UN: At least nine children killed by air raids in northern Yemen
Al Jazeera News :Air raids in northern Yemen have killed as many as nine children, a United Nations official said, making it the third such...
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Brazil lost 1600 sq km of Amazon forest last month
AFP, Rio De Janeiro :More than 1,600 square kilometers of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest were cleared in July, a significant reduction on the record 2019 numbers...
Blast rocks military base in Somali capital
Reuters, Mogadishu :A huge blast rocked a military base in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu near a stadium on Saturday, killing at least eight people and injuring...
Polish police detain 48 people
Reuters, Warshaw :Polish police said they detained 48 people after protesters tried to stop them arresting an LGBT activist accused of hanging rainbow flags over...
Malaysia’s ex-finance minister charged over tunnel project
AP, Kuala Lumpur :Malaysia’s former finance minister Lim Guan Eng was charged Friday with corruption over a $1.5 billion undersea tunnel project and slammed the...
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...
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...