International

AFP :India reported its first monkeypox death in the southern state of Kerala on Sunday, the Indian Express quoted the state’s Health Minister Veena George as saying.The 22-year-old man who died on Saturday afternoon...

BSS :Whether it’s abstinence, avoiding nightclubs, limiting sexual partners or pushing for a swift vaccine rollout, Spain’s gay community are on the front line of the monkey pox virus and are taking action.“With this...

BSS/AFP :Russia said that an attack from a drone on Sunday wounded six personnel at the headquarters of its Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea, as authorities in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv reported...

BSS :Senegalese voters head to the polls on Sunday for parliamentary elections the opposition hopes will force a coalition with President Macky Sall and curb any ambitions he may hold for a third term.Sixty-year-old...

BSS/AFP :North Korea reported zero fever cases on Saturday for the first time in more than two months since it confirmed its first Covid-19 infections in May.“There were no new fever patients reported” over...

BSS :Tunisia’s foreign ministry summoned the US charge d’affaires on Friday to denounce “unacceptable” statements by American officials criticising this week’s constitutional referendum and the country’s political development.The ministry said in a statement that...

BSS/AFP :Police said Saturday they arrested a Sri Lankan trade union leader who allegedly took two official flags from the deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s palace and used them as a bed sheet and a...

BSS/AFP :The US House of Representatives, spurred by a series of horrific mass shootings, passed a bill on Friday that would ban assault weapons for the first time in decades.The legislation was approved by...

BSS/AFP :Russia, the largest component of the former Soviet Union expressed “solidarity” on Friday with China’s stance on Taiwan after Chinese President Xi Jinping warned US leader Joe Biden not to “play with fire”...