North Korea marks founder’s birth without a military parade
BSS/AFP :Kim Jong Un oversaw a huge public procession to celebrate the birthday of North Korea’s founding leader, state media images showed Saturday, but the...
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Rare rough ruby goes on show in Dubai ahead of auction
BSS :A rare rough ruby dubbed one of the world’s biggest has gone on display for the first time ahead of an auction in the...
Pakistani troops killed in ambush near Afghanistan border
Al Jazeera :At least seven Pakistani soldiers had been killed in an ambush by an armed group near the Afghan border on Thursday.According to a...
Philippine storm death toll rises to 167, 110 missing
BSs/Xinhua :The death toll from the landslides and flooding spawned by tropical storm Megi has risen to 167, with 110 still missing, the government said...
I am now one of millions of Afghan refugees
Al Jazeera :When the Taliban took over Kabul in August, like millions of other Afghans, it came as a shock to me. Within the first...
Violence in occupied Palestine, 14 dead
BSS/AFP :Violence has spiralled in Israel and the West Bank after a series of attacks inside the Jewish state since last month, prompting raids and...
Iraqi women joining police defying patriarchy
Al Jazeera :When Saja al-Abayji joined the police academy, she was uncertain about managing the stringent military-like drills, and anxious over society’s perception of women...
S. A rescuers in desperate search for dozens missing in flood
BSS/AFP :Police, army and volunteer rescuers on Friday widened the search for dozens still missing five days after more than 340 people died in the...
S Korea drops most Covid restrictions as cases fall
BSS/AFP :South Korea will lift almost all social distancing measures, the government said Friday, citing a dramatic fall in reported cases of Covid-19 after an...
Syria: Israeli missile attack near Damascus
Al Jazeera :Israel fired several missiles towards Syrian military positions near Damascus, causing material damage, Syria’s military has said.State media quoted an unnamed military official...
Sri Lankans set up protest camp, vow to stay till Rajapaksa quits
Al Jazeera :Angry over a worsening economic crisis, residents of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, have transformed the streets in front of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office...
Manhunt after 10 shot in Brooklyn subway attack
BSS, AFP :A massive manhunt was underway Tuesday in New York for a man who shot 10 people on a packed subway train, donning a...