20 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion
Reuters :At least 20 people were killed in a fuel tank explosion in Akkar in northern Lebanon, the Lebanese Red Cross said on its Twitter account early on Sunday.Reuters was unable to immediately reach...
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Protesters clash with police at anti-PM rally in Bangkok
Al Jazeera :Three protesters are injured when Thai police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a Bangkok rally, as coronavirus cases soar and anger builds about Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s handling of the...
UN alarmed by ‘mass rape’ in southeast DR Congo
AFP :The United Nations raised the alarm on Friday over widespread, systematic sexual violence in the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, saying women were reporting armed groups carrying out mass rape. UNHCR, the UN...
Zambia: Hakainde takes early lead
Al Jazeera :Zambia’s opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has taken an early lead in the country’s presidential election over incumbent Edgar Lungu, according to the first results from the electoral commission on Saturday.Hichilema tallied 171,604...
Raid at Nicaragua paper that branded govt a ‘dictatorship’
AFP :Nicaraguan police on Friday raided the premises of independent newspaper La Prensa, which had branded the government a “dictatorship” after being forced to suspend its print edition.The publication announced the suspension on Thursday,...
July was world’s hottest month on record
AFP :July was the hottest month globally ever recorded, a US scientific agency said Friday, in the latest data to sound the alarm about the climate crisis.“July is typically the world’s warmest month of...
Iran announces 6-day lockdown amid surge in Covid cases
Al Jazeera :As Iranians are angry and frustrated with the country’s COVID-19 response, the government has announced a six-day country-wide shutdown to curb an alarming rise in deaths and infections.The national anti-coronavirus task force,...
Kabul’s young women plead for help as Taliban advance
BBC Online :Every night terrified young men and women across the city send me desperate messages begging for help. “Pray for us,” says one. “The situation is critical, we are very worried,” says another....
Western fires threaten thousands of homes, strain resources
AP :A month-old wildfire burning through forestlands in Northern California lurched toward a small lumber town as blazes across the U.S. Western states strained resources and threatened thousands of homes with destruction.Crews were cutting...
BBC reporter asked not to return to Russia ever
Reuters :A BBC journalist said on Saturday that Russia was expelling her and had told her she could never return in “devastating” treatment showing the country she reported on for years was turning inwards.In...
US keeping distance as Afghan forces face Taliban rout
AP :Afghan government forces are collapsing even faster than U.S. military leaders thought possible just a few months ago when President Joe Biden ordered a full withdrawal. But there’s little appetite at the White...
Could the Taliban take over Afghanistan?
The New York Times :Since international troops began withdrawing from Afghanistan in May, the Taliban have carried out a sweeping military campaign and gained control of much of the country’s rural areas. But for...