IS claims responsibility for attack that killed 11 in Pakistan
Reuters :The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack Sunday that killed 11 miners from Pakistan’s minority Shiite Hazaras in Baluchistan province.The attack took...
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9 Syrian soldiers killed in Badia militant attack
Reuters :At least nine Syrian army soldiers were killed on Sunday in an ambush on their bus on a main highway in the central Syrian...
UK court blocks Julian Assange extradition to US
Al Jazeera news :A British judge has ruled Julian Assange should not be extradited to the US to face espionage charges, saying that such a...
Saudi Arabia resumes international flights, keeps some restrictions
Reuters, Cairo :Saudi Arabia has announced to resume all international flights from 11:00 am today, amid strict precautions against the new Covid-19 strain.The General Authority...
Mexican doctor hospitalised after receiving COVID-19 vaccine
Reuters, Mexico City :Mexican authorities said they are studying the case of a 32-year-old female doctor who was hospitalized after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.The...
US Senator Cruz leads long-shot Republican bid to overturn Biden’s victory
Reuters :US Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday said he will spearhead a drive by nearly a dozen Republican senators to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory...
Chanting anti-US slogans, Iraq militia supporters mark year since Soleimani’s killing
Reuters, Baghdad :Tens of thousands of supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups chanted anti-American slogans in central Baghdad on Sunday to mark the anniversary of...
Aviation deaths rise worldwide in 2020 even as fatal incidents, flights fall
Reuters :The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number of crashes fell by...
Tehran to enrich uranium to 20%, UN says
BBC Online :Iran intends to start enriching uranium to 20% purity, the UN’s atomic watchdog says – its most significant breach of an international nuclear...
French police shut down huge party defying Covid-19 restrictions
Reuters :French police shut down on Saturday a huge party in northwestern France that had been underway since New Year’s Eve in defiance of a...
Afghan journalist shot dead
Reuters :An Afghan journalist was shot dead in a car ambush in the central province of Ghor, the fifth media professional to be killed in...
China confirms Uighur doctor jailed for ‘terrorism’
AFP :A Uighur Muslim doctor has been jailed on terrorism charges, Beijing confirmed, after her family told US politicians she had been sentenced to 20...