Israel strikes south Gaza and raids hospital in north
Israeli forces raided one of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north and bombarded the south with airstrikes that killed at least 28 Palestinians, pressing ahead with their offensive Tuesday with renewed backing from the United States, despite rising international alarm. The air and ground war, launched in response to...
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127 killed, over 700 hurt in China’s worst quake
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Biden push for Ukraine aid stalls in Senate as negotiations over border curbs drag on
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Reports says airstrike by Jordan targets drug dealers in Syria
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Pak EC defers Imran, Fawad’s indictment
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Turkey links Sweden’s NATO bid to US approving F-16 jet sales and Canada lifting arms embargo
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Iran accused of illegally testing missiles
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13 dead, 178 hurt after fuel depot blast in Guinea capital
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Four killed as train torched in B’desh amid political unrest
Unidentified persons set on fire a passenger train here in the Bangladeshi capital on Tuesday killing at least four people, including a woman and her minor son, amidst the political unrest over the January 7 elections. The attack coincided with the nationwide stoppage called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist...
N Korea’s Kim threatens ‘more offensive actions’ against US
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened “more offensive actions” to repel what he called increasing US-led military threats after he supervised the third test of his country’s most advanced missile designed to strike the mainland US, state media reported Tuesday. Kim’s statement suggests he is confident in his growing missile...
Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples if they don’t resemble marriage
ope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it. The document from the Vatican’s doctrine office, released...
Indian-origin undercover reporter finds exploitation of care workers in UK
A UK-based reporter from Kerala who went undercover as a care assistant in a care home for the elderly in north-east England discovered worrying levels of exploitation of staff, many of them recruited from overseas countries such as India. Balakrishnan Balagopal’s report for the ‘BBC Panorama’ investigation, which will be telecast...
Explosion rocks Guinea’s capital
An explosion and inferno at Guinea’s main fuel depot in the capital of Conakry left several people dead or injured, authorities and local media reported Monday, as emergency services battled to put out the fire. The fire broke out at the Guinean Petroleum Company depot shortly after a massive explosion...
BP to pause Red Sea shipments over fears of Houthi attacks
(): Oil and natural gas giant BP has joined the growing list of companies that have halted their shipments through the Red Sea because of the risk of attack from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, threatening a major trade route in what is expected to have global effects. London-based BP said Monday that...
El-Sissi wins Egypt’s presidential election
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who has ruled with an unquestioned grip for the past nine years, won reelection to a third, six-year term in office, election authorities announced Monday. He ran against three virtually unknown opponents. El-Sissi recorded a landslide victory, securing 89.6% of the vote, the National Election Authority...
