Hurricane Hanna batters southern Texas
BBC Online :Hurricane Hanna has made landfall in southern Texas, with US officials warning of life-threatening storm surge, strong winds and heavy rains.Governor Greg Abbott...
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N Korea declares emergency in border town as first suspected Covid-19 case reported
Reuters :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of being infected with...
US Democrat women call out abusive treatment by men
AP, Washington :Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s outrage over a Republican lawmaker’s verbal assault broadened into an extraordinary moment on the House floor Thursday as she and...
India and China agree to speed border troop pullback, says New Delhi
Reuters :Indian and Chinese diplomats agreed on Friday to a fast pullback of troops eyeballing each other across a disputed border in the western Himalayas...
Singapore PM flags retirement delay over virus as he unveils cabinet
Reuters :Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong named a largely unchanged cabinet on Saturday following an election win this month, and flagged a possible delay,...
Singapore man admits being Chinese spy in US
BBC Online :A Singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the US to working as an agent of China, the latest incident in a growing stand-off...
Hungary`s Index journalists walk out over sacking
BBC Online :More than 70 journalists and staff at Hungary’s top news site Index have resigned, accusing the government of launching a bid to destroy...
Somalia`s parliament votes to remove PM Hassan Ali Khaire
Al Jazeera News :Somalia’s parliament has removed Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire by a vote of no confidence, the speaker of the house told the...
India, China set for more talks to de-escalate Himalayan standoff
Reuters :Indian and Chinese diplomats will hold another round of talks to narrow differences on ways to pull back troops eye-balling each other across a...
Passengers injured as US fighter jet comes close to Iranian plane
Al Jazeera and news agencies :Several passengers on an Iranian airline have been injured over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with...
No reform? No aid
Al Jazeera News :Beirut, Lebanon – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said Lebanese politicians are preventing the disbursal of much-needed aid to the...
Johnson: We will be past coronavirus by mid-2021
Reuters :British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he thought the country would be through the coronavirus crisis by mid-2021 but feared there may...