BBC :US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Russia for what is being described as the worst-ever cyber espionage attack on the US government.“We can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians...
BBC :An explosion has killed 15 children and injured another 20 people in the east Afghan province of Ghazni, officials and police sources say.The reason for the explosion in the Gilan district is unclear...
Yahoo News :Donald Trump, who is yet to acknowledge his loss in the US presidential elections, considered refusing to leave the White House on inauguration day in January next year, according to reports.Mr Trump...
BBC Online :President-elect Joe Biden will nominate a Native American to serve as his interior secretary, leading the agency governing public lands, US media say.If confirmed, Congresswoman Deb Haaland will be the first indigenous...
Al Jazeera News :Muslims in Sri Lanka are outraged over the forced cremation of a 20-day-old Covid-19 victim last week against the family’s wishes, the latest in more than a dozen such cremations in...
Reuters, Jakarta :Supporters of firebrand Indonesian cleric Rizieq Shihab clashed with police during a demonstration in Jakarta on Friday, after demanding their spiritual figurehead be released from police detention.Several hundred protesters, some dressed in...
AP, Alaska :Health officials in Alaska have reported that a second health care worker had an adverse reaction to a Covid-19 vaccine.Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau says the two workers showed adverse reactions about...
Reuters, Wuhan :With investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) set to visit China next year, residents of Wuhan are saying they want the team to come to the central city, hoping they could...
AP, New York :Federal authorities on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging a Kenyan man with trying to stage a 9/11-style attack on the US on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab.For the latest headlines...
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf has described 2020 as a “terrible” year and says the national coronavirus strategy has failed.He made the remarks as part of an annual TV programme reviewing the year with...
A man who murdered nine people after contacting them on Twitter has been sentenced to death, in a high-profile case that has shocked Japan.Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the “Twitter killer”, was arrested in 2017 after...
Reuters, Moscow :The director of a retirement home in the Russian region of Bashkortostan was detained on Tuesday after 11 elderly people died in a fire that broke out at the facility, authorities said.The...
