Former Saudi spy accuses MBS hit squad of attempting to kill him
Al Jazeera News :A former top Saudi intelligence officer claims that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) sent a hit squad to kill him in...
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Afghan grand assembly gathers to decide fate of Taliban prisoners
Reuters, Kabul :Thousands of Afghan elders, community leaders and politicians gathered on Friday to debate whether the government should release 400 hard-core Taliban prisoners, a...
Tourist hotspot Mauritius hit by oil spill as ship grounds
Al Jazeera News :Mauritius announced oil is leaking from a bulk carrier that ran aground in the southeast of the island, igniting fears of an...
Guinea’s President Alpha Conde picked to run for third term
Al Jazeera News :Guinea’s governing party nominated President Alpha Conde to stand for a third term, taking advantage of a new constitution to circumvent a...
Ivory Coast opposition says third term for Ouattara would destabilise country
Reuters, Abidjan :Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run for a third term in office violates the constitution and will destabilise a country still...
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong files court challenge to 2019 poll disqualification
Reuters, Hong Kong :Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong filed a court challenge on Friday against his disqualification from district polls, in a move which...
Turkish women rally against domestic violence as ruling party contemplates leaving key rights treaty
CNN :Women poured into rallies across Turkey on Wednesday over fears of Ankara’s potential withdrawal from a European treaty on gender-based violence.Chanting their support for...
China threatens countermeasures as Taiwan prepares for U.S. visit
Reuters, Beijing :China on Thursday threatened to take countermeasures over a trip to Taiwan by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, as...
Lebanon mourns victims of devastating blast, searches for missing
Reuters :Lebanon mourned on Thursday the victims of the most powerful blast to hit the country that was already being crushed by an economic crisis,...
Hiroshima marks 75 years since atomic bombing in scaled-back ceremony
Reuters, Tokyo :Bells tolled in Hiroshima on Thursday for the 75th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing, with ceremonies downsized due to the coronavirus...
Pompeo offers $10m reward over election interference
AFP :Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday the United States would offer a $10 million reward to arrest any state actor who interferes in...
S Africa urges Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan to continue Nile dam talks
Al Jazeera News :South Africa, the current mediator in a long-running feud over Ethiopia’s dam on the Blue Nile, on Thursday urged that talks should...