‘Country has no future’: Iraqi protester killed at Baghdad rally
Al Jazeera :One demonstrator has been shot dead and dozens injured during violence at a rally in Baghdad where thousands gathered to demand accountability for...
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Myanmar excluded from WHO annual meeting
AFP :Faced with the dilemma of who to recognize as Myanmar’s legitimate representative following February’s coup, World Health Organization (WHO) members opted Wednesday to exclude...
Floyd’s family lobbies Biden for US police reform
Reuters :A year after his killing unleashed a national reckoning over racial injustice, George Floyd’s relatives met on Tuesday with President Joe Biden at the...
Ireland recognises Israel’s ‘de facto annexation’ of Palestine
Al Jazeera :The Irish government has supported a parliamentary motion condemning the “de facto annexation” of Palestinian land by Israeli authorities, in what it said...
S’pore provisionally approves 60-second Covid-19 breathalyzer test
Reuters :Singapore authorities have provisionally approved a Covid-19 breathalyzer test that aims to show whether someone is infected with the coronavirus in under a minute,...
Palestinian man killed by Israeli undercover unit in West Bank
Al Jazeera :A Palestinian man was shot and killed by undercover Israeli forces early on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, hours...
Western powers voice outrage as Belarus accused of hijacking plane
Western countries have condemned Belarus for diverting a plane flying over its territory to arrest a Belarusian opposition journalist.EU leaders are due to discuss their...
Root causes of Israel-Palestine conflict must be addressed: UNRWA
Al Jazeera :The United Nations agency for Palestine refugees has urged the international community to look at the root causes of the Israel-Palestine conflict, in...
Extreme cold weather in China kills 21 in ultramarathon
Reuters :Twenty-one people were killed when extremely cold weather struck during an ultramarathon on Saturday in China’s northwestern Gansu province, state media reported on Sunday.The...
Volcano erupts in eastern Congo Thousands flee Goma
Reuters :Lava from a volcanic eruption approached the airport of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s main city of Goma late on Saturday, and the government...
Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators march in Britain
Reuters :Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through London and other British cities on Saturday to protest against Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip during...
Iran’s polls set to split divided conservatives in two
AFP :A presidential election in Iran next month could provide the final straw to split an already long-divided conservative political camp, after years of growing...