Car bombs kill at least 15 people, level houses in Somalia
Reuters :Two car bombs detonated by al Shabaab militants killed at least 15 people and flattened homes in central Somalia’s Hiraan region on Wednesday, a...
International
Soldiers’ widows group calls on Putin to order major mobilisation for Ukraine war
AFP :A little known patriotic group which supports the widows of Russian soldiers has called on President Vladimir Putin to order a large-scale mobilisation of...
US says Venezuela’s Maduro still illegitimate even after opposition ‘govt’ disbanded
AFP :The United States said Tuesday it still did not consider Nicolas Maduro to be the legitimate president of Venezuela and would maintain sanctions after...
Chaos as US House adjourns without choosing speaker
AFP :The new US Congress was plunged into disarray Tuesday as renegade right-wing Republicans blocked favorite Kevin McCarthy from becoming speaker of the House of...
Beijing slams ‘unacceptable’ Covid curbs on travellers from China
AFP :China called the mounting international restrictions on travellers from its territory “unacceptable” on Tuesday after more than a dozen countries placed fresh Covid curbs...
Israel forces kill Palestinian child in Bethlehem
AFP :Israeli forces killed a child in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, the Palestinian health ministry reported, as Israel said police officers...
Pakistan shuts markets in evenings to save power
Reuters:Pakistan’s government has ordered all malls and markets to close by 8:30 pm among other measures in a new energy conservation plan, the defence minister...
Lula takes over in Brazil, slams Bolsonaro’s anti-democratic threats
AFP :Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil’s president on Sunday, delivering a searing indictment of far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro and...
S. Korea, US discussing joint nuclear exercises
AFP :Seoul and Washington are discussing joint planning and exercises involving US nuclear assets to counter growing threats from the nuclear-armed North, South Korean President...
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank clash
Reuters :Israeli forces killed a Hamas militant and another Palestinian during clashes near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Monday that were set...
Kim calls for exponential increase of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal
AFP :North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has called for a major increase in the country’s nuclear arsenal, including mass producing tactical nuclear weapons and developing...
Brazil’s third-time president Lula has new economic problems
Al Jazeera :In early October, Jair Bolsonaro’s poll-defying performance in Brazil’s first-round presidential election revitalised his stuttering campaign.Ultimately, though, it was Luis Inácio Lula da...