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...
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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...
Iran quake injures more than 500 people
BSS :A 5.4 magnitude earthquake in northwestern Iran injured more than 500 people early Wednesday, most of them lightly, state media reported.“The quake that hit...
‘UN General Assembly to meet Monday on Russia ‘annexation’ in Ukraine’
BSS :The United Nations General Assembly called an urgent meeting next Monday to discuss Russia’s declared annexation of four partly-occupied regions of Ukraine, a UN...
Russia says it should be part of Nord Stream leaks probe
BSS :Moscow said on Wednesday that it should be part of the probe into leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, after Sweden blocked off...
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in classified docs case
BSS :Former US president Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in the legal tussle over classified documents seized in the FBI...
Failed missile launch triggers panic in South Korean city
BSS :A failed ballistic missile launch sparked panic in a usually quiet South Korean city after it crashed into the ground and triggered a huge...
Blinken to begin Latin American tour on Monday in Colombia
BSS :US Secretary of State Antony Blinken begins a tour of Latin American countries on Monday in Colombia, at a time when several key regional...
Armed raid kills three at Papua New Guinea logging camp
BSS :A heavily armed group has killed at least three people and injured several more at a logging camp in Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville island,...
Anger grows against Indonesia police over football stadium tragedy
BSS :Anger against police mounted in Indonesia on Monday after at least 125 people were killed in one of the deadliest disasters in the history...