ASEAN appoints Brunei diplomat to Myanmar
Reuters :Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have appointed Brunei’s second minister for foreign affairs, Erywan Yusof, as special envoy to...
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US, Indonesia commit to South China Sea defense in strategic dialogue
Reuters :US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Tuesday the launch of a “strategic dialogue” with Indonesia, and Washington said the two countries committed...
Sudan takes 1st step towards joining ICC
Al Jazeera :The Sudanese cabinet has voted to ratify the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move bringing closer the possibility of...
KSA to accept vaccinated travellers
Dawn.com :Saudi Arabia has decided to allow entry to foreign travellers fully vaccinated with either Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines, provided that they also receive a...
Greek firefighters battle ‘raging’ forest fire near Athens
Al Jazeera :People in Athens are being advised to stay indoors while firefighters tackle a raging forest fire on the outskirts of the Greek capital...
Two dead Czech train crash
Reuters :Two people died and more than 40 others suffered injuries when a fast train from Munich collided with a commuter passenger train in the...
Vessel left off UAE coast
AP :The hijackers who seized a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman left the targeted ship on...
Nearly 5m fewer girls to be born worldwide over next 10 years
AFP :An estimated 4.7 million fewer girls are expected to be born globally in the next 10 years because of sex-selective practices in countries with...
Head of Belarus exiles group found dead in Ukraine
BBC Online :The head of a group helping people who have fled Belarus has been found dead near his home in neighbouring Ukraine.Vitaly Shishov’s body...
Iraq says US to return 17,000 ancient artifacts
Al Jazeera :The United States is returning more than 17,000 ancient artifacts looted and smuggled out of Iraq after the US invasion in 2003, including...
China’s Wuhan to test ‘all residents’ as Covid-19 returns
Al Jazeera :Authorities in Wuhan have announced that they will test its entire population for COVID-19 after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus first...
UN urges warring parties in Afghanistan to protect civilians
Al Jazeera :The United Nations has called on Afghanistan’s warring parties to do more to protect civilians, warning that the impact of “indiscriminate” gunfire and...