Iran top diplomat meets Saudi de facto ruler
AFP : Iran’s foreign minister met Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler on Friday during his first visit since the Middle East rivals announced a surprise...
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Guantanamo judge rejects torture-derived confession
AFP :A US military judge ruled for the first time Friday that an Al-Qaeda bombing suspect’s confession cannot be used as evidence because it was...
Violence against aid workers shows no respite: UN
AFP :A total of 62 humanitarian aid workers have died this year around the world, the United Nations said Thursday as it prepared to mark...
India rain death toll rises to 74
Hindustan Times :The death toll in India’s Himachal Pradesh rain-related incidents has jumped to 74 amid reports of fresh flash floods and landslides. Among those...
Taiwan vice president returns from sensitive visit to US
Reuters :Taiwan Vice President William Lai returned on Friday from a sensitive visit to the United States, a trip China has condemned and which has...
UN says forced to cut Yemen rations, compounding food crisis
Reuters :More than four million Yemenis will receive less food assistance as a result of funding shortages, compounding one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises,...
Belarus not to join Russia-Ukraine conflict unless attacked
Reuters :Belarus will not participate in the armed hostilities in Ukraine unless Ukrainians cross the state border, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday. “If...
Rohingya refugees fled Myanmar only to ‘live in fear’ in India
Al Jazeera : Nuh, India – Abdul Jabbar, a Rohingya refugee living in a camp 80km (50 miles) from New Delhi, went to a nearby...