Protesters clash with police at anti-PM rally in Bangkok
Al Jazeera :Three protesters are injured when Thai police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a Bangkok rally, as coronavirus cases soar and anger...
International
UN alarmed by ‘mass rape’ in southeast DR Congo
AFP :The United Nations raised the alarm on Friday over widespread, systematic sexual violence in the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, saying women were reporting...
Zambia: Hakainde takes early lead
Al Jazeera :Zambia’s opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has taken an early lead in the country’s presidential election over incumbent Edgar Lungu, according to the first...
Raid at Nicaragua paper that branded govt a ‘dictatorship’
AFP :Nicaraguan police on Friday raided the premises of independent newspaper La Prensa, which had branded the government a “dictatorship” after being forced to suspend...
July was world’s hottest month on record
AFP :July was the hottest month globally ever recorded, a US scientific agency said Friday, in the latest data to sound the alarm about the...
Iran announces 6-day lockdown amid surge in Covid cases
Al Jazeera :As Iranians are angry and frustrated with the country’s COVID-19 response, the government has announced a six-day country-wide shutdown to curb an alarming...
Kabul’s young women plead for help as Taliban advance
BBC Online :Every night terrified young men and women across the city send me desperate messages begging for help. “Pray for us,” says one. “The...
Western fires threaten thousands of homes, strain resources
AP :A month-old wildfire burning through forestlands in Northern California lurched toward a small lumber town as blazes across the U.S. Western states strained resources...
BBC reporter asked not to return to Russia ever
Reuters :A BBC journalist said on Saturday that Russia was expelling her and had told her she could never return in “devastating” treatment showing the...
US keeping distance as Afghan forces face Taliban rout
AP :Afghan government forces are collapsing even faster than U.S. military leaders thought possible just a few months ago when President Joe Biden ordered a...
Could the Taliban take over Afghanistan?
The New York Times :Since international troops began withdrawing from Afghanistan in May, the Taliban have carried out a sweeping military campaign and gained control...
N Korea wants more coop with Russia to counter US
Reuters :North Korea intends to strengthen cooperation with Russia to counter the United States, and peace on the Korean peninsula will not be possible until...