US confirms first aid trucks arrive via Gaza pier
BBC Online : The US military has confirmed that the first aid shipment via a temporary pier off Gaza has gone ashore. US Central Command...
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Portraits of British royals from last 100 years on show
Reuters : From Andy Warhol’s colourful depiction of Queen Elizabeth II to Cecil Beaton’s pictures of her sister Princess Margaret, a new exhibition looks at...
North Korea test-fired ‘ballistic missiles’
Al Jazeera : North Korea has test-fired short-range “ballistic missiles” towards the Sea of Japan, the South Korean military said a day after it conducted...
‘Hell on Earth’ as violence escalates in Sudan’s el-Fasher
Al Jazeera : The United Nations human rights chief has expressed horror over the escalating violence in Sudan’s North Darfur region as a top humanitarian...
Man shot dead after French synagogue set on fire
BBC Online : French police have killed a man after a synagogue was set on fire in the north-western city of Rouen. The man was...
Putin for growing Moscow-Beijing trade in China’s northeast
Reuters : After sealing pledges of a “new era” of strategic partnership with China’s Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday is set to...
‘Hell on Earth’ as violence escalates in Sudan’s el-Fasher
Al Jazeera : The United Nations human rights chief has expressed horror over the escalating violence in Sudan’s North Darfur region as a top humanitarian...
Body of missing Mongolian climber found
AFP : Rescuers found the body of one of two missing Mongolian climbers on Mount Everest on Friday, expedition organizers said, the first confirmed fatality...
Putin for growing Moscow-Beijing trade in China’s northeast
Reuters : After sealing pledges of a “new era” of strategic partnership with China’s Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday is set to...
Slovakia PM in ‘very serious’ condition after being shot
Al Jazeera : Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico is stable but his condition remains “very serious”, his deputy has said, after an assassination attempt that...
Top Asean officials meet Myanmar junta chief for ‘cooperation’ talks
AFP : Myanmar’s military chief has held talks with top Asean officials on the junta’s participation in the Southeast Asian regional bloc, from which it...
Indonesia raises alert for Ibu volcano
Reuters : Indonesia’s volcanology agency on Thursday raised the alert level of the Ibu volcano to the highest on its scale after recording six eruptions...