‘45 rescued after boat carrying migrants sinks off Lebanon’
BSS/AFP :A child died and 45 people were rescued on Saturday after a boat carrying around 60 migrants sank off Lebanon, where deadly sea crossings...
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Israel closes crossing to Gaza Strip after new rocket attacks
BSS/AFP :Israel said that it would close its only crossing from the Gaza Strip for workers on Sunday in response to overnight rocket fire, stopping...
Ukraine aims to evacuate civilians from Mariupol as Russia presses campaign
BSS/AFP :Ukraine said it would make a fresh attempt on Saturday to evacuate civilians from Mariupol, the devastated port city largely controlled by Russian forces,...
Women in India’s West Bengal fight upcoming coal mine
Al Jazeera :Mainomoti Soren, a 42-year-old farmer in Dewanganj village in eastern India, was one of at least 100 women who clashed with supporters of...
Iran’s Guards vow to continue avenging revered general
BSS/AFP :Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Thursday they would not stop avenging a top general killed in a US attack as a condition to end sanctions,...
Six dead in Russian military research institute fire
BSS/AFP :Six people died Thursday when a fire engulfed a Russian military research institute involved in developing air defence systems in the northwestern city of...
Kenya’s former president Kibaki dead at 90
BSS/AFP :Former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki, who led the East African country for more than a decade, has died, his successor Uhuru Kenyatta announced on...
Britain, India in new defence and security partnership: Johnson
BSS/AFP :Britain and India agreed a “new and expanded” defence and security partnership on Friday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in New Delhi.Johnson is...
US says focused on Cuba migration in highest talks under Biden
BSS/AFP :The United States and Cuba on Thursday held their highest-level talks since President Joe Biden took office, but Washington said they focused narrowly on...
UN top court raps Colombia over sea row with Nicaragua
BSS/AFP :The United Nations’ top court on Thursday ordered the Colombian navy to stop interfering in Nicaraguan waters, ruling on a longstanding legal battle over...
China reinforces tight control over plane crash mystery
BSS :The cause of China’s deadliest aircrash in decades remains a mystery, with authorities giving few details in apreliminary report on Wednesday while enforcing strict...
Macron, Le Pen in final poll campaigning
BSS/AFP :President Emmanuel Macron and far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Thursday prepared for a final rush of campaigning before France’s presidential election after an...