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Reuters : At least 60 people have died and dozens were rescued after a boat carrying over 100 passengers capsized in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State, local officials said on Wednesday. The vessel departed from...
Reuters : US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War,” a White House official said on Thursday, a move that...
AFP : US President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday to lower tariffs on Japanese autos, as Washington moves to implement a trade pact negotiated with Tokyo. Japanese autos will face a 15 percent...
Aljazeera : Nepal’s government has said it will shut off access to major social media platforms, including Facebook and X, after they failed to comply with authorities’ registration requirements. The move, announced on Thursday,...
CNA : Malaysia warned TikTok on Thursday to crack down on age restrictions for users in the Southeast Asian nation to stop cyberbullying, saying the social media platform could face penalties for non-compliance. Communications...
Agency : A passenger bus veered off a road and plunged into a precipice in a mountainous region in Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and injuring 16 others, a police spokesman said Friday. The...
Reuters : Israeli bombardment pushed more Palestinians out of their homes in Gaza City on Thursday, while thousands of residents defied Israeli orders to leave, remaining behind in the ruins in the path of...
Reuters : Indonesian students are staging protests at the parliament building in the capital Jakarta on Thursday, a student group says, as a proposed meeting with the government on massive demonstrations that have already...
NN ONLINE: Donald Trump’s administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to quickly hear a bid to preserve his broad tariffs, imposed under a 1977 emergency-law framework, after a lower court struck down...
AFP : High-caffeine energy drinks such as Red Bull will be banned for sale to youths under 16 in England under plans announced by the government on Wednesday. “By preventing shops from selling these...
AFP : At least 11 people were killed on Tuesday evening when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a political rally in Balochistan, two officials in the troubled southwestern Pakistani province told AFP....
AFP : Russian forces launched more than 500 drones and missiles at Ukraine in a large-scale attack that mainly targeted the west of the country and caused power outages, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday. AFP...