Shanghai Covid death toll rises to 17
BSS/AFP : China reported seven Covid-19 deaths in Shanghai on Wednesday, raising the toll in the city to 17 fatalities as authorities struggled to rein...
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India top court halts demolition drive in violence-hit Delhi area
Al Jazeera : Indian authorities riding bulldozers have razed a number of properties in a New Delhi neighbourhood before the Supreme Court halted the demolitions...
China says it has signed security pact with Solomon Islands
Al Jazeera :A provision of a draft version of the agreement, which leaked last month, raised alarm as it allowed Chinese security and naval deployments...
Israel attacks Gaza as Jerusalem tensions spike
BSS/ASP :Israel carried out its first air strike on the Gaza Strip in months early Tuesday, in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian...
Police arrest 88 after mob attack in India
Reuters :At least 88 people have been arrested in India in connection with violence against police after a comment insulting Muslims went viral on social...
Over 4.9m Ukrainians flee war: UN
AFP :More than 4.9 million Ukrainians have fled their country following the Russian invasion, the UN said on Monday as it warned of the risks...
Saudi Arabia pushed Yemen’s president to step down
AFP :Saudi Arabia pushed Yemen’s president to step down earlier this month, and officials have confined him to his home and restricted his communications, the...
US envoy vows ‘decisive response’ to N Korea missile, nuclear tensions
Reuters :The US envoy for North Korea said that Washington would act “responsibly and decisively” in response to “escalatory actions” after a series of test...
Two captured Britons appear on Russian state TV
Reuters :Two British fighters captured in Ukraine by Russian forces appeared on Russian state TV on Monday and asked to be exchanged for a pro-Russian...
Strong quake rocks southern Greece
BSS/AFP :A strong 5-magnitude earthquake on Saturday rocked Greece off the island of Kythera, the National Observatory of Athens said.The epicentre of the quake, which...
EU anti-fraud body accuses Marine Le Pen of embezzlement
BSS/AFP :The EU’s anti-fraud body has accused French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and associates of embezzling around 600,000 euros during their time as MEPs,...
Russia renews attacks on Kyiv, Zelensky issues talks ultimatum
BSS/AFP :Russia renewed air strikes on Kyiv on Saturday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that peace talkswith Moscow would be scrapped if the last Ukrainian...