Reuters :India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Saturday it has arrested nine al Qaeda militants who were planning attacks in several locations including the capital New Delhi.“The group was planning to undertake terrorist...
Al Jazeera News :Thousands of people continue to live under the threat of incoming heavy rain and further flooding in parts of Sudan, months after floods ravaged nearly all of the country’s states.Since July,...
BBC Online :Israel is entering a second nationwide lockdown to curb surging coronavirus cases, just as people begin to mark the start of Jewish New Year.Rosh Hashanah is traditionally a time for big, family...
Al Jazeera News :Taiwan has said it had to scramble fighter jets to track approaching Chinese aircraft that also crossed the sensitive mid-line of the Taiwan Strait, in an escalation of tensions as a...
Reuters, United Nations :Though famously skeptical of the United Nations, U.S. President Donald Trump harnessed its collective power to impose crushing sanctions on North Korea in a bid to start talks with Pyongyang, but...
Al Jazeera News :At least one person has died and dozens have been injured as Tropical Storm Noul pounded Vietnam, unleashing heavy rains and high winds on the country’s central coastal region.Images on state-run...
BBC Online :Afghan mothers will have their names printed on their children’s national identity cards, after a campaign to challenge taboos around women’s names.President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday signed into law an amendment long...
Reuters, Ottawa :A recent surge in COVID-19 cases is forcing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to scale back his plan to outline an ambitious green economic recovery package next week.In a speech seen as...
Al Jazeera News :Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez has said she will not run in the country’s election next month, in an attempt to unify votes against the MAS party of former leader Evo...
Reuters :Singapore has the lowest coronavirus case fatality count globally, with just 27 deaths among the more than 57,000 people who have been infected with COVID-19 in the Southeast Asian island.At 0.05%, Singapore’s death...
Reuters, Artas :Two Palestinian travel bloggers are promoting local Palestinian tourism in the West Bank as an act of defiance against Israeli occupation.The West Bank is scattered with sites holy to Christians, Muslims and...
