Oregon wildfires: Half a million people flee dozens of infernos
BBC Online :More than half a million people in the US state of Oregon are fleeing deadly wildfires that are raging across the Pacific Northwest,...
International
Turkey blasts ‘arrogant’ Macron amid Eastern Med crisis talks
Al Jazeera News :Turkey has condemned Emmanuel Macron over “arrogant” remarks made with “colonial reflexes” after the French president intervened in a brewing crisis between...
Death of man tasered by police sparks deadly clashes
BBC Online :At least five people have been killed in protests in Colombia as outrage spreads over the death of a man who was pinned...
Hezbollah-allied party says U.S. sanctions target whole nation
Reuters, Beirut :Lebanon’s Amal movement, a Shi’ite Muslim group allied to Hezbollah, said on Wednesday it would not be swayed by U.S. sanctions imposed on...
Post-Brexit bill breaks international law
Reuters, London :Britain threw Brexit trade talks into chaos on Wednesday by announcing draft legislation that explicitly acknowledges some of its provisions would break international...
Afghan VP Amrullah Saleh escapes deadly bomb attack in Kabul
Al Jazeera News :A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted Afghan First Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning, his spokesman said, but he escaped the...
US formally announces to withdraw 2,200 troops from Iraq
Reuters, Washington :The United States military on Wednesday announced that it would be reducing its presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 troops this month,...
Ethiopia’s Tigray region votes, defying Abiy’s federal government
Al Jazeera News :People have begun voting in a local election in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, defying the federal government and increasing political tensions in...
Premalal Jayasekara: Sri Lanka’s death-row MP takes oath
Al Jazeera News :A Sri Lankan politician sentenced to death for murder has been escorted out of prison and became the first convict to be...
Malaysia says no more ‘fist bumps’ as coronavirus numbers jump
Reuters :Malaysian authorities on Tuesday reminded the public to avoid physical contact, including fist bumps as a form of greeting, as the number of new...
Spanish children return to school
Reuters, Madrid :Wearing colourful masks, the pupils of the Mariano Jose de Larra primary school in Madrid laughed and played on Tuesday morning before their...
