Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has successful gallbladder surgery
Reuters :Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, is recovering after a successful operation to remove his gallbladder, state news agency SPA has reported,...
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Trump scraps Republican convention in virus `flare-up`
BBC News :President Donald Trump has cancelled the pre-election Republican party convention in Florida, blaming the coronavirus “flare-up”.“It’s not the right time for that,” he...
UN agencies warn of more food shortages in war-torn Yemen
News agencies :Food shortages will rise sharply in parts of war-torn Yemen in the next six months mainly because of the overall economic decline and...
About 400,000 global airline jobs lost or at risk due to virus
Bloomberg :About 400,000 airline workers have been fired, furloughed or told they may lose their jobs due to the coronavirus, according to Bloomberg calculations.The aviation...
5 aid workers ‘killed by jihadists’ in Nigeria
BBC Online :Five aid workers abducted last month in north-east Nigeria’s Borno State have been killed, reportedly by jihadists.The men were working for Action Against...
In another night of unrest in Portland, tear gas hits mayor
Reuters :The mayor of the US city of Portland, Ted Wheeler, was stung by tear gas early on Thursday morning after he joined demonstrators protesting...
Biden labels Trump first racist US president
Reuters :Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden labeled Donald Trump on Wednesday the first racist to become US president in remarks his opponent’s re-election campaign quickly...
Yemen’s children starve amid rising fears of famine
Reuters :Weighing just 9kg at ten years old, Hassan Merzam Muhammad is so emaciated by the severe malnourishment plaguing hundreds of thousands of Yemeni children...
UK expected to suspend Hong Kong extradition treaty
Al Jazeera News :The United Kingdom is expected to suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Monday, in a further escalation of worsening ties...
Saudi King Salman hospitalised
Reuters :Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has been admitted to hospital in the capital Riyadh, suffering from inflammation of the gall bladder,...
UAE launches Hope probe in Arab world’s first mission to Mars
Al Jazeera News :The United Arab Emirates launched its first mission to Mars on Monday – the Arab world’s first – as it strives to...
Iran executes man convicted of spying for CIA, Mossad
AFP :Iran on Monday executed a former translator convicted of spying for the US and Israel, including helping to locate a top Iranian general killed...