23 missing, four die in migrant shipwrecks off Tunisia
Reuters :At least 23 African migrants were missing and four died on Saturday after their two boats sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross...
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Iran to send delegation to Saudi Arabia for embassy reopening
Reuters :An Iranian technical delegation will visit Saudi Arabia this week to prepare for the reopening of Iran’s embassy in Riyadh, the semi-official ISNA news...
Attack kills around 20 in eastern Congo; Islamic State claims responsibility
Reuters :Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that authorities said killed around 20...
India’s tiger population rises above 3,000
AFP :India’s wild tiger population by far the largest in the world has risen above 3,000, according to a census released on Sunday, boosting efforts...
N Korea says tested another underwater nuclear attack ‘drone’
Al Jazeera :North Korea has conducted another test of a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, according to state media.The country tested the so-called Haeil-2 more than...
Iraq’s Saddam still revered in Jordan 20 years later
AFP :Twenty years after the fall of his regime, the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein remains admired and popular in Jordan where his image can...
Pope skips Good Friday procession due to cold weather
AFP :Pope Francis, who is recovering from bronchitis and last week spent three nights in hospital, did not attend the traditional “Way of the Cross”...
China’s military announces ‘combat readiness patrols’ around Taiwan
AP :The Chinese military announced exercises around Taiwan on Saturday in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives...
Trump doesn’t deserve prison for hush money: Stormy Daniels
BBC Online :Stormy Daniels says Donald Trump does not deserve to be jailed over the payment made to her which landed him in court this...
Quebec ice storm leaves two dead, million without power
AFP :An ice storm that battered eastern Canada left two dead and some million people without electricity on Thursday, as fallen trees blocked roads and...
Indian editors decry govt move to police online news
Reuters :The Editors Guild of India is deeply disturbed by the government’s move to police news on social media through a self-appointed fact-checking unit, the...
Two women killed in West Bank shooting
AFP :Two Israeli women were killed in a shooting in the occupied West Bank on Friday, just hours after Israel bombarded Gaza and Lebanon following...