BBC director of news Fran Unsworth to step down
INDEPENDENT :The BBC’s director of news and current affairs is to step down from her role next year, it has been announced.Fran Unsworth, who took...
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Trial of accused 9/11 mastermind restarts
AFP :The prosecution of alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others restarts Tuesday, just days before the 20th anniversary of the attacks,...
23 killed as bus plunges off cliff in Bolivia
AFPAt least 23 people, including three children, were killed after a bus plunged off a cliff in central Bolivia, police and witnesses said.The bus, carrying...
UN condemns military coup in Guinea
XINHUA :International organizations such as the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as well as...
At least 30 dead in DR Congo attack
AFP :At least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the restive northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local and UN sources...
IS-K kills 10 policemen near Iraq’s Kirkuk
Reuters :Islamic State militants killed 10 Iraqi policemen and wounded four during an overnight attack on a guard post near the city of Kirkuk, police...
Taliban push deep into Afghanistan’s holdout Panjshir Valley
AFP :Taliban fighters have advanced deep into the Afghanistan’s holdout Panjshir Valley, with resistance fighters saying they are keeping the Islamists at bay, but analysts...
Taliban yet to name government as Panjshir resistance holds
AFP :Fresh fighting was reported Saturday between the Taliban and resistance forces in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, even as the hardline Islamists finalise a new government...
UK against giving jabs to healthy young teens
AFP :The UK government’s independent advisory body on vaccines said Friday it would not recommend jabbing all 12- to 15- year-olds against coronavirus, arguing the...
Venezuela government, opponents resume talks
AFP :Venezuela’s government and opposition returned to the negotiating table in Mexico City on Friday, with President Nicolas Maduro’s rivals demanding guarantees of free and...
US Navy helicopter crashes off California coast
AFP :Search and rescue operations were underway after a US Navy helicopter crashed into the sea off the coast of California, the US Pacific Fleet...
NZ Covid outbreak claims first death in six months
AFP :New Zealand recorded its first Covid- related death in six months Saturday, but health authorities said there were signs the outbreak of the highly...