Iran says it sent downed Ukraine airliner black boxes to France
Al Jazeera News : Iran has sent to France the black boxes of a Ukrainian passenger plane its forces mistakenly shot down in January, a...
International
Erdogan says Egypt’s actions in Libya illegal
Reuters, Istanbul : Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Friday for supporting forces based in eastern Libya, after Egypt’s...
Hong Kong kicks off nomination period for key elections
Al Jazeera News : Hong Kong formally kicked off on Saturday a two-week registration period for candidates to run in a key legislative election in...
Gabon gets first woman Prime Minister
Al Jazeera News :The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, has appointed the country’s first female Prime Minister, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda.Ossouka Raponda, 56, was...
Outrage in India after Dalit couple thrashed, crops bulldozed
Al Jazeera News :A lower-caste Dalit couple in India attempted suicide after police beat them and destroyed their crops, causing outrage over the latest case...
Tunisia protesters shut down main oil production site in south
Al Jazeera News :Demonstrators have shut a major oil pumping station in southern Tunisia, escalating weeks of protests for jobs and economic development in the...
Netanyahu ally wants West Bank ‘cultivation’ now, not annexation
Reuters, Jerusalem : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top coalition partner wants Israel to shelve planned West Bank annexations and instead focus on improving conditions for Jewish...
Punches, water balloons thrown in Taiwan parliament melee
AFP :Taiwanese lawmakers threw punches and water balloons inside the legislature on Friday, the third parliamentary brawl in a fortnight, over the nomination of the...
Nepal PM Oli changes tack after pressure to quit
Hindustan Times, New Delhi :Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, who has been hemmed in by his rivals in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP)...
Red alerts in China as floods maroon equipment to fight coronavirus
Reuters, Shanghai : Large parts of China were reeling on Friday from the worst floods in decades, as disruption mounted for supply chains, including for personal...
Shamima Begum can return to UK to fight for citizenship
Reuters, London :British judges on Thursday ruled that Shamima Begum, a London schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State, should be allowed to...