Ukraine needs more weapons faster, Zelensky says
Reuters :Ukraine needs new weapons and faster deliveries to confront a “very tough” situation of constant attacks by Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region,...
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Tens of thousands of Israelis continue anti-gov’t protests
International Desk :Tens of thousands of Israelis have protested across the country against the right-wing government for the fourth consecutive week.The latest rally was held...
Pakistan hikes up fuel prices amid economic turmoil
International Desk :Pakistan has hiked up petrol and diesel prices after the country’s currency value plummeted this week and just days before an International Monetary...
Indian police detain students over Modi documentary screenings
Al Jazeera :Police have detained many students in the Indian capital, New Delhi, over the screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...
2 dead, 2 missing as rain pounds New Zealand’s largest city
AP :Police said Saturday that two people had died and two more were missing as record levels of rainfall pounded New Zealand’s largest city, causing...
Trump heads to New Hampshire, South Carolina in bid to jump-start campaign
Reuters :Former US President Donald Trump will swing through New Hampshire and South Carolina on Saturday in the first two stops of a presidential campaign...
5 dead, 12 missing after Cuba migrant boat sinks
AFP :Five people died and another 12 were unaccounted for after an improvised boat they were using to reach the United States from Cuba sank,...
Maldives ruling party holds high-stakes presidential primary
Al Jazeera :The Maldives’s governing party is set to hold a primary that is pitting incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih against his former ally and...
One killed in attack on Azerbaijan embassy in Iran
AFP :A man armed with a Kalashnikov shot dead an official in charge of security at Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran on Friday and wounded two...
Democratic senators call for ban on marketing guns to kids
AFP :Outraged Democratic lawmakers called Thursday for a halt to a marketing campaign aimed at children for a semi-automatic rifle called the JR-15.“What are we...
Blast kills at least 50 in north central Nigeria
Reuters :Dozens of cattle herders and bystanders were killed and several injured by a suspected bomb blast in Nigeria’s north central region, a state government...
Power surge crashes Pakistan grid, plunging millions into darkness
Reuters :Pakistan’s generators produced more power than was required on Monday, causing volta ge fluctuations that culminated in a system collapse that plunged 220 million...