North Korea defends missile launch as defense against US
BSS :North Korea on Saturday defended its recent flurry of missile tests as a legitimate defense against what it called US military threats.The reclusive communist...
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Two police officers arrested in Vietnam after blaze killed 32
BSS :Two police officers in southern Vietnam have been arrested for negligence over a karaoke bar fire that killed 32 people last month, authorities said.Fire...
No ‘indications’ of Russian nuclear use despite Biden warning: W. House
BSS/AFP :The United States sees no sign of Russian preparations to use a nuclear weapon in the near future, the White House said on Friday...
Seven killed in Ireland petrol station blast: Police
BSS/AFP :Seven people have been killed in an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal in Ireland’s northwest, police said on Saturday. mThe Garda...
US targets ‘senior’ IS militants in Syria’s northeast: Centcom
BSS :American forces killed a “senior” member of the jihadist Islamic State group Thursday in a pre-dawn raid on northeastern Syria, the US military’s Central...
Iran rejects Mahsa Amini died from blows
Al Jazeera :The death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran’s “morality police” was not a result of being hit but due to...
EU leaders struggle for common response to energy crisis
BSS :EU leaders meeting in Prague on Friday looked to bridge divisions on how to tackle soaring energy prices as they grapple with the fallout...
Nearly 200 dead in Niger floods
BSS :Flooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of Niger has claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than a quarter of...
God put you in power’, Putin told on 70th birthday
BSS :The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill said Friday that Vladimir Putin’s reign over Russia had been mandated by God, congratulating the...
At least 15 dead in separate Greece migrant boat sinking
BSS :Greece’s coastguard on Thursday said that it had recovered the bodies of 15 people in two separate migrant boat sinking, with several more feared...
Traore officially named Burkina Faso president after coup
BSS :Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed President of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country’s second coup in...
Kremlin vows to win back territory recaptured by Ukraine
BSS :The Kremlin on Wednesday vowed to take back land lost to Kyiv within Ukrainian regions it has annexed, saying the territories will be Russian...