Hurricane Iota makes landfall on Nicaragua coast
AP, Nicaragua : Powerful Hurricane Iota made landfall on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast late Monday, threatening catastrophic damage to the same part of Central America already...
International
No room for complacency with Covid-19 cases surging : WHO Chief
UN news : Voicing deep concern over the surge of Covid-19 cases, WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned about the risk of complacency with...
Fire in Hong Kong apartment building kills 7, injures 11
AP, Hong Kong :Authorities in Hong Kong said at least seven people were killed and 11 inured in a fire at an apartment building that...
Johnson says he is well and will govern by Zoom after Covid-19 contact
Reuters, London :Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was perfectly well after coming into contact with someone with COVID-19 and will drive the government forward...
Erdogan wants ‘two separate states’ in Cyprus
Al Jazeera News :Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said on a controversial visit to Northern Cyprus that talks about the divided island should aim...
US Covid-19 cases cross 11m as pandemic intensifies
Reuters :The number of coronavirus cases in the United States crossed the 11-million mark on Sunday reaching yet another grim milestone, according to a Reuters...
Syria’s veteran foreign minister Walid al-Moallem dies
Al Jazeera News :Syria’s top diplomat and longtime Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a staunch defender of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters...
Northern India chokes on toxic smog day after Diwali festival
Reuters, New Delhi :Hundreds of millions of Indians in north India woke up on Sunday to toxic air following Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights,...
Pakistan to provide ‘irrefutable evidence’ India sponsors militant groups
Reuters, Islamabad :Pakistan will present evidence to the United Nations and other international bodies that India, its neighbour and arch rival, is involved with militant...
Moldova torn between Russia and West in presidential run-off
Al Jazeera News :Moldova heads to the polls on Sunday for the second round of a tightly contested presidential election pitting a pro-European challenger against...
UK, Ireland say breakthrough needed in Brexit talks this week
Reuters, London :There has to be a breakthrough this week on a post-Brexit trade agreement, British and Irish ministers said on Sunday, as London’s top...
U.S. election turmoil heightens Afghan uncertainty, but hopefully no more ‘fate by Tweet’
Reuters, Kabul :The change in the U.S. administration is expected eventually to bring a steadier troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, officials and analysts said, but the...