Maryam Nawaz becomes first woman to be chief minister of Punjab
Reuters: Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of Pakistan’s three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was elected on Monday as the head of the country’s most populous...
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Palestinian government submits resignation to Abbas: PM
AFP: Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday announced the resignation of his government which rules parts of the occupied West Bank. “I submit the...
Somalia will defend itself if Ethiopia seals
Reuters : Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said his country would “defend itself” if Ethiopia goes ahead with a deal to set up a naval...
Gaza desperately needs more aid but agencies can’t cope
BBC : The images have been searing. Children scrabbling in the dirt, gathering handfuls of spilled flour which they stuff into their pockets. Aid trucks...
As US Congress stalls on aid, Ukrainian soldiers head to the frontlines
CNN : Artem spends a lot of time thinking about the shots he can’t afford to take. As a battery commander in the 26th Artillery...
Odysseus completes first US moon landing
Al Jazeera : The Odysseus lunar lander has made the first United States landing on the moon in more than 50 years, in what has...
Pakistan’s election chaos casts shadow on next IMF deal
Al Jazeera : As Pakistan grapples with the aftermath of controversial elections, political chaos is threatening to cloud its $3bn deal with the International Monetary...
India’s Sikh warriors join farmers’ protest
Reuters : Thousands of protesting Indian farmers facing off with security forces have come under the protection of the Nihang Sikhs, a warrior sect dating...
Shamima loses appeal over citizenship
Reuters : A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State lost her latest appeal on Friday over the removal...
US urges UN court not to order Israel out of Palestinian lands
AFP: The United States told the UN’s top court on Wednesday that Israel should not be legally forced to withdraw from occupied Palestinian territory without...
US pushes for UN to support temporary Gaza ceasefire
Reuters : The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and...
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un receives car as gift from Putin
Reuters : North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received a car from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as a gift “for his personal use”, official...