Rebels attack Central African Republic’s capital
Reuters, Bangui :Security forces in Central African Republic repelled an attack today by armed groups seeking to seize the capital Bangui, athorities said, in a...
International
US Covid-19 deaths hit daily record as China rushes to contain outbreaks
AFP :The United States has endured its worst day of the pandemic, with three Americans dying every minute, as China took decisive steps on Wednesday...
Indonesia starts mass Covid-19 vaccinations with president
AP, Jakarta :Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use and...
Iran launches missile drill amid rising tensions with US
Reuters :Iran’s military launched a short-range naval missile drill on Wednesday, Iranian state TV reported, at a time of high tension between arch foes Tehran...
Malaysia declares emergency to curb virus, shoring up govt
Reuters, Kuala Lumpur :Malaysia’s king declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday to curb the spread of COVID-19, a move that the opposition decried...
Turkish preacher jailed for 1,000 years for sex crimes
AFP :A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a Muslim televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily clad women he called “kittens” to more than 1,000 years...
13 dead, hundreds injured as record snowfall blankets Japan
Xinhua :At least 13 people died and around 250 were injured as record snowfall blanketed regions along the Sea of Japan coast, according to the...
3 killed, 4 wounded by gunman in Chicago
AP, Chicago :A man has killed three people and wounded four others in a series of dramatic shootings that started on Chicago’s South Side and...
Ethiopian military kill 15 Tigray forces, capture 8
Al Jazeera News :Ethiopia’s military has said it killed 15 members of the Tigray region’s former ruling party and captured eight others.Citing a brigadier-general from...
Unusual snow kills 4, brings much of Spain to a standstill
AP :A persistent blizzard blanketed large parts of Spain with an unusual amount of snow on Saturday, killing at least four people and leaving thousands...
Gorbachev expects Biden to extend last Cold War arms deal
Reuters, Moscow :Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, said he expects U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to extend the last major nuclear arms control treaty between...
US to blacklist Yemen’s Houthi movement
Reuters :The United States plans to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization, three sources familiar with the matter said.Diplomats and aid groups...