Zelensky vows to defend ‘fortress’ Bakhmut, hosts EU leaders in Kyiv
Reuters :Ukrainians will fight “for as long as we can” to hold the eastern city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Friday, as he...
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Pakistan blocks Wikipedia over ‘blasphemous content’
AFP :Wikipedia was blocked in Pakistan on Saturday after authorities censored the website for hosting “blasphemous content” in the latest blow to digital rights in...
Cattle thieves kill 41 vigilantes in Nigeria’s north
AFP :A gang of cattle thieves has killed 41 vigilantes in Nigeria’s troubled north in a forest ambush, police said.The incident happened on Thursday in...
Dozens of soldiers freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
AP :Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home following a prisoner swap, officials on both sides said Saturday.Top Ukrainian presidential aide...
Biden meets Jordan’s King Abdullah, affirms support of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque
AFP :President Joe Biden on Thursday underlined his support for the legal “status quo” of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound in a meeting at the White...
EU-Ukraine wartime summit to deliver on some issues, disappoint on others
Reuters :European Union leaders will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Friday, bringing the promise of new sanctions against Russia but disappointing Ukraine’s...
South Sudan violence kills 27 on eve of Pope’s visit
Al Jazeera :Twenty-seven people have been killed in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state in tit-for-tat violence between cattle herders and members of a militia on...
Chinese spy balloon: US tracks suspected surveillance device
BBC Online :The US is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted flying over sensitive sites in recent days.Defence officials said they...
Hundreds of migrant children still apart from family: US
Deutsche Welle :Almost 1,000 migrant children who were separated from their families at the US-Mexico border under a Trump-era policy still haven’t been reunited with...
Israel carries out air strikes on Gaza Strip
AFP :Israel conducted air strikes on the central Gaza Strip early Thursday, according to AFP journalists and witnesses, hours after intercepting a rocket fired from...
US reopens Solomons embassy, vying with China for influence
AFP :The United States reopened its embassy in the Solomon Islands Thursday after a 30-year hiatus, part of a bid to counter China’s growing influence...
Indian opposition lawmakers shout anti-Adani slogans in parliament
Reuters :Opposition lawmakers shouted slogans against the Adani Group in India’s parliament on Thursday after a report by a US short seller that accused the...