Al Jazeera News :At least 13 Somali troops have been killed by the al-Shabab armed group near the district of Afgoye, northwest of the capital, Mogadishu, a military official has said.For more than 10...
Reuters, Lagos :Nigeria’s army says it is ready to maintain law and order and deal decisively with any situation created by “trouble makers”, while demonstrators calling for an end to police brutality promise to...
Al Jazeera News :At least 16 people have been killed in incidents of wall and house collapses amid record rains in southern India, officials and media reports said.Nine people died in the city of...
Al Jazeera News :Vietnam’s flood death toll rose to at least 23 and authorities said the incoming storm Nangka would dump more heavy rain on the country in the coming days.The floods also left...
Reuters, Sydney :Asia-Pacific countries including Singapore, Australia, Japan and Thailand are gradually easing some international travel restrictions as coronavirus cases slow, in hopes of helping to revive their economies.International travel in Asia has collapsed...
Reuters, Kuala Lumpur :Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim met the king on Tuesday in a bid to prove he has a “convincing” parliamentary majority to form a new government and he called on Prime...
Al Jazeera News :Protesters overturned statues of former Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday night in a declaration of “rage” towards Columbus Day.Protest organisers dubbed the event “Indigenous Peoples...
Reuters :New cases of Covid-19 in the United States hit a two-month high on Friday with over 58,000 infections of the coronavirus reported and hospitalizations in the Midwest at record levels for a fifth...
The New York Times :Hurricane Delta delivered yet another assault of wind and storm surge Friday on a stretch of the Louisiana coast that had been eviscerated just six weeks ago by Hurricane Laura,...
Reuters, Moscow :Police in Russia’s Far East broke up a long-running anti-Kremlin protest with force on Saturday, detaining 25 people according to local authorities, in response to what they called an illegal attempt to...
Reuters :Mask wearing has become mandatory in public in the Iranian capital and violators will be fined, President Hassan Rouhani announced on Saturday as the country battles a third wave of coronavirus infections.The daily...
Dawn.com :China has thanked Pakistan for its support on Hong Kong during a debate at the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) Third Committee earlier this week.Speaking at a regular press briefing on Friday, Chinese...
