Thai man jailed for record 50 years for royal insult
AFPÂ :A Thai man was given a 50-year prison sentence Thursday for criticising the monarchy — the longest jail term ever handed down under the...
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Japan counts down to ‘Moon Sniper’ landing
Al Jazeera :Japan is attempting to land its high-precision “Moon Sniper” probe on the lunar surface and will become only the fifth country to put...
UK princes Harry and Andrew lose king stand-in role
AFPÂ :King Charles III’s aim of a “slimmed-down” monarchy came in for scrutiny on Friday, as questions were asked about who will stand in for...
Somalia rejects mediation with Ethiopia gov’t over Somaliland port deal
Al Jazeera :Somalia said on Thursday there was no room for mediation in a dispute with Ethiopia unless Addis Ababa cancelled a controversial deal with...
Suspected Jordan strikes on Syria kill 10
Reuters :Suspected Jordanian air strikes on southern Syria killed 10 people including children early on Thursday, according to local Syrian media and monitors tracking the...
West Bank economy in tatters as Gaza war rages
AFP :In the occupied West Bank, Hafeth Ghazawneh waits in quiet frustration for customers to visit his falafel stall, which has been deserted since the...
Singapore minister charged with corruption in rare case
Reuters :Singapore’s former Transport Minister S Iswaran has been charged in court for graft, the anti-corruption agency said on Thursday, in one of the most...
Kate has surgery, Charles in hospital next week
Reuters :Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, has undergone successful planned abdominal surgery and will be in hospital for up to two weeks, while King Charles...
French shifts on school, birth rights
BBC :French President Emmanuel Macron has come off the fence and opened the way for policies that are unmistakably on the political right.That is the...
Israeli strikes south Gaza
BBC :Residents of Khan Younis in southern Gaza say they have faced one of the most intense nights of air strikes since the start of...
Iran launches missile strikes in northern Iraq and Syria, claims to destroy Israeli spy base
CNN :Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Monday launched ballistic missiles at what it said was a spy base for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in northern Iraq,...
US claims seizure of Iranian weapons bound for Yemen’s Houthis
Aljazeera :The US Navy has reported that it seized weapons sent by Iran to resupply Yemen’s Houthi rebels last week. The United States Central Command...