Nearly 200 dead in Niger floods
BSS :Flooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of Niger has claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than a quarter of a million people, the Civil Protection Service said on...
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God put you in power’, Putin told on 70th birthday
BSS :The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill said Friday that Vladimir Putin’s reign over Russia had been mandated by God, congratulating the Kremlin chief on his 70th birthday.“God put you in...
At least 15 dead in separate Greece migrant boat sinking
BSS :Greece’s coastguard on Thursday said that it had recovered the bodies of 15 people in two separate migrant boat sinking, with several more feared missing.The bodies of 15 women of apparent African origin...
Traore officially named Burkina Faso president after coup
BSS :Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed President of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country’s second coup in less than nine months.The impoverished Sahel nation plunged into...
Kremlin vows to win back territory recaptured by Ukraine
BSS :The Kremlin on Wednesday vowed to take back land lost to Kyiv within Ukrainian regions it has annexed, saying the territories will be Russian “forever”. “The given territories will be taken back,” Kremlin...
Iran quake injures more than 500 people
BSS :A 5.4 magnitude earthquake in northwestern Iran injured more than 500 people early Wednesday, most of them lightly, state media reported.“The quake that hit at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) in...
‘UN General Assembly to meet Monday on Russia ‘annexation’ in Ukraine’
BSS :The United Nations General Assembly called an urgent meeting next Monday to discuss Russia’s declared annexation of four partly-occupied regions of Ukraine, a UN spokesperson said.At the meeting the 193 UN member states...
Russia says it should be part of Nord Stream leaks probe
BSS :Moscow said on Wednesday that it should be part of the probe into leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, after Sweden blocked off the area around the pipelines pending an investigation.“There should...
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in classified docs case
BSS :Former US president Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in the legal tussle over classified documents seized in the FBI raid of his Florida home.Trump urged the conservative-dominated court...
Failed missile launch triggers panic in South Korean city
BSS :A failed ballistic missile launch sparked panic in a usually quiet South Korean city after it crashed into the ground and triggered a huge fire, officials said on Wednesday.Security allies Seoul and Washington...
Blinken to begin Latin American tour on Monday in Colombia
BSS :US Secretary of State Antony Blinken begins a tour of Latin American countries on Monday in Colombia, at a time when several key regional allies have recently elected leftist presidents.The trip by the...
Armed raid kills three at Papua New Guinea logging camp
BSS :A heavily armed group has killed at least three people and injured several more at a logging camp in Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville island, police and local government officials said.The group attacked the...