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Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides in an attack that could rewrite the global post-Cold War…

Heartbreaking photos from Ukraine show bloodshed and death after Russia declared war. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on Wednesday night, Feb. 23, ending weeks of diplomatic stalemate and plunging Eastern Europe into the…

The Indian police attached to the K.G. Halli police division have arrested a Nigerian national, Chekwume Malvin, who works as an actor in the Indian film industry for allegedly peddling drugs in the city.The 45-year-old was caught…

Denver’s top public safety leader has disclosed a move to discipline police officers, sheriff’s deputies and firefighters who fail to get vaccinated against COVID-19.According to The Denver Post on Saturday August 7, 2021, a public health…

To promote Victoria Falls as a safe destination, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has made vaccines available to all 35,000 residents of the town that shares a name with the waterfall.An estimated 60% of the people there have…

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has signed legislation (S.3086/A.3891) to raise the age of consent to be married in New York State to 18.This new measure builds upon legislation eliminating child marriage that the governor signed in 2017 by…

A detained Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni has been sentenced to five years in jail for what the a Moroccan court referred to as indecent assault against another man.Raissouni, editor-in-chief of now-defunct newspaper Akhbar Al…

The Saudi-Chinese Business Council has held an virtual meeting to discuss ways to boost bilateral trade.Disclosing this on Wednesday June 16, 2021, Mohammed Al-Ajlan, Chairman of the Saudi side of the council, explained several reforms…

Blasts targetting two mini buses in Kabul have killed not less than 7 people.According to a police report on saturday June 12, 2021, the blasts took place in the neighbourhood dominated by minority Hazara community.It added that similar…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has warned against intensifying violence in Myanmar.While issuing the warning on Friday June 11, 2021, Michelle condemned the army's "outrageous" use of heavy…

Amnesty International has reported severe torture, systemic abuses against Uyghur Muslims in China.A new report by Amnesty International, released on Thursday, June 10, claims that every former camp detainee had to go through cruel…

A report from the United Kingdom has said that Hong Kong security law used to 'drastically curtail freedoms'.According to the report, Beijing has broken its legal obligations by undermining Hong Kong`s high degree of autonomy and used a…

A senior International Monetary Fund official has said that climate change poses serious risks to the stability of the financial system.Tobias Adrian, director of the IMF's monetary and capital markets department, said the climate crisis…

A lion in Chennai zoo has died of coronavirus while nine others were reported to have tested positive for Covid-19.According to a statement issued by the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, at Vandalur near Chennai, nine ou of their eleven…

Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to "clean up" refugee camps inside Iraq which he alleged sheltered Kurdish militants."If the United Nations does not clean it up, we will do it as a UN member," Erdogan told the state-run…

The Arab Coalition has dismissed reports regarding the presence of Emirati forces on the Yemeni islands of Socotra and Mayyun as baseless and unfounded.In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency on Thursday May 27, 2021, an official source…

The Taliban has warned Afghanistan's neighbours against allowing the United States to operate military bases on their soil.The insurgents, on Wednesday May 26, 2021, insisting they would thwart such a "historic mistake".Washington is in the…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has declared his support to 'two-state solution' to resolve the Israel-Palestine issue that has been one of the major flashpoints in West Asia.He disclosed this just two days ahead of his visit to the…

Fighters opposed to Myanmar's military junta has seized a police station in the eastern town of Mobye on Sunday May 23, 2021.The invasion of the police station, according to a report, claimed not less than 13 members of the security…

The African American Muslim leaders have declared unwavering support for the New York mayoral candidate, Eric Adams.While expressing their willingness to support Adams in statement on Friday May 21, 2021, the Muslim leaders, however,…

The Russian parliament's lower house has voted to withdraw from an international treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities following the US departure from the pact.The Russian plan on Wednesday May 19, 2021, to exit…

The second India-Nordic summit that was to physically take place in June has been postponed since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won't be travelling abroad amid the pandemic.The summit was to take place in Denmark and would include…

France has expressed readiness to lend Sudan $1.5 billion to help the African nation pay off its massive debt to the International Monetary Fund.The Sudan's Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire, disclosed this on Monday May 17, 2021.…

The Executive Committee of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has condemned Israeli attacks on Palestinians, saying they are 'barbaric'.While issuing the condemnation at its executive meeting which was held at the level of foreign…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has commended his citizens for teaming up against Palestinians.While issuing the commendation in message before the country's parliament on Friday May 14, 2021, the PM promised more colonial…

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has come under heavy criticism for failing to come up with a strong response against the Israeli violence targetting Palestinians.While Reacting to OIC's silence to Israeli attacks on…

A building that housed international media offices including Al Jazeera’s in the Gaza Strip has been bombed by an Israeli air raid that prostrated the structure.A live Al Jazeera video showed the 11-storey al-Jalaa building, which also…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has commended his citizens for teaming up against Palestinians.While issuing the commendation in message before the country's parliament on Friday May 14, 2021, the PM promised more colonial…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has commended his citizens for teaming up against Palestinians.While issuing the commendation in message before the country's parliament on Friday May 14, 2021, the PM promised more colonial…

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi in Washington.The meeting which was held on Monday May 10, 2021, was part of close bilateral…