Anti-coup rebels say 6 dead in Myanmar clashes
AFP :Six opposition rebels have been killed after days of clashes in Myanmar, an anti-junta defence force made up of civilians said on Sunday, as...
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‘Free Palestine’: Protesters in major US cities decry airstrikes over Gaza
AP :Pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta and other US cities on Saturday to demand an end...
9 killed in school shooting in Russia
AFP : At least nine people were killed after a shooting broke out on Tuesday at a high school in the central Russian city of...
China demands cancellation of UN meeting on Uighurs
AFP : China on Monday urged the United States, Germany and Britain to cancel an upcoming video conference on Beijing’s crackdown on the Uighur Muslim...
Hajj to be held this year with ‘special conditions’
Online Desk :Saudi Arabia has announced on Sunday the Hajj will be held this year following health and safety requirements due to the pandemic, reports...
Bomb kills at least 30 near girls’ school in Afghan capital
AP, Kabul : A bomb exploded near a girls’ school in a majority Shiite district of west Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 30 people,...
Israeli police beef up presence in Jerusalem, fearing unrest
AFP, Jerusalem : Israeli police beefed up forces in east Jerusalem and blocked busloads of Muslim pilgrims headed to the Al-Aqsa mosque for the holiest...
Myanmar army says no ASEAN envoy visit until stability restored
Al Jazeera :Myanmar’s ruling military, which is facing nationwide protests against the coup that removed the elected government three months ago, has said that it...
India records 1.5 million new Covid-19 cases in a week
Reuters :India reported another record daily rise in coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing total new cases for the week to 1.57 million, as the country’s...
Amnesty Int’l to restore ‘prisoner of conscience’ status to Russia’s Navalny
Reuters :Amnesty International will next week announce it is reversing a decision to strip jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny of its “prisoner of conscience” status,...
Two Palestinians killed by Israeli troops after alleged attack
Al Jazeera :Two Palestinians were killed and a third critically wounded after an alleged attack on an Israeli military base in the northern occupied West...