Sri Lanka frees politician sentenced for murder
BBC Online :The UN and human rights groups have criticised Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decision to pardon a convicted murderer, warning it undermines the...
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Harris laments ‘rhetoric’ over immigration at US-Mexico border
AP :Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday used her first trip to the United States-Mexico border since taking office to call for an end to...
Trudeau says Pope should apologize on Canadian soil
Reuters :Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he has asked the pope to come to Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role running...
Assange’s fiancée urges Biden to free Assange
Reuters :President Joe Biden must let Julian Assange go free if he wants the United States to become a beacon for a free press once...
Over a dozen vaccinated doctors dead as Indonesia’s virus cases surge
AFP :Over a dozen fully vaccinated doctors have died of Covid-19 in Indonesia, a medical association said on Friday, as the Southeast Asian country battles...
Iraq paramilitaries show off weaponry in big, anniversary parade
Reuters :Thousands of Iraqi paramilitary fighters, including powerful Iran-backed factions, marched at a military base in eastern Iraq on Saturday showcasing tanks and rocket launchers...
Pressure builds on UK’s Premier to fire health secretary
Reuters :British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under mounting pressure on Saturday to fire his health secretary after the admission that he broke Covid-19 guidelines...
Myanmar security forces seize arms cache
Reuters :Myanmar security forces seized a large cache of weapons on a truck bound for Mandalay this week, after arresting insurgents following a firefight in...
Palestinians attend funeral for PA critic Nizar Banat in Hebron
Al Jazeera :Thousands of Palestinians turned out on Friday in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron to attend the funeral of Nizar Banat, an...
18 killed China martial arts school
AFP :At least 18 people were killed and 16 injured when a fire broke out at a martial arts school in central China in the...
US to evacuate thousands of Afghans before troop withdrawal
BBC Online :The US plans to evacuate thousands of Afghans who worked for the American military ahead of September’s troop withdrawal, senior officials have said.The...
Khamenei receives Covid vaccine
Al Jazeera :Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei has received a dose of the country’s first locally developed Covid-19 vaccine.Khamenei on Friday called the development...