BBC Online :A Belarusian dissident who was taken off a Ryanair jet forced to land in Minsk has been transferred to house arrest, the authorities have confirmed.Roman Protasevich was taken into custody on suspicion...
Al Jazeera :Cowessess First Nation announced the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, Canada and Indigenous leaders say they will find more...
Aljazeera :A wing of a 12-story beachfront apartment building collapsed in a town outside Miami early Thursday morning, killing at least one person while trapping residents in rubble and twisted metal. Scores of rescuers...
AFP, Madrid :Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee was found dead in his jail cell in Spain on Wednesday, officials said, shortly after a court approved his extradition to the United States where he was...
AFP, Manila :Former Philippine president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, the reserved 61-year-old bachelor from one of Asia’s most famous political families, died Thursday, the country’s foreign minister and several officials said.Aquino, who ruled the archipelago...
AFP, Moscow :Russia on Thursday reported more than 20,000 new coronavirus infections and 568 deaths, a peak not seen since January, as the country battles a surging outbreak of the Delta variant worsened by...
Reuters :World powers met in Berlin on Wednesday to seek lasting peace in Libya by ensuring the conflict-racked North African country stays firmly on the path towards general elections on December 24.Representatives of Libya’s...
BBC :At least three people have been killed and 13 others wounded after an explosion near the residence of the founder of armed group, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, hospital...
Al Jazeera :Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have warned Israel against delays in lifting restrictions imposed on the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave and impeding reconstruction after last month’s devastating attacks.The warning was issued on Tuesday...
Agencies :India has declared a new coronavirus variant to be of concern after nearly two dozen cases had been detected across the country so far. The variant AY.1, identified locally as Delta Plus and...
Reuters :A Russian military ship fired warning shots at British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender after it entered Russian waters in the Black Sea and a Russian jet dropped bombs in its path, Interfax...
AP, Gaza City :Over the last 12 years, Gaza residents have endured four deadly Israeli attacks, rebuilding after each one and hoping that it would be the last.But after the latest Israeli military assault...
