Sinn Fein set for historic N.Ireland victory
BSS/AFP : Irish nationalists Sinn Fein were poised for a historic first ever win in election for the Northern Ireland Assembly after vote counting resumed...
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Police tear-gas students as strike hits Sri Lanka
BSS :Police again lobbed tear gas and used water cannon to disperse students trying to storm Sri Lanka’s Parliament bhavan on Friday, as the country...
UK and Japan agree defence deal as London welcomes PM Kishida
BSS/AFP :UK and Japan leaders Boris Johnson and Fumio Kishida agreed to deepen defence ties during talks in London on Thursday where they also snacked...
EU members wrangle over plan to ban Russian oil
BSS/AFP :European diplomats were locked in difficult negotiations on Friday to agree a new package of sanctions against Russia, with Hungary opposed to a ban...
Nearly 15 mln deaths directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19: WHO
BSS/Xinhua :The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that almost 15 million deaths globally were directly or indirectly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic by...
South Africa’s opposition leader goes to Ukraine for fact-finding
Al Jazeera :The leader of South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), is visiting Ukraine to see the damage and suffering caused as...
EU eyes Russian oil import ban amid new bid to evacuate Mariupol
BSS/AFP :The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a ban within the year on Russian oil imports in its toughest move yet over the invasion of...
Months into the Ukraine war, has Germany’s position changed?
Al Jazeera :The current German government – a coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democrats – has been repeatedly accused...
Russia practises nuclear-capable missile strikes: ministry
BSS/AFP : Russia on Wednesday said that its forces had practised simulated nuclear-capable missile strikes in the western enclave of Kaliningrad, amid Moscow’s military campaign...
‘Hottest summer ever’: Many Indian states under ‘severe’ heatwave
Al Jazeera :The main summer months in India – April, May and June – are always excruciatingly hot in most parts of the country, before...
Taliban urges world to recognise ‘Islamic Emirate’
Al Jazeera :The supreme leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhunzada, has called on the international community to recognise the “Islamic Emirate” of Afghanistan in a...
South Africa says it may be on brink of fifth covid wave
Al Jazeera :South Africa may be entering a fifth Covid-19 wave earlier than expected after a sustained rise in infections over the past 14 days...