Reuters, Addis Ababa :The leader of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigrayan forces said on Friday that protests were breaking out in the regional capital which fell to federal troops days ago in their month-long war.However, state...
Reuters, Manila :Philippine police on Friday threatened to cane people who violate social distancing protocols as the Southeast Asian nation fights the spread of the coronavirus during the festive season.The Philippines celebrates one of...
Al Jazeera News :US President Donald Trump is looking into granting pardons to his three eldest children, his son-in-law and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the New York Times and other US media have reported.Trump...
Reuters, Paris :Former president Valery Giscard d’Estaing, who championed European integration and helped modernise French society in the 1970s, has died at the age of 94 after contracting Covid-19.Giscard’s foundation said he passed away...
Reuters, Seoul :The last remaining foreign staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have left North Korea, the aid organisation said on Thursday, the latest in a mass exodus of foreigners...
BBC Online :A former Liberian warlord has gone on trial in Switzerland over alleged atrocities committed during the country’s long-running civil war.Alieu Kosiah, 45, is accused of murder, rape, recruiting child soldiers and a...
AP, Wellington :Joining more than 30 countries, New Zealand on Wednesday took the symbolic step of declaring a climate emergency.Lawmakers voted 76-43 in favor of the motion, in a split that followed party lines.The...
Al Jazeera News :Sri Lanka has evacuated 75,000 people from homes on the east coast, where tropical cyclone Burevi, packing winds of 80-90 kph (50-56 mph) is expected to hit the island nation late...
Reuters, Moscow :Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Belarus was facing unprecedented meddling by external forces and he called on opposing political forces to try to resolve their differences through talks.The country,...
Reuters, Sydney :Australian fire crews are battling massive bushfires on Fraser Island, the world’s largest sand island, which have been burning for six weeks, forcing tourists to flee the island off the northeast coast.The...
AP :Nearly 37,000 Americans died of Covid-19 in November, the most in any month since the dark early days of the pandemic, engulfing families in grief, filling newspaper obituary pages and testing the capacity...
Al Jazeera News :Australia and the United States will jointly develop hypersonic cruise missiles, the Australian defence minister announced on Tuesday, pledging to invest in “advanced capabilities” that will give the country’s military “more...
