South Africa to roll out Covid booster shots next month
South Africa will next month start giving of Pfizer booster shots against corona virus, a health official said Friday, a day after the country reported...
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Benin opposition leader goes on trial
BSS :A Benin opposition leader went on trial on terrorism charges on Friday, nine months after she was arrested just before President Patrice Talon’s re-election...
US court rejects Trump bid to keep Capitol riot documents secret
BSS :A US federal appeals court on Thursday rejected former president Donald Trump’s bid to prevent the release of White House records relating to the...
Australia fights bushfires in west, floods in east
BSS :Australia battled twin natural disasters on Friday, with bushfires cutting through a picturesque west coast region, while serious flooding and heavy rains lashed the...
Champions of press freedom to accept Nobel Peace Prize
BSS :She risks prison, he has buried several colleagues: Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia, two champions of the free press,...
On Human Rights Day, Kashmir rights groups decry India crackdown
Al Jazeera :On the International Human Rights Day every year, 62-year-old Parveena Ahanger and the families of hundreds of victims of enforced disappearances in Indian-administered...
Father, son charged with starting huge California forest fire
BSS :A father and son have been arrested on charges of starting a huge forest fire that burned more than 200,000 acres in northern California...
US to decide quickly if Iran serious about nuclear talks
BSS :The United States will swiftly determine whether Tehran is acting in “good faith” in talks about reviving the Iran nuclear accord, a State Department...
Record number of journalists in jail worldwide
Al Jazeera :The number of journalists behind bars reached a global high in 2021, according to a new report from the non-profit Committee to Protect...
Burkina Faso PM, govt resign over security crisis
BSS :Burkina Faso’s premier and government resigned Wednesday as protests mounted against officials’ inability to combat a wave of militant attacks that have killed thousands.President...
Adama Barrow’s re-election and the Gambia’s long walk to justice
Al Jazeera :Adama Barrow was declared this week the winner of The Gambia’s closely watched presidential election, securing a second five-year term in office.The vote...
Victory’: Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner hails release
Al Jazeera :Smiles abound as a steady stream of visitors enters Kayed Fasfous’s room at a hospital in Ramallah.The former Palestinian prisoner has been recovering...