Several feared dead in blast outside Kabul military airport
Al Jazeera :An explosion outside the military airport in Kabul has caused multiple casualties, a spokesman for the Taliban-run interior ministry said.“Today morning an explosion...
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130m Arab population in poverty: UN survey
News Desk :A survey released by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Friday said that poverty affects one-third of...
Russia grants tax amnesty for soldiers in Ukraine
AFP :Russia’s authorities announced Friday that soldiers and state employees deployed in Ukraine will be exempt from income tax, in the latest effort to encourage...
France, Britain impose Covid tests on travelers from China
AFP :France and Britain on Friday joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travelers from China, and the World Health Organization pressed...
China’s Covid cases overwhelm hospitals
Reuters :In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing-based doctor Howard Bernstein said, he has never seen anything like this.Patients are arriving at his...
15 killed in Mexico bus crash
AFP :At least 15 people were killed in western Mexico on Friday when the bus they were traveling in flipped over and crashed, local authorities...
Former pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95
AFP :Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced Saturday, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff...
Marchers in southeast Iran denounce top leader in renewed protests
Reuters :Demonstrators shouted slogans denouncing Iran’s supreme leader in the restive southeast of the country on Friday, while a human rights group said at least...
Sirens wail in Kyiv, governor says drone attack underway
Reuters :Residents of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv were urged to head to air raid shelters early on Friday as sirens wailed across the city, a...
US, Chinese jets in close encounter over South China Sea
AFP :A Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously within 20 feet (six meters) of a much larger US air force surveillance aircraft over the South China...
Indian PM Narendra Modi’s mother dies
AP :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi died on Friday morning at the age of 100, report Indian media.She was admitted to the...