Maldives vows to boost defences after telling Indian troops to leave
AFP : The small but strategically placed Maldives will strengthen its military to defend its vast maritime territory, the new president vowed Monday after ordering...
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Chile wildfires death toll tops 110
AFP : The death toll from central Chile’s blazing wildfires climbed to at least 112 people on Sunday, after President Gabriel Boric warned the number...
Houthis vow response after US, UK strike dozens of Yemen targets
Reuters : Yemen’s Houthis said Sunday US and British air strikes “will not deter us” and vowed a response after dozens of targets were hit...
US poll: Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary
BBC Online : US President Joe Biden has secured an overwhelming win in South Carolina’s Democratic primary. With nearly all ballots counted from Saturday’s vote,...
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob dies
Al Jazeera : Namibian President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82, his office has said, less than three weeks after it was...
Death toll in Ukraine shelling of Lysychansk rises to 28
Reuters : The death toll from what Russia said was a Ukrainian attack on Lysychansk – a city in the Moscow-controlled Ukrainian region of Luhansk...
Small plane crashes into US mobile home park, several dead
AFP : A small plane crashed into a mobile home park in the southeastern US state of Florida on Thursday killing several people, local authorities...
oil protest trial starts against Greta Thunberg
Reuters : Greta Thunberg said on Thursday people should remember who “the real enemy is” after she and four other environmental activists appeared in court...
China tells Ukraine to remove its firms from ‘sponsors of war’ list
Reuters : China demanded on Thursday that Ukraine immediately remove more than a dozen Chinese companies from a list of firms designated as “international sponsors...
Former CIA hacker sentenced to 40 years
BBC Online : A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for leaking a trove of classified hacking tools to whistle-blowing...
More than 130 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia’s Aceh
AFP : The Rohingya, a persecuted religious minority in Myanmar, have faced rejection and hostility from locals in Aceh when they land ashore Rohingya refugees...