Covid-19: Hong Kong-Singapore travel corridor postponed
BBC Online :The launch of a travel corridor between Hong Kong and Singapore has been postponed for two weeks amid a surge of Covid-19 cases...
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Turkey issues detention warrants for 101 people on alleged terrorism links
Reuters, Istanbul :Turkish authorities have issued detention warrants for 101 people including lawyers and doctors as part of what they called terrorism-related investigations, a security...
25 years after peace deal Bosnia endures division and stagnation
Reuters :Mirsad Zahirovic is a university-educated journalist and activist who moonlights as a waiter because he is not a member of one of the ruling...
Armenian Defence Minister tenders resignation
Al Jazeera News :Armenian Defence Minister Davit Tonoyan has tendered his resignation, an Armenian newspaper reported on Friday.The Aravot daily reported the development; Tonoyan has...
Terrorist tag for Yemen’s Huthis raises fears of aid blocks
AFP :Indications that the US is considering declaring Yemen’s Huthi rebels a “terrorist organization” have alarmed humanitarian groups who say it could cripple aid delivery...
UN says planning for 200,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan
Al Jazeera News :The United Nations’s agencies are planning for the possible arrival of 200,000 refugees in Sudan fleeing violence in Ethiopia over a six-month...
Prince William ‘tentatively welcomes’ Diana’s interview inquiry
BBC Online :The Duke of Cambridge says a new investigation into how the BBC secured an interview with his mother in 1995 is “a step...
Mexico passes 100,000 coronavirus deaths
BBC Online :Mexico has recorded more than 100,000 deaths from Covid-19 – the fourth country to pass the sombre milestone.According to Johns Hopkins University, the...
Coronavirus cases in Africa cross two million mark
Al Jazeera News :Total coronavirus cases in Africa have surpassed the two million mark despite a slow addition of reported infections compared with other regions...
Pelosi wins bid to lead Democrats in US House
AFP :US Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday chose House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead the party into the Joe Biden era and preside over their narrow...
Pakistan PM Imran Khan lands in Kabul on his maiden visit
Al Jazeera News :Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan embarks on a visit to the Afghan capital Kabul for delegation-level talks with President Ashraf Ghani on...
Bags and balloons: NGO documents plastic pollution choking sea life
AFP :A dead manatee in Florida was found to have swallowed so many plastic bags they formed a cantaloupe-sized ball in its stomach, while a...