Pakistan, Afghanistan to extend ceasefire
AFP : Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend a temporary ceasefire and will hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul next week, aiming...
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Nearly 50 dead after Hurricane Melissa thrashes Caribbean
AFP : The death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose Thursday to nearly 50 people, officials said, after the ferocious storm devastated Caribbean islands and was...
Xi invites Canada PM to China in first meet in 8 years
Agencies : President Xi Jinping on Friday invited Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to China, in the first formal talks between the nations’ leaders since...
Japan atomic bomb survivor groups protest Trump nuclear test order
Agencies : A Japanese atomic bomb survivors group that won the Nobel Peace Prize has strongly criticized US President Donald Trump’s surprise directive to begin...
Syrian children return to shattered classrooms
AP : In the battered countryside of southern Idlib, families displaced for years by Syria’s civil war are returning home – and sending their children...
Acute trauma: Gaza’s children from Israel’s war
Al Jazeera : For many in Gaza, Israel’s genocidal war could never really end. Even if the fragile United States-brokered ceasefire were successful in halting...
Acute trauma: Gaza’s children from Israel’s war
Al Jazeera : For many in Gaza, Israel’s genocidal war could never really end. Even if the fragile United States-brokered ceasefire were successful in halting...
Protests erupt after Brazil police raid leaves 119 dead amid allegations of excessive force
NN ONLINE: A large-scale police operation targeting a drug gang in Rio de Janeiro’s low-income neighborhoods has left at least 119 people dead, sparking...
Trump cuts China tariffs to 47% after ‘successful’ meeting with Xi
NN ONLINE: US President Donald Trump described his meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping was a “great success” and said he would head to...
Pope vows to fight antisemitism amid Gaza conflict
NN ONLINE: Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s condemnation of antisemitism and pledged to combat it, amid rising tensions linked to...
Turkey building collapse kills 2 and traps 3 others under rubble
NN ONLINE: A seven-story apartment building in Turkey’s northwestern city of Gebze collapsed early Wednesday, killing two and trapping three others under the rubble,...
Sudan conflict deepens as paramilitary seizes Darfur, raising fears of national split
NN ONLINE: Sudan’s two-year war has reached a critical turning point after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized full control of Darfur, ousting the...