Myanmar envoy appeals to UN to stop coup
Reuters :Myanmar’s UN envoy urged the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop a military coup there, making a surprise appeal on behalf...
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Bengal elections begin on March 27; state stares at bi-polar contest
The Hindustan Times :The eight-phase West Bengal assembly elections will begin on March 27, announced the Election Commission on Friday. The eastern state is looking...
Greek ex-theatre director remanded
Al Jazeera :Greek prosecutors have ordered a former director of the National Theatre be remanded after hearing his plea over child rape allegations, his lawyer...
Gunmen kidnap over 300 girls in Nigeria school raid
Al Jazeera :Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped 317 schoolgirls in the northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara, police said in a statement on Friday, the second such...
Iran threatens to end deal with IAEA over U.S.
Reuters :Iran is threatening to end a deal struck with the U.N. nuclear watchdog last weekend temporarily salvaging much monitoring of its activities if the...
In independence threat, Scotland’s ex-first minister attacks government
Reuters :Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond accused the nation’s government on Friday of acting illegally in dealing with a case against him in a...
Covid-19: Sri Lanka reverses ‘anti-Muslim’ cremation order
BBC Online :Sri Lanka has reversed a controversial mandatory order to cremate the bodies of all those who died of Covid-19.Critics had said the order...
Trump to take aim at Biden in speech to US conservatives
Al Jazeera :Former President Donald Trump returns to the US political stage on Sunday with a highly anticipated speech to Republican grassroots activists at the...
Malaysian man wins landmark challenge against Muslim gay sex ban
Reuters :A Malaysian man on Thursday won a landmark court challenge against an Islamic ban on sex “against the order of nature,” raising hopes for...
Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news
BBC Online :Australia has passed a world-first law aimed at making Google and Facebook pay for news content on their platforms.The news code legislation had...
Indonesia hunts for missing after mine collapse kills six
AFP, Jakarta :Rescuers hunted for at least one person still missing on Thursday after an illegal gold mine collapse in Indonesia killed six people.A landslide...
Facebook bans Myanmar military from its platforms
Reuters, Singapore :Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect, as pro-democracy demonstrators...