Mariupol’s defences ‘on brink of collapse’, Ukraine official says
Al Jazeera :Ukraine has urged Russia to hold a “special round of talks” on evacuating fighters and civilians holding out in a vast steel plant...
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‘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...
UN calls for Mariupol evacuation
BSS/AFP :The United Nations Ukraine crisis coordinator, Amin Awad, on Sunday called for an “immediate stop” to fighting in Mariupol to allow the evacuation of...
First commercial flight from rebel-held Yemen since 2016 postponed
BSS :The first commercial flight out of Yemen’s rebel-held capital in six years was indefinitely postponed on Sunday, after failing to obtain permits from the...
Palestinian wounded at Al-Aqsa compound slips into coma
Al Jazeera :A 21-year-old Palestinian man who suffered a serious head injury on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday has fallen into a coma and is...
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,...
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...
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...