Sunak tops first round of voting for new UK Tory leader
BSS :Former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak led the field of Conservative MPs bidding to become Britain’s next prime minister in the first ballot of Tory...
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Russia and Ukraine to hold Black Sea grain talks in Turkey
BSS, AFP : Russian and Ukrainian delegations were due to meet with UN diplomats in Istanbul on Wednesday in a bid to break a months-long...
Sri Lanka anti-government protesters break into state TV
BSS/AFP : Sri Lanka’s anti-government protesters broke into the main state television station Wednesday and briefly took over broadcasts, footage showed. An unidentified man barged...
Unknown disease kills 20 children in Afghanistan’s Helmand province
BSS/Xinhua : The outbreak of an unknown disease has claimed the lives of 20 children in Afghanistan’ssouthern Helmand province, provincial director of information and culture...
UK Tories hold first round of voting for new PM
BSS/AFP : Britain’s ruling Conservative party was on Wednesday to winnow down the eight candidates vying to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson amid growing acrimony...
Israel to laser in on Iranian drone threat as Biden visits
BSS/AFP : Moments after US President Joe Biden touched down in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, the Israeli military will show him new hardware it says...
Biden heads to Israel on first Middle East tour as US president
BSS/AFP : US President Joe Biden started a Middle East tour on Wednesday in Israel, where leaders will urge tougher action against their common foe...
Ex-cop sentenced to over 20 years for George Floyd death
BSS/AFP :Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of the murder of George Floyd, was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison on...
UN Security Council extends talks on cross-border aid to Syria
BSS :The United Nations Security Council will continue negotiating Friday on extending authorization of aid transfers across Syria’s border, one day after a scheduled vote...
Rare Abbas meeting with Gantz ahead of Biden visit to region
BSS :Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas held talks in Ramallah to prepare for US President Joe Biden’s visit to the...
Indonesia urges end to Ukraine war at G20 meeting with Russia
BSS :Indonesia called on Friday for an end to the war in Ukraine as it led a Group of 20 meeting attended by Russia’s foreign...
Ukraine claims control of Snake Island
BSS :The Ukrainian army said on Thursday that it had regained control of the symbolic Snake Island in the Black Sea, after raising its flag...