Category: Rest of World News
Peru deploys military to block undocumented migrants
LIMA: Peru‘s president decreed a state of emergency at the South American country’s borders Wednesday and ordered the deployment of troops to reinforce checkpoints and…
UN draft urges Afghan rulers to reverse bans on women, girls
UNITED NATIONS: A UN resolution that calls on Afghanistan‘s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls and condemns their…
Renewed Air Strikes Rock Sudan Truce: Renewed air strikes rock Sudan truce
KHARTOUM: The Sudanese army pounded paramilitaries in the capital Khartoum with air strikes Thursday while deadly fighting flared in Darfur as the conflict entered a…
Rebel attacks deepen displacement crisis in Congo’s Ituri
DRODRO: One month since rebels closed in on Drodro village in eastern Congo, the once bustling wards of its hospital are empty, and Doctor James…
Mexico: Mexico’s president admits he briefly fainted due to Covid-19
MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s president acknowledged Wednesday he did “briefly faint” over the weekend before he was diagnosed with Covid-19, something his spokesman had previously denied.President…
Brazil judge orders temporary suspension of Telegram
SAO PAULO: A federal judge in Brazil on Wednesday ordered a temporary suspension of messaging app Telegram, citing the social media platform’s alleged failure to…
Singapore hangs Indian-origin man over 1 kg of cannabis
SINGAPORE: Singapore on Wednesday executed a 46-year-old Indian-origin drug trafficker, ignoring pleas for clemency from his family, human rights activists and the UN.Tangaraju Suppiah was…
Covid here to stay but moving out of emergency phase: WHO
LONDON: The virus causing Covid-19 is here to stay but the world is beginning to transition out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, the…
New Zealand plants tree to mark coronation of King Charles
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins planted a native totara tree Wednesday in Parliament’s grounds to mark the upcoming coronation of Britain’s King Charles…
With aching hearts, Kenyans seek relatives among starvation cult victims
MALINDI: Dozens of people converged on a morgue in the Kenyan town of Malindi on Wednesday to seek news of relatives they fear were among…