8 killed in Mogadishu suicide bombing
Al Jazeera :At least eight people have been killed and nine others wounded after a suicide car bombing targeted a convoy carrying Mogadishu’s police chief,...
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Masking no longer mandated for inoculated US students
AFP :Students and teachers vaccinated against Covid-19 will not need to wear masks in US classrooms when school resumes in the fall, health authorities said...
Hackers disrupt Iran’s rail service with fake delay messages
AP :Iran’s railroad system came under cyberattack on Friday, a semi-official news agency reported, with hackers posting fake messages about train delays or cancellations on...
Southern Africa hoped it was through the worst of Covid-19 after the Delta variant arrived
CNN :Patients are crammed into every corner of the hospital’s emergency room ward. They lie on beds and gurneys, or sit slumped in wheelchairs. Many...
Teenager makes history at US spelling bee
BBC Online :A teenage basketball prodigy has become the first African American to win the US Scripps National Spelling Bee.Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old from New...
Pfizer to seek US authorization for Covid booster shot as Delta variant spreads
Reuters :Pfizer Inc plans to ask US regulators to authorize a booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine within the next month, the drugmaker’s top scientist...
Israel says it is targeting Hamas’s cryptocurrency accounts
Al Jazeera :Israel has said it will begin seizing cryptocurrency accounts used by the Palestinian Hamas group to raise money for its armed wing.Israeli Defence...
Nine killed in Sweden plane crash
Al Jazeera :A small plane carrying skydivers crashed outside the Swedish city of Orebro on Thursday night, killing all nine people on board, police said.The...
Taliban says controls 85% of Afghan territory
AFP :The Taliban said Friday it now controls 85% of Afghanistan’s territory as the militants mount an offensive amid a US military withdrawal, though the...
Pope walking after surgery
Reuters :Pope Francis is walking and working and no longer running a fever as he recovers from intestinal surgery, but he is not well enough...
Haiti police blame US, Colombian suspects in president’s slaying
Al Jazeera :A 28-member hit squad made up of Americans and Colombians assassinated President Jovenel Moise, Haitian police said Thursday, adding that eight were still...
Drone attacks by Iraqi militias reflect Iran’s waning hold
AP :Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force commander brought one main directive for Iraqi militia faction leaders long beholden to Tehran, when he gathered with them in...