Chinese balloon, fighter jets crossing median line
Al Jazeera :Taiwan has said that a dozen Chinese fighter jets and a balloon crossed the Taiwan Strait’s sensitive median line, as tensions simmer about...