At least 23 civilians killed in Syria violence
BSS :At least 21 civilians including children were killed Friday in separate bombardments in the latest flare-up of violence along Syria’s northern border with Turkey,...
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22 dead in Chad heavy rains since June: UN
BSS :Torrential rains have caused the death of 22 people in Chad since June, with more than 110,000 affected, a UN report has said.The rains...
S.Korea reports 138,812 new Covid-19 cases
BSS/Xinhua :South Korea reported 138,812 new COVID-19 cases as of Thursday midnight compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 22,000,037,...
UN to scale up Ukraine grain exports before winter: UN chief
BSS :The United Nations wants to step up grain exports from Ukraine before winter, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday after talks with...
Trump executive pleads guilty to tax fraud, will testify at upcoming trial
BSS :Allen Weisselberg, the long-time chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty on Thursday to tax fraud and agreed to testify at an...
North Korea rejects Seoul’s aid offer as ‘height of absurdity’
BSS :Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Friday rejected Seoul’s offer of economic assistance in return for denuclearisation...
Rushdie stabbing suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder, assault
BSS :The suspected assailant of Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty on Thursday to attempted murder and assault charges at a court hearing in upstate New...
Lula keeps big lead over Bolsonaro in new Brazil presidential polls
BSS :A new polls ahead of Brazil’s presidential election in October shows former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintaining a significant lead over Jair...
Zelensky rules out any ‘peace’ with Russia without troops withdrawal
BSS :President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday ruled out peace with Russia unless withdrawal of its troops from Ukraine, speaking after talks with his Turkish counterpart,...
Damage to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant would be ‘suicide’: UN chief
BSS :UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned that any damage to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine would be “suicide”, following an...
Finland says Russian fighter jets ‘suspected’ of violating airspace
BSS :Two Russian fighter jets are believed to have violated Finnish airspace on Thursday, Finland’s defence ministry said, as the Nordic country seeks NATO membership...
Russian ammunitions depot ablaze near Ukraine border
BSS :Two Russian villages were evacuated on Thursday after a fire broke out at an ammunition depot near the border with Ukraine, local authorities said.The...