US envoy apologizes for saying Afghan women need Black Girl Magic
AFP :The top US diplomat to Afghanistan on Thursday apologized for tweets that suggested struggling Afghan women might find inspiration in African American history and...
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Missiles hammer Ukraine as Russia eyes Bakhmut’s capture by April
Reuters :Russia rained missiles across Ukraine on Thursday and struck its largest oil refinery, Kyiv said, while the head of the Wagner mercenary group predicted...
Security drives US, Saudi efforts to overcome tensions
Reuters :The United States and Saudi Arabia are trying to move beyond a public spat last year that saw strategic ties hit a nadir, as...
Nato pledges Turkey quake aid, appeals for Finland, Sweden
Deutsche Welle :Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in Turkey on Thursday that the military alliance would be sending “tens of thousands of tents” to the...
Scotland’s leader Sturgeon announces shock resignation
AFP :Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced on Wednesday her resignation after more than eight years leading its devolved government, in a shock move jolting...
North Korea launching new ICBM military unit
AFP :North Korea may have launched a military unit tasked with operating new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in line with its recent restructuring of the...
Three dead in US campus shooting
AFP : Three people were killed and five others wounded on Monday when a gunman opened fire on a university campus in the United States,...
BBC’s Delhi and Mumbai offices raided; phones, laptops seized
NDTV : Income Tax officials searched the BBC’s Delhi and Mumbai offices on Tuesday and seized phones and laptops, weeks after a massive controversy over...
Inside the struggles of Turkey’s earthquake response
Reuters :Kevser said she could hear her two sons trapped beneath the rubble of their collapsed apartment building in the Turkish city of Antakya but...
Cyclone Gabrielle lashes northern New Zealand, 58,000 homes without power
AP :Around 58,000 homes are without power in New Zealand’s upper North Island on Monday as the approach of Cyclone Gabrielle brings strong winds, heavy...
EU envoy to Syria: ‘absolutely unfair’ to be accused of shirking quake aid
Reuters :The European Union’s envoy to Syria said early on Sunday that it was not fair to accuse the group of failing to provide enough...
Australia’s remote Norfolk Island battens down ahead of cyclone
AFP :A tropical cyclone was racing towards Australia’s remote Norfolk Island on Saturday, with forecasters warning its 2,000 residents to prepare for “destructive winds” and...