US House passes bills to protect abortion access, Senate approval unlikely
BSS :The US House of Representatives adopted two bills on Friday aimed at protecting access to abortion after the Supreme Court ruled that individual states...
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UK Tory leadership contenders spar over tax in first TV debate
BSS :The five remaining Conservative candidates to become Britain’s next prime minister clashed on Friday night over tax and honesty in politics in their first...
Russia deploys missiles from Europe’s largest nuclear plant: Ukraine agency
BSS :Russia is using Europe’s largest nuclear power plant as a base to store weapons including “missile systems” and to shell the surrounding areas of...
Khashoggi fiancee says ‘blood’ of Saudi victims on Biden’s hands
BSS :The fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi said 0n Friday that President Joe Biden had blood on his hands after meeting and fist-bumping Saudi...
14 dead in military helicopter crash in Mexico
BSs/AFP :Fourteen people were killed when a military helicopter crashed on Friday in northwestern Mexico, the navy said. “A Black Hawk helicopter was involved in...
14 killed’ in Sudan tribal clashes near Ethiopia border
BSS/AFP :At least 14 people were killed on Friday in tribal clashes in Sudan’s Blue Nile state which borders Ethiopia, residents and local officials members...
‘Biden to announce $1 bn in food aid for Middle East’
BSS :US President Joe Biden will announce $1 billion in new food aid to the Middle East, a senior official said Saturday, amid rising food...
Ukraine announces first delivery of M270 rocket systems
BSS :Ukraine said Friday it had received its first delivery of a sophisticated rocket-launcher system, adding to a growing arsenal of Western-supplied long-range artillery Kyiv...
Saudi opens airspace to ‘all carriers’ in gesture to Israel
BSS :Saudi Arabia announced on Friday that it was lifting restrictions on “all carriers” using its airspace, an apparent gesture of openness towards Israel ahead...
Italy’s Draghi urged to fix crisis as resignation refused
BSS :Italy’s teetering government was thrown a lifeline Thursday after the country’s president refused to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, insisting he...
UK owes apology for ‘grave wrong’ of forced adoptions: inquiry
BSS/AFP :Britain should formally apologise to unmarried mothers who were forced to give up their babies for adoption, according to an official report Friday that...
Palestinian President Abbas to meet Macron in Paris
BSS/AFP :Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next week focusing on the “peace process” and elections, the...