International
Libya’s flood-hit Derna to host reconstruction conference
AFP :Benghazi: Libya’s eastern-based administration said on Friday that it would host an international conference next month in the flood-hit port city of Derna to...
North Korea’s powerful politburo discusses follow-up steps to Kim’s Russia visit
Reuters :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un discussed follow-up measures to his recent visit to Russia during the first formal meeting of the ruling Workers’...
Rupert Murdoch’s exit ends chapter for polarising figure in Australia
Reuters :For some Australians, Rupert Murdoch’s exit from the leadership of his media empire was a time to reflect on the country’s greatest business success...
Lavrov calls on Guterres to abandon politicized initiatives
MNA :Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to prevent drawing representatives of the UN structures into politicized initiatives on...
Indonesia jails woman who said Muslim prayer before eating pork
Reuters :An Indonesian court sentenced a woman to two years in prison this week for violating the country’s blasphemy law after she posted a video...
Two dead in Sweden restaurant shooting
Reuters :Two people were killed and two injured in a shooting at a restaurant in eastern Sweden late on Thursday that police said appeared to...
Fragile ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh after ‘constructive’ peace talks
AFP :A fragile ceasefire held on Friday in Nagorno-Karabakh, after Armenian separatists this week capitulated to Azerbaijan’s lightning offensive. Azerbaijan and the separatists from the...
Historic NASA asteroid mission set for perilous return
AFP :NASA’s first mission to retrieve an asteroid sample and return it to US soil is expected to reach a perilous finale on Sunday with...
No Mideast peace without Palestinians’ full rights: Abbas
Xinhua :Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that there would be no peace in the Middle East if Palestinians do not fully enjoy their legitimate...
Japan calls on China to remove buoy near disputed islands
Al Jazeera : Japan has told Beijing to remove a buoy that it found floating in the sea near the disputed Senkaku islands, known in...
Tornado in eastern China kills 5, injures 4
AFP : A tornado in eastern China killed five people and seriously injured four others, state media said Wednesday, the latest in a string of...