At least 5 killed after blast at mayor’s office in Somalia
Reuters : Islamist fighters set off a bomb then stormed a government building in Somalia’s capital on Sunday, killing at least five civilians, the ministry...
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Israel PM removes top minister over court ruling
AFP : Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday removed a top minister in line with a Supreme Court ruling against Aryeh Deri’s appointment which...
Protests in Stockholm, including Quran-burning, draw condemnation from Turkey
Reuters :Protests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden’s bid to join Nato, including the burning of a copy of the Quran, sharply heightened...
India blocks BBC documentary on PM Modi
Reuters :India has blocked the airing of a BBC documentary which questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that even...
Gabon foreign minister dies of heart attack
AFP :Gabon’s Foreign Minister Michael Moussa Adamo died on Friday after suffering a heart attack while waiting to go into a cabinet meeting, the government...
Chris Hipkins set to replace Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand prime minister
Reuters :Chris Hipkins, who played a significant role in New Zealand’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister...
British PM fined by police for not wearing seatbelt
AFP :British police on Friday fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for failing to wear a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media...
Saudi Arabia links Israel normalisation with two-state solution
AFP :Saudi Arabia will not normalise ties with Israel in the absence of a two-state solution with the Palestinians, the kingdom’s top diplomat has said,...
Israeli civilian kills Palestinian at West Bank farm
AFP :An Israeli civilian shot dead a Palestinian Saturday at a settler farm in the occupied West Bank after an attempted stabbing, the military said,...
UN highlights huge step backwards for women following Afghanistan trip
AFP :Apparent exemptions granted by the Taliban to harsh restrictions placed on Afghan women are not sufficient to reverse the “huge step backwards” for their...
Air India fined over passenger’s mid-air urination scandal
AFP :Air India has been fined $37,000 for its handling of an incident in which a drunk senior US bank executive was accused of urinating...
No direct armed forces involvement in Brazil riots: minister
AFP :Brazil’s Defense Minister Jose Mucio acknowledged on Friday that the armed forces were not directly involved in riots in Brasilia earlier this month when...