Swedish PM resigns
AFP :Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven resigned on Monday, one week after he lost a vote of no confidence, leaving it up to the speaker of parliament to begin the search for a replacement.Lofven...
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US carries out air raids on Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq
Al Jazeera :The United States carried out another round of air raids against Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq and Syria, in response to drone attacks against US personnel and facilities in Iraq, with the...
30 killed in al Shabaab attack in Somalia
Reuters :An estimated 30 people died on Sunday when Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab group launched an attack in a town in the country’s semi-autonomous state of Galmudug, a security official said.The insurgents used car...
Ukraine, US to start Black Sea military drills despite Russian protest
Reuters :Ukraine and the United States will start a military exercise involving more than 30 countries in the Black Sea and southern Ukraine on Monday, despite Russian calls to cancel the drills. Sea Breeze...
Trump revenge tour kicks off in Ohio
Reuters :Several hundred supporters of former President Donald Trump lined up for a rally on Saturday in Ohio, his first since the deadly attack on the US Capitol, as he aims to bolster allies,...
Iran says nuclear deal salvageable but will not negotiate forever
Reuters :Iran said on Saturday it believes a reinstatement of its 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers is possible but warned that Tehran “will not negotiate forever”.“Out of a steadfast commitment to salvage...
Sudan stumbles toward peace, but standoff over corpses
The New York Times :Two years after more than 100 young Sudanese were killed in a revolution that toppled a dictator, their bodies lie in limbo in a corner of the capital.A deathly stench...
Thousands descend on London for anti-lockdown march
AFP :Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters marched through central London on Saturday, with the prime minister’s Downing Street residence and parliament both pelted with tennis balls.England was meant to have lifted all restrictions on June...
Fighting in Yemen’s Marib heats up again
Reuters :Fighting between Yemen’s warring parties in the gas-rich Marib region, the recognised government’s last northern stronghold, intensified late on Saturday, three sources said, at a time the United Nations and United States are...
Somali kills 3 in ‘brutal’ knife attack in Germany
AFP :A Somali man killed three people and left five others seriously injured in an “incredibly brutal” knife rampage in the southern German city of Wuerzburg.The 24-year-old suspect staged the attack in the city...
Sri Lanka frees politician sentenced for murder
BBC Online :The UN and human rights groups have criticised Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decision to pardon a convicted murderer, warning it undermines the rule of law.Former MP Duminda Silva was sentenced to...
Harris laments ‘rhetoric’ over immigration at US-Mexico border
AP :Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday used her first trip to the United States-Mexico border since taking office to call for an end to political “rhetoric” and “finger-pointing” over immigration, an issue that...