At least nine people were killed and dozens wounded after Syrian government forces targeted tent settlements of displaced families in the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib. Opposition activists and first…
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India: Pollution curbs lifted in New Delhi capital despite ‘very poor’ air
Primary schools will reopen in the Indian capital this week and curbs will be lifted on certain construction activities, authorities said, after pollution levels improved to the “very poor” category…
Cyprus: Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cypriot Orthodox Church dies aged 81
The head of Cyprus’s dominant Orthodox Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, has died at the age of 81, according to his doctors. A forceful character who faced down pro-Russian elements in…
South Africa: President Ramaphosa denies wrongdoing in farm scandal
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied wrongdoing in testimony to a parliamentary panel examining whether he should face impeachment over an alleged cover-up of a heist at his farmhouse,…
Ethiopian: Government and Tigray forces establish hotline following truce
The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have established a telephone hotline following a truce struck last week, the African Union’s chief mediator Olusegun Obasanjo said on Monday as both sides…
Russia: Mercenary force Wagner opens first official headquarters
Russia’s previously secretive Wagner Group, a private mercenary force, has opened its first official headquarters in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. The group, controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close…
China: President Xi calls for avoidance of nuclear war
China’s president has pressed world leaders to stop making threats and prevent the use of nuclear weapons in Europe and Asia as rhetoric over Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to…
Somalia: Five killed in suicide bombing at Mogadishu military training camp
A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives near a military training camp in Somalia, killing at least five people and wounding 11 others, according to the state-run SONNA news agency.…
USA: Record-breaking 678 LGBTQ candidates running for state and federal posts
At least 678 openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) candidates will appear on ballots across the United States during the upcoming midterm elections, a historic number that comes…
Italy: Only minors and the sick allowed off migrant rescue boat
Italy has allowed a rescue ship carrying 179 refugees and migrants to enter a port in Sicily and begin disembarking children and sick or “vulnerable” people. But the far-right government…