Hong Kong’s Stand News outlet shuts down after police raid
Al Jazeera :Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Stand News online media outlet says it is ceasing operations following a police raid and arrests of current and former...
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Iran president to visit Russia next year
BSS :Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi is preparing to visit Russia following an invitation from his counterpart Vladimir Putin, an Iranian government spokesman said Tuesday, a...
Kuwait’s crown prince swears in new gov’t
BSS :Kuwait’s newly-formed government took the oath on Wednesday before Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace, the Kuwait News Agency...
Indian economy growing fast, but problems loom
Al Jazeera :Baldev Kumar threw his head back and laughed at the mention of India’s resurgent GDP growth. The country’s economy clocked an 8.4-percent uptick...
Covid to ‘overrun’ some US hospitals
BSS :President Joe Biden on Monday said some US hospitals could be “overrun” by Covid cases, but the country is generally well prepared to meet...
Covid cases climb: China expands lockdowns
BSS :Tens of thousands more people were confined to their homes in northern China on Tuesday, as the country battled its worst Covid surge in...
Indonesia rejects refugees, sends boat to Malaysia
BSS :Dozens of Rohingya refugees intercepted after their boat ran into trouble off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province were being sent into Malaysian waters,...
UN flights into Sanaa resumes
BSS :Yemen’s Huthi rebels said on Tuesday that they had allowed the temporary resumption of UN flights into the capital’s Sanaa Airport, a week after...
8 killed, 4 injured in Pakistan shootings
Xinhua, Islamabad :At least eight people were killed while four others injured in two separate shooting incidents in Pakistan, local media reported on Monday. According...
Philippines typhoon death toll rises to 388
AP, Manila :The death toll from one of the most destructive typhoons to hit the Philippines in recent years rose to 388 on Monday, the...
New UN Myanmar envoy says ‘deeply concerned’ by escalating violence
AFP, Yangon :The new United Nations special envoy to Myanmar on Monday said she was “deeply concerned” by escalating violence in the country and called...
No long-distance road trips for Afghan women without male escort: Taliban
AFP, Kabul :Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel long distances should not be offered road transport unless they are accompanied by...