Russia opens criminal case against ally of Kremlin critic Navalny
Reuters, Moscow :Russian law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case against Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and took her in for...
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US to require negative Covid-19 tests for all UK passengers
Al Jazeera News :The United States will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours of...
BJP’s next mission: Eradicating ‘love jihad’
AFP :In India’s most populous state, the Hindu nationalist BJP government is on a mission against “love jihad”, the conspiracy theory that Muslims are luring...
20 die as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
Gulf Today :The coastguard on Thursday retrieved the bodies of 20 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa when their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to...
Millions of unused US vaccine doses sit on ice
Reuters :Millions of COVID-19 vaccines are sitting unused in U.S. hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign, putting the government’s target for...
Anti-Modi Kashmiri alliance wins majority of seats in local polls
Al Jazeera News :An alliance of political parties in Indian-administered Kashmir opposed to India’s policies in the region has won a majority of seats in...
3 police shot dead, one wounded in central France
AFP :Three police officers were shot dead and another wounded in central France on Wednesday after being called out to a domestic disturbance, sources in...
Coronavirus reaches end of earth as first outbreak hits Antarctica
Reuters, Santiago :The coronavirus has landed in Antarctica, the last continent previously free from COVID-19, Chile’s military said this week, as health and army officials...
Trump threatens to not sign Covid-19 bill, wants bigger stimulus checks
Reuters, Washington :President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to not sign an $892 billion coronavirus relief bill that includes desperately needed money for individual Americans,...
The Trump administration is mulling immunity for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed
Yahoo News :President Donald Trump’s administration is deciding whether to offer immunity to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was accused in a US...
Pakistani rights activist found dead in Canada
BBC Online :Rights groups have called for an investigation into the death of Karima Baloch, a Pakistani activist living in exile in Toronto, Canada.The 37-year-old...