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Backers of Tunisian president rally...

Protests against Tunisia 'coup'...

Africa

Sun, Oct 3 2021

The demonstration in central Tunis was called in response to protests over the previous two weekends...

Tunisia arrests lawmaker, TV presenter...

MP, TV host held for calling Tunisia...

Africa

Sun, Oct 3 2021

The military judiciary accused them of "conspiring against state security and insulting the army"...

Israel indicts Palestinian jail...

Palestinian jail breakers indicted

Middle East

Sun, Oct 3 2021

They escaped by digging a tunnel under a sink

Meet the tiny plant that may ‘digest’...

Meet the low-density plastic-eating...

Science

Sun, Oct 3 2021

This can be a species of microalgae that is generally present in Africa, Asia and Europe

UN peacekeeper killed in blast in Mali's...

Blue helmet killed in blast in

Africa

Sat, Oct 2 2021

Also, three others were seriously injured in Mali's volatile north near the Algerian border when...

70 boat migrants from Libya missing...

70 boat migrants missing in Med

World

Sat, Oct 2 2021

Tens of thousands seek to cross the central Mediterranean annually, leading to hundreds of...

Children dying of malnutrition in...

Malnutrition killing Afghan kids

South Asia

Sat, Oct 2 2021

By the end of 2021, one million Afghan children under the age of five may need treatment for life-threatening...

Afghan interpreters who worked for the...

Taliban summon Afghan interpreters

South Asia

Sat, Oct 2 2021

The Taliban in June urged interpreters to repent,  urging them to stay on in Afghanistan

India says China deployed more troops...

'Chinese troops increased in...

South Asia

Sat, Oct 2 2021

Thousands of soldiers of both countries face off since April 2020 on the LAC, or the de facto border,...

Philippines' Duterte says will retire...

Duterte to retire from politics

South-East Asia

Sat, Oct 2 2021

Duterte, who polls show remains almost as popular as when he was swept to victory in 2016, is constitutionally...

Georgians vote in local election after...

Georgia holds local polls as ex-president...

Europe

Sat, Oct 2 2021

Saakashvili was arrested on Friday after he returned to Georgia and called on his supporters to vote...

Three years after his murder, Khashoggi...

Khashoggi widow blames Saudis

Middle East

Sat, Oct 2 2021

Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi who lived in self-exile in the United States, wrote critically about MBS...

Fighting between Yemeni separatist forces...

Four dead in Yemeni separatist...

Middle East

Sat, Oct 2 2021

Aden sees tension between the internationally recognised government and the STC over control of the...

Myanmar junta unlikely to grant Asean...

Asean envoy-Suu Kyi meeting...

South-East Asia

Sat, Oct 2 2021

A junta spokesman says it would be "difficult to allow for meetings with those who are facing...

Protests in Bahrain over new Israeli...

Protests in Bahrain over Israel...

Middle East

Sat, Oct 2 2021

Protesters march waving Palestinian and Bahraini flags, chanting "Death to Israel" and "No...

Qatar's first legislative elections...

Qatar legislative polls see 44%...

Middle East

Sat, Oct 2 2021

The election, approved in a 2003 constitutional referendum, comes ahead of Doha hosting the World Cup...

Merck pill considered 'huge advance',...

Merck pill may cut Covid deaths

World

Fri, Oct 1 2021

A analysis of 775 patients finds only 7.3% of those given molnupiravir were hospitalized and none had...

Nigerian troops kill 85 Boko Haram militants...

'85 Boko Haram militants killed in...

Africa

Fri, Oct 1 2021

Some 43 suspected terrorists, their collaborators, and suspected logistics suppliers were also...

Report: Senior Al-Qaeda leader killed...

'Al-Qaeda leader killed in Syria'

Middle East

Fri, Oct 1 2021

US Central Command says American forces had conducted a "kinetic counterterrorism strike" near...

Seven killed in Indonesia

Seven die in Indonesia landslide

South-East Asia

Fri, Oct 1 2021

Fatal landslides and flash floods are common across Indonesia during the rainy season, which started...

Myanmar currency trade turns to online...

Myanmar currency trade turns to online...

South-East Asia

Fri, Oct 1 2021

The fragility of the financial system was further exposed this week when the kyat currency sank to new...