23 killed after ‘oxygen tank explosion’ in Iraq COVID hospital
At least 23 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. Dozens of more...
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ASEAN leaders start talks with Myanmar military coup leader
Al Jazeera :Southeast Asian leaders have met Myanmar’s top general and coup leader in an emergency summit in Indonesia and are expected to press calls...
Indian hospitals send SOS as record Covid deaths registered
BBC Online :Indian hospitals say their patients are dying because of a shortage of oxygen as Covid case numbers and deaths set new records for...
Imran Khan expresses solidarity with India over Covid-19 crisis
PTI :Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday expressed solidarity with the people of India battling the deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying “we...
Lanka arrests Muslim leader over 2019 Easter Sunday attacks
Al Jazeera :The Sri Lankan police have arrested a Muslim leader and member of parliament in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed...
53 sailors presumed dead after sunken Indonesia submarine found
Al Jazeera :Indonesian officials say debris from a missing submarine was found after the vessel sank as hopes of rescuing 53 sailors on board faded...
14 civilians killed in Afghanistan
Al Jazeera :At least 14 people have been killed in attacks across three Afghan provinces in the last 24 hours as violent conflict continues in...
SpaceX capsule with four NASA astronauts aboard docks
CNN :A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft – carrying four astronauts from three countries – docked with the International Space Station early Saturday morning ET, beginning...
India sees highest-ever surge of 3.46 lakh Covid-19 cases
In new record high, India reported the highest daily surge in the world with 3.46 lakh Covid infections, which takes the country’s caseload to 1.66...
Illegal immigrants vote bank for Mamata, says Amit Shah
PTI :Indian Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday sought to punch a hole in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s oft-repeated insider-outsider narrative, alleging that...
UK Parliament declares genocide in China’s Xinjiang , Beijing condemns move
Reuters :Britain’s parliament called on Wednesday for the government to take action to end what lawmakers described as genocide in China’s Xinjiang region, stepping up...
Police arrest dozens in Jerusalem clashes, Israeli nationalists chant ‘Death to Arabs’
Reuters :Hundreds of Israeli police in riot gear sealed off the area to prevent the Israeli and Palestinian crowds from potentially meeting, creating a 50-metre...