AFP :Myanmar will release more than 5,000 people jailed for protesting against a February coup which ousted the civilian government, the country’s junta chief said on Monday.A total of 5,636 prisoners will be freed...
Xinhua :Eleven people were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident in central Nigeria’s Kwara state on Sunday afternoon.The accident occurred on a busy road near the Onipako village of the Kwara...
Bangkok Post :Thailand will stop using the Covid-19 vaccine of China’s Sinovac when its current stock finishes, a senior Public Health Ministry official said on Monday, having used the shot extensively in combination with...
Reuters :Facebook Inc plans to hire 10,000 in the European Union over the next five years, the social media giant said on Monday, to help build the so-called metaverse – a nascent online world...
BSS :The Taliban will announce a framework that allows girls to attend school in Afghanistan “soon,” a senior United Nations official said, after four weeks in which Afghan boys have been allowed a secondary...
BSS :The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity Sunday, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.Workers removed floor...
NDTV :After evolving incidents since the death of Indian-administered Kashmir’s separatist icon on September 1, India has now terminated a grandson of Syed Ali Shah Geelani from a government job.Anees-Ul-Islam, the victim, was employed...
BSS :An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at 02:30:57 GMT on Sunday, the U.S.Geological Survey said.The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be...
AFP :Japan’s new prime minister on Sunday sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that honours war dead and is seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Tokyo’s past militarism. Fumio...
BSS :A fugitive businessman accused of acting as a money launderer for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime was extradited Saturday to the United States from Cape Verde, his legal team told AFP.Manuel Pinto Monteiro,...
Al jazeera :Pirates on five boats attacked two Iranian oil tankers but were repelled by army vessels, authorities said.Tehran, Iran – An Iranian warship has repelled pirates who were trying to take over two...
BSS :At least six people died and another one is missing after a ship sank in the Paraguay River in the central-western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, local authorities reported on Saturday.The event occurred...
