King Charles III faces a home-front reshuffle
BSS/AFP :King Charles III has built up a string of cherished residences across Britain, but now faces having to give them up to meet the demands of state.The death of his mother Queen Elizabeth...
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Armenia, Azerbaijan peace process in peril after clashes
BSS :Armenia and Azerbaijan on Wednesday accused each other of violating a truce, after the worst clashes since a 2020 war put in doubt a halting peace process between the arch foes.Russia announced on...
Women forced to stay in flooded Pakistan village
BSS :The 400 residents of Basti Ahmad Din, a tiny Pakistani village left surrounded by floodwater after torrential monsoon rains, are facing starvation and disease. But they have refused pleas to evacuate.Leaving for a...
India’s rice export curbs paralyze trade in Asia as prices rise
Reuters :India’s restrictions on rice exports have paralyzed trading in Asia, with buyers scouring for alternative supplies from Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar where sellers are holding off on deals as prices rise, industry officials...
Pakistan races to keep floodwaters out of power station that supplies millions
AFP :Floods from record monsoon rains and glacial melt in the mountainous north have affected 33 million people and killed almost 1,400, washing away homes, roads, railways, livestock and crops, in damages estimated at...
Pakistan court extends Imran Khan’s bail in terrorism case
Al Jazeera :Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan (C) arrives to appear before the Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad on September 1, 2022Islamabad, Pakistan – A court in Pakistan has extended the pre-arrest bail of...
China Covid lockdowns leave residents short of food, essential items
Al Jazeera :Residents under Covid lockdowns in areas across China are complaining of shortages of food and essential items.Tens of millions of people in at least 30 regions have been ordered to stay at...
Israeli PM in Germany to discuss Iran nuclear deal
AFP :Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks at a security briefing about Iran for the foreign press at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem on August 24, 2022 AFPIsraeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid arrived...
UN rights council credibility at stake over China, Russia response
AFP :Faced with allegations of grave violations in China and Russia, the UN body created to address rights abuses seems paralyzed by uncertainty on how to respond.The UN Human Rights Council, which will host...
Series of quakes in Indonesia’s Papua jolt coastal region
BSS :A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted a coastal region of Papua in eastern Indonesia on Saturday morning and was followed by two weaker aftershocks minutes later, the US Geological Survey said.The first two quakes-the...
Putin offers his ‘sincerest congratulations’ to Charles III
BSS :Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday offered his “sincerest congratulations” to Britain’s King Charles III after he was officially proclaimed monarch at a pomp-filled ceremony in London.“Please receive my sincerest congratulations on your...
42 wounded in 4-bus pile-up in Istanbul’s rapid transit route
Xinhua/UNB :A four-bus pile-up on a rapid transit route in Istanbul left at least 42 wounded on Friday, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency and the Turkish city’s government.Two buses first collided head-on in...