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...
International
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...
Covid-19 threatens to overwhelm Canada’s health system
Reuters, Winnipeg :In July, the Canadian province of Manitoba went two weeks without a single new case of COVID-19. Theaters and casinos reopened and children...
Allies and Republicans alarmed at withdrawal plan
BBC Online :Senior Republicans and US allies have voiced alarm at the announcement that a large number of American troops will be removed from Afghanistan...
Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak
Reuters, Kinshasa :Democratic Republic of Congo announced the end of an almost six-month Ebola outbreak in the west of the country on Wednesday as health...
Obama`s description of Indian leaders in memoir causes flutter
Al Jazeera News :Former US President Barack Obama’s descriptions of India’s leaders in his new memoir, A Promised Land, has caused ripples in political circles,...