US base attacked in Iraq hours after Iran vows revenge for Damascus attack
Al Jazeera : Iran-backed armed groups have targeted US troops in Iraq hours after Tehran vowed revenge and blamed Israel for a deadly attack on...
International
S Korea salvage late draw, Bahrain edge Malaysia
Agency : A last-minute own goal gifted South Korea a 2-2 draw against Jordan in Group E of the AFC Asian Cup on Saturday. After...
13 students dead in China school fire
AFP : Thirteen schoolchildren have died in a dormitory fire in central China’s Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The blaze at...
Israel drops leaflets seeking its hostages
Reuters :Israel pounded targets across the Gaza Strip on Saturday while its planes dropped leaflets on the southern area of Rafah urging Palestinians seeking refuge...
US senator who ran for president endorses Donald Trump
AFP :A US senator who sought this year’s Republican presidential nomination endorsed Donald Trump on Friday in a boost to the former leader’s bid to...
Iran’s IRGC says 4 members killed in Israeli attack on Syria’s Damascus
Al Jazeera :Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says four of its “military advisers” have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a residential...
Sudan suspends membership in IGAD regional bloc
Al Jazeera :The government of war-ravaged Sudan says it has suspended its membership in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the east African regional bloc...
Argentina arrests, deports family of Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive
Al Jazeera :The wife and children of Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive, drug kingpin Jose Adolfo Macias, were arrested in Argentina and have been deported to Ecuador.The...
Bolsonaro’s Covid vaccination certificate ‘false,’ probe finds
AFP :Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s Covid vaccination certificate was forged, an investigation by the country’s Comptroller General’s office revealed on Thursday, but it recommended that...
After Taiwan’s poll, new envoy to US offers assurances to Washington, Beijing
AP :Taiwan’s top diplomat in Washington, Alexander Tah-Ray Yui, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 in Washington. Taiwan’s...
Russia rejects US proposal to resume nuclear arms talks
Al Jazeera :Russia’s top diplomat has rejected a United States proposal to resume a dialogue on nuclear arms control, saying that it is impossible while...
Thai man jailed for record 50 years for royal insult
AFP :A Thai man was given a 50-year prison sentence Thursday for criticising the monarchy — the longest jail term ever handed down under the...