Al Jazeera News :Egyptians are voting to elect a new parliament which critics say will just replicate a “rubber-stamp” body in place since 2015 under hardline President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.In the second national elections...
BBC Online :Polish President Andrzej Duda has contracted Covid-19 but is feeling “fine”, a presidential minister says.Mr Duda, 48, was tested on Friday and found to be positive, Blazej Spychalski announced on Saturday.He joins...
Reuters, Kuala Lumpur :Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah will consult with other rulers to discuss proposals by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, the palace said on Saturday, after sources told Reuters the premier had asked the...
Reuters :Asia surpassed 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the second-heaviest regional toll in the world, according to a Reuters tally, as cases continue to mount in India despite a slowdown...
Reuters :Europe’s reported coronavirus cases more than doubled in 10 days, crossing 200,000 daily infections for the first time on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, with many Southern European countries reporting their highest...
Al Jazeera News :President Xi Jinping warned on Friday that China was not afraid of war and would never allow its sovereignty, security and development interests to be undermined, in a muscular speech to...
Reuters, Ankara :Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Friday that Turkey had been testing the S-400 air defense system it bought from Russia, adding that the objection from NATO ally United States on the...
Reuters, Santiago :Chileans will go to the polls on Sunday to vote on whether they want to swap a constitution written during the Pinochet dictatorship in favor of a new document written by a...
BBC Online :The mass death of sea creatures off the coast of Kamchatka in Russia’s far east was most likely caused by toxic algae and not man-made factors, Russian officials have said.The find weeks...
Reuters, Madrid :Spain became the first Western European country to exceed 1 million COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, doubling its tally in just six weeks despite a series of increasingly stringent measures to control the...
Reuters, New Delhi :India is closing in on an agreement with the United States that will give it access to satellite data for better accuracy of missiles and drones, government and industry officials said,...
Al Jazeera News : Refugees and migrants have sustained “severe injuries” after having allegedly been whipped, beaten and sexually abused at the hands of Croatian authorities during their attempts to reach western Europe for...
