Russian forces step up strikes on two key Ukrainian cities
Reuters :Russia’s forces kept up a barrage of attacks along the front concentrated in two Ukrainian cities in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s military reported,...
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Pope appeals to Russians on Ukraine, decries Middle East violence, in Easter message
Reuters :Pope Francis appeared to ask Russians to seek the truth about their country’s invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message to the world on...
23 missing, four die in migrant shipwrecks off Tunisia
Reuters :At least 23 African migrants were missing and four died on Saturday after their two boats sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross...
Iran to send delegation to Saudi Arabia for embassy reopening
Reuters :An Iranian technical delegation will visit Saudi Arabia this week to prepare for the reopening of Iran’s embassy in Riyadh, the semi-official ISNA news...
Attack kills around 20 in eastern Congo; Islamic State claims responsibility
Reuters :Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that authorities said killed around 20...
India’s tiger population rises above 3,000
AFP :India’s wild tiger population by far the largest in the world has risen above 3,000, according to a census released on Sunday, boosting efforts...
Plastic pollution is scourge of English coastal region
AFP :On an early spring afternoon, Tregantle Beach is bathed in a dazzling light reminiscent of a painting by British landscape artist JMW Turner as...
China’s military announces ‘combat readiness patrols’ around Taiwan
AP :The Chinese military announced exercises around Taiwan on Saturday in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives...
N Korea says tested another underwater nuclear attack ‘drone’
Al Jazeera :North Korea has conducted another test of a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, according to state media.The country tested the so-called Haeil-2 more than...
Iraq’s Saddam still revered in Jordan 20 years later
AFP :Twenty years after the fall of his regime, the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein remains admired and popular in Jordan where his image can...
Pope skips Good Friday procession due to cold weather
AFP :Pope Francis, who is recovering from bronchitis and last week spent three nights in hospital, did not attend the traditional “Way of the Cross”...
Trump doesn’t deserve prison for hush money: Stormy Daniels
BBC Online :Stormy Daniels says Donald Trump does not deserve to be jailed over the payment made to her which landed him in court this...