Beijing rejects testimonies made in U.S. Congress TikTok hearing
Beijing on Friday, rejected allegations that private companies were being compelled to release personal data to Chinese government authorities. This...
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Israel passes law to guard Netanyahu from being declared unfit
Israeli lawmakers on Thursday, passed a law to make it harder to declare Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as unfit to...
Court slates hearing in lawsuit involving former Pope Benedict XVI
A court in Bavaria has scheduled a hearing in a lawsuit involving the late Pope Benedict XVI brought by victims...
India’s Congress leader gets two-year prison for libel
A local court in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday sentenced the country’s main opposition leader, Rahul Gandhi,...
Mexico nabs 9 policemen connected to kidnapping 43 students
Nine police officers have been arrested in Mexico in connection with the disappearance of 43 students of Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’...
2 Cambodians charged with insulting royals on Facebook
Two Cambodians were charged under the country’s lese majeste law with insulting King Norodom Sihamoni for posts made on Facebook...
Tanzania confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Tanzania confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after conducting laboratory tests in...
Moscow says it is ‘calmly’ evaluating Putin’s ICC arrest warrant
Moscow has responded to the recent arrest warrant put out for Russian President Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court...
Russia has written off African countries’ $20bn debt – Putin
Russia has written off African countries’ debt amounting to more than $20 billion, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin...
Russia to boost medical cooperation with Africa – Putin
Russia intends to increase cooperation with Africa in the sphere of medicine and provide drugs and mobile laboratories to the...
Flight attendants nabbed for drug smuggling in Vietnam
Police in Vietnam has arrested four Vietnam Airlines’ flight attendants for drug trafficking from France to Vietnam, the airline said...
Iran’s school poisonings impacted 13,000 with 100 still hospitalised
The mysterious poisonings of schoolgirls in Iran that started in November has resulted in 13,000 suspected cases, including 100 children...
Nigerian-born music manager killed in UK over wristwatch
A Nigerian-born music manager was stabbed to death after commemorating his birthday with a designer watch worth up to £300,000,...
Cambodia organizes 10km run to commemorate Int’l Women’s Day
Cambodia’s annual Women Run 10km returned here on Wednesday to celebrate International Women’s Day after a hiatus in the last...
Iranian teachers protest over poisonings at girls’ schools
Teachers in Iran have taken to the streets in several cities and provinces in light of the recent wave of...
China warns U.S. to change strategy or face ‘catastrophic consequences’
China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has said further straining of relations between Washington and Beijing would have “catastrophic consequences.” Qin...
“Messi, we’re waiting for you” warning left behind after assault on family company
Two people on motorcycles shot at a supermarket belonging to the family of Antonela Roccuzzo, wife of Lionel Messi, in...
3 UN peacekeepers from Senegal killed in central Mali
Three peacekeepers from Senegal were killed and five seriously injured after their convoy hit by an improvised explosive device in...
Death toll from Brazil floods rises to 40
At least 40 people have been killed after heavy rains caused floods and landslides, along the Atlantic coast in the...
Japan to establish new visas to entice foreign talents
Japanese government on Friday announced that it would establish a new, simplified track for granting special visas to high-income earners...
