Madagascar arrests generals over plot to kill President Rajoelina
BBC Online :High-ranking army and police officials have been arrested in Madagascar in connection with a failed attempt to kill the country’s president.The arrested include...
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Turkey wildfires: Despair and questions as forests burn
Al Jazeera :Turkey’s southern coastline is burning. On the wooded hills of Antalya’s Manavgat district, plumes of thick smoke appear in the sky one after...
Kim’s sister slams planned US-S.Korea drills
AFP :The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday that a planned military exercise between Seoul and Washington would “becloud”...
Delta spreads ‘like wildfire’ as doctors study whether it makes patients sicker
Reuters :With a new wave of Covid-19 infections fuelled by the Delta variant striking countries worldwide, disease experts are scrambling to learn whether the latest...
Indian states agree to resolve border dispute
AFP :Two states in India’s north-east have agreed to resolve their differences peacefully after their long-running border dispute erupted into deadly violence last week.Last Monday...
Scuffles in Berlin as Covid-19 sceptics defy protest ban
AFP :Thousands of anti-lockdown demonstrators defied a court-ordered protest ban on Sunday (Aug 1) and gathered in the streets of Berlin, resulting in scuffles with...
Death toll in China floods rises to 302
AFP :The death toll from floods in central China last month is at least 302 with dozens of people still missing, officials said on Monday,...
Sumatran tigers infected with coronavirus
AFP :Two Sumatran tigers were recovering at a Jakarta zoo after being infected with coronavirus, Indonesian officials said Sunday, as they probed how the critically...
Ismail Haniyeh re-elected Hamas chief
Reuters :Ismail Haniyeh has been re-elected as leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, officials said on Sunday, cementing his control of the organization which rules...
Army patrols Sydney streets
Online Desk : Australia’s Queensland state on Monday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce stay-at-home rules as Australia...
China police detain Canadian pop star over rape allegation
Reuters :Police in China said they have detained a 30-year-old Canadian man surnamed Wu on suspicion of committing rape, with state media identifying him as...
NZ’s PM apologises for 1970s immigration raids on Pacific community
Reuters :New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern issued a sombre state apology on Sunday to the Pacific community for racially targeted immigration raids in the...