Myanmar’s military holds second phase of elections amid civil war
Al Jazeera : Myanmar has resumed voting in the second phase of the three-part general elections amid a raging civil war and allegations the...
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Pakistan gas cylinder explosion kills 8
AP : At least eight people, including the bride and groom, were killed early Sunday when a gas cylinder exploded at a house in...
Record snowfall blankets Moscow after 56 years
Reuters : Russia’s capital Moscow on Friday experienced the heaviest snowfall in 56 years, with 42 percent of the monthly average precipitation recorded in...
Ex-king voices concern over state of Nepal after protests
AFP : Nepal’s former king Gyanendra Shah has expressed concern over the state of the country four months after a youth-led uprising toppled the...
Venezuela says in talks with US to restore diplomatic ties
AFP : Venezuela said Friday it had launched talks with the United States on restoring diplomatic ties, days after US forces deposed Nicolas Maduro as...
Syrian army says controls Aleppo district
AFP : Syria’s army said it had completed a “security sweep” on Saturday of a neighbourhood in Aleppo where it clashed with Kurdish forces, who...
UNSC plans emergency meeting on Ukraine
AFP : The UN Security Council will meet Monday to discuss Ukraine, after Russia launched strikes on capital Kyiv causing heating outages in the middle...
Storm Goretti: 100,000 homes in France without power
AFP : A man was killed after a tree fell on a caravan in England after record winds brought by Storm Goretti, as 100,000 homes...
Fresh rallies in Iran: Son of Shah calls for city centres to be seized
AFP : Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic republic, as the son of the ousted shah urged protesters...
Neighbours in Minneapolis protect each other from US immigration police
AFP : When Jennifer Arnold learned one of her neighbors in the midwestern city of Minneapolis had been arrested by immigration authorities late last year,...
