Iran and Syria vow to strengthen ties as Raisi wraps up Damascus visit
AFP :Iran and Syria agreed to boost ties and develop economic relations, with a focus on reconstruction, as the Islamic republic’s President Ebrahim Raisi on...
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Kremlin drone incident gives Putin cover to deepen Ukraine war
Reuters :The humiliating spectacle for Russia of two drones flying over the walls of the Kremlin, its historic seat of power, has spawned conflicting theories...
UN refugee agency calls on governments not to return people to Sudan
Reuters :The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday called on governments to allow civilians fleeing Sudan into their territory and not to send them...
Magnitude 6.3 quake shakes central Japan
AFP :A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Japan’s central Ishikawa region on Friday but no tsunami warning was issued, the weather agency said.The quake hit at...
Fire kills at least eight people in Czech city of Brno
Al Jazeera :Eight people have died in a fire in the second largest city in the Czech Republic, according to police.The fire broke out on...
No alternative: Afghan farmers lament Taliban poppy ban
AFP :n a secluded compound in south Afghanistan, Bibi Hazrato cries in dismay as a group of men hack down her poppy crop, enforcing a...
Italian PM ‘incapable’ of resolving migrant crisis: French minister
AFP :Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “is incapable of resolving the migration problems” faced by her country, France’s interior minister said Thursday in comments that...
Indian Army chopper crashes in J&K, pilots injured
BSS :An Indian Army helicopter with three persons onboard crashed today in a forest area in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said...
India’s growing population a burden for struggling mothers
AFP :Married off by her parents at 14, Indian mother-of-seven Jaimala Devi kept having children because her husband insisted she could only stop once she...
US regulator targets AI ahead of White House confab
AFP :A US regulator put artificial intelligence in the crosshairs ahead of a White House meeting Thursday with tech firms to strategize about its dangers.“While...
UK ‘ready to deal’ with coronation threats after man arrested
AFP : UK security services are “ready to deal” with the challenges presented by the coronation, the government said Wednesday, after the arrest of a...
Iran’s president holds rare meeting with Assad in Syria
AP : Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Wednesday met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus in a bid to boost cooperation between the two allies, state...