Kenyan LGBTQ activist found dead in metal box
Al Jazeera :Kenyan police have discovered the body of prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner Edwin Chiloba stuffed inside a metal box in the west of the...
International
Strikes in east Ukraine despite Putin’s ceasefire order
AFP :Artillery exchanges pounded war-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine on Friday despite Russian leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to stop attacking for 36...
US in crisis amid once-in-a-century political standoff
Reuters :The US House of Representatives plunged deeper into crisis Thursday as Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy failed again to win the speakership — entrenching a...
Myanmar military holds election talks with ethnic rebels
AFP :Myanmar’s junta is holding talks with three ethnic rebel groups on staging elections in areas they control, a rebel spokesman said on Friday, as...
N Korea’s Kim reveals daughter in hint at extending family rule
Al Jazeera :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s presentation of his young daughter at recent public events is likely an attempt to show his people...
UN Security Council members stress Al Aqsa mosque status quo
Reuters :UN Security Council members voiced concern on Thursday and stressed the need to maintain a status quo at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in...
Leaked Harry memoir details sex, drugs, fights and killing
AFP :Prince Harry’s autobiography “Spare” is not due out until next week but it dominated headlines on Thursday after a Spanish-language version of the memoir...
China, Philippines agree on cooling tensions, boosting trade
Deutsche Welle :Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.is currently on a three-day visit to Beijing, seeking to improve ties with China after taking office in June....
US resumes full immigrant visa service in Havana
AFP :Five years after it was closed due to mysterious “sonic attacks” on diplomatic staff, the US consulate in Havana on Wednesday resumed full immigrant...
Seoul says N. Korean drone entered crucial no-fly zone
AFP :South Korea’s military confirmed on Thursday a North Korean drone had breached the key no-fly zone around the presidential office during a rare incursion...
India finds 11 omicron subvariants of Covid-19 in international travelers
Reuters :India detected a total of 11 subvariants of COVID-19 in international travellers who arrived in the country during Dec 24 to Jan 3, health...
China urges final victory over virus as global health mounts over spread
AFP :Global health officials tried to determine the facts of China’s raging Covid-19 outbreak and how to prevent a further spread as the government’s mouthpiece...