China’s military announces ‘combat readiness patrols’ around Taiwan
AP :The Chinese military announced exercises around Taiwan on Saturday in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives...
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N Korea says tested another underwater nuclear attack ‘drone’
Al Jazeera :North Korea has conducted another test of a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, according to state media.The country tested the so-called Haeil-2 more than...
Iraq’s Saddam still revered in Jordan 20 years later
AFP :Twenty years after the fall of his regime, the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein remains admired and popular in Jordan where his image can...
Pope skips Good Friday procession due to cold weather
AFP :Pope Francis, who is recovering from bronchitis and last week spent three nights in hospital, did not attend the traditional “Way of the Cross”...
Trump doesn’t deserve prison for hush money: Stormy Daniels
BBC Online :Stormy Daniels says Donald Trump does not deserve to be jailed over the payment made to her which landed him in court this...
Quebec ice storm leaves two dead, million without power
AFP :An ice storm that battered eastern Canada left two dead and some million people without electricity on Thursday, as fallen trees blocked roads and...
Indian editors decry govt move to police online news
Reuters :The Editors Guild of India is deeply disturbed by the government’s move to police news on social media through a self-appointed fact-checking unit, the...
Two women killed in West Bank shooting
AFP :Two Israeli women were killed in a shooting in the occupied West Bank on Friday, just hours after Israel bombarded Gaza and Lebanon following...
Seoul warns N. Korea to stop unauthorised use of factory complex
AFP : South Korea warned Thursday it will take “necessary steps” if Pyongyang continues its unauthorised use of a joint industrial complex in the North...
Saudi Arabia and Iran agree to reopen diplomatic missions
AP : Saudi Arabia and Iran on Thursday announced an agreement to resume diplomatic ties and reopen missions in their capitals, taking another step toward...
Ukraine pushes for western warplane coalition
Reuters : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Poland would help form a coalition of Western powers to supply warplanes to Kyiv, as his fighters continued...
Migrant dreams turn to tragedy for Mexico fire victims
AFP :Francisco Rojche left his Guatemalan town, its dirt roads and sugarcane plantations in search of better opportunities in the United States. But the dream...