Rouhani accuses ‘mercenary’ Israel of scientist assassination
AFP :Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani Saturday accused arch-foe Israel of acting as a “mercenary” for the US, blaming the Jewish state for assassinating one of...
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Norway to ban outdoor poultry after bird flu case
AFP :Norwegian authorities on Friday said they would introduce a regional ban on keeping poultry outside after a case of bird flu was confirmed in...
UK testing error wrongly tells 1,300 people they have coronavirus
Reuters :Over 1,300 people in Britain were inaccurately informed they were infected with coronavirus after a laboratory error at the government’s NHS Test and Trace...
African envoys due to meet Ethiopian PM as war ultimatum expires
Reuters, Addis Ababa :African peace envoys were due to meet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday, a day after he said the military was...
A four-year inquiry released last week found evidence Australian soldiers in Afghanistan
Al Jazeera News :Australia has told 13 special forces soldiers that they face dismissal in relation to a report on alleged unlawful killings in Afghanistan,...
France’s Macron ‘very shocked’ by police beating of Black man
Al Jazeera news :French President Emmanuel Macron was “very shocked” by images purporting to show a Black music producer being beaten up and racially abused...
Zimbabwe struggles to save trapped miners as flood halts rescue
Al Jazeera News : Hope is fading by the day for 40 informal gold miners trapped in a collapsed mine in Zimbabwe for more than...
Pakistan’s first transgender lawyer goes from begging to fighting in court
Reuters, Karachi :Lawyer Nisha Rao maneuvers among the throng of black-coated attorneys clustered near Karachi’s city courts searching for her client.But Rao, 28, is not...
Saudi-led coalition carries out air raids on Houthi barracks in Sanaa
Reuters, Aden :The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen carried out a series of air raids on barracks used by the Iran-aligned group in...
3 mln people across Syria need assistance in winter, warns UN official
Xinhua, United Nations :More than 3 million people across Syria require assistance through what is likely to be an “incredibly hard” winter, the acting deputy...
South Korea reports biggest COVID-19 spike since March
Reuters, Seoul :South Korea reported 583 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest since March, as it grapples with a third wave of infections that...
Sudan’s former PM Sadiq al-Mahdi dies of COVID-19
Al Jazeera News :Former Sudanese Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi has died from a coronavirus infection. He was 84.In a brief statement, al-Mahdi’s family said he...