Pregnant women caught in Pakistan floods desperate for aid
BSS :With a swollen belly, aching feet and her four-year-old daughter in tow, Fahmidah Bibi keeps an eye out for a doctor who is rumoured...
International
UN envoy holds talks with Polisario chief in Algeria
BSS :The UN’s Western Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura met Sunday with the leader of the Polisario independence movement leader in Tindouf, Algeria, as part...
Israel delays, amends new West Bank travel rules after outcry
BSS :Israel Sunday delayed until next month new rules on visas for the occupied West Bank and dropped at least two controversial aspects relating to...
Powerful typhoon lashes Japan’s Okinawa islands through weekend, evacuation ordered
BSS :Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor arrived in the south of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa on Saturday, resulting in orders for residents of three municipalities to...
China’s No. 3 leader to visit Russia next week
BSS :China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week, state media reported Sunday, becoming the highest- ranking Communist Party politician to travel to...
China’s No. 3 leader to visit Russia next week
BSS :China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week, state media reported Sunday, becoming the highest- ranking Communist Party politician to travel to...
Barack Obama: president, Nobel laureate, and now an Emmy winner
BSS :Hollywood newcomer Barack Obama was awarded an Emmy for narrating his Netflix documentary series “Our Great National Parks,” the Television Academy announced on Saturday.The...
Blast kills 3 children, wounds 3 others in S. Afghanistan
BSS :Three children lost their lives and three others sustained injuries as an explosive device went off in Nad Ali district of Afghanistan’s southern Helmand...
US announces $1.1b arms package for Taiwan
BSS :The United States on Friday announced a new $1.1 billion package of arms to Taiwan, in a new bid to boost its defenses amid...
Russia says US yet to issue visas to delegation for UN summit
BSS :Russia has expressed “alarm” to the UN’s secretary-general that the US has yet to issue visas to its delegation for attending a General Assembly...
Former Kyrgyzstan president named UN envoy to Afghanistan
BSS :United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named former Kyrgyzstan President Roza Otunbayeva as the UN’s new special representative for Afghanistan, his office announced on...
Strong evidence of obstruction by Trump, says his ex Justice chief
BSS :Donald Trump’s former attorney general said on Friday that he US government appeared justified in raiding the former president’s home to recover classified materials...