Najib starts final bid to overturn his jail sentence
BSS :Malaysia’s top court on Thursday began hearing ex-leader Najib Razak’s appeal to overturn his jail sentence for corruption in a high-stakes legal gambit that...
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Anger as US court says teen not ‘mature’ enough for abortion
BSS :An appeal court in Florida has upheld a ruling that a 16-year-old girl is not “sufficiently mature” enough to get an abortion-a decision that...
At least three killed in Kabul mosque blast: Hospital
BSS :A blast ripped through a mosque packed with worshippers in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, resulting in the death at least three people...
Morocco bus crash leaves 23 dead, scores injured
BSS :A bus crash east of Morocco’s economic capital Casablanca on Wednesday left 23 people dead, a health official said, marking one of the deadliest...
Hundreds evacuated as ‘frightening’ floods hit N Zealand
BSS :Hundreds of families on New Zealand’s South Island were forced to leave their homes on Thursday after flooding caused a state of emergency to...
26 dead as forest conflagration spreads in north Algeria
BSS :At least 26 people died and dozens of others were injured in forest conflagration that ravaged 14 districts of northern Algeria on Wednesday, the...
Former Australian PM defends secret power grab
BSS :Australia’s former leader on Wednesday defended secret arrangements he made to swear himself in to key portfolios including defence and treasury, saying he would...
Boy loses part of leg to shark bite off Florida coast
BSS :A 10-year-old boy had part of his leg amputated after being bitten by a shark while snorkeling on vacation in the Florida Keys, his...
UN chief to meet Ukraine, Turkey leaders in Lviv
BSS :UN chief Antonio Guterres will meet with the leaders of Ukraine and Turkey this week, officials announced on Tuesday, as Kyiv reported an “unprecedented”...
UN Myanmar envoy begins talks with junta officials
BSS :The UN’s new special envoy for Myanmar set out for meetings with junta officials on Wednesday but did notrespond to questions about whether she...
Bolsonaro, Lula to launch campaigns in Brazil
BSS :The race for Brazil’s October elections officially opens on Tuesday with dueling campaign events by far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist ex-president Luiz Inacio...