Brazilian senators have voted to recommend charging President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the devastating Covid pandemic. A Senate panel backed a report calling for charges against M... Read more
Sudan’s military has dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders and declared a state of emergency. Gen Abdel Fattah Burhan, who had been heading a joint council with civilian... Read more
President Joe Biden said the US would defend Taiwan if China attacked, in an apparent departure from a long-held position. “Yes, we have a commitment to do that,” he said when as... Read more
The Queen spent Wednesday night in hospital for preliminary medical checks and is now back at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace has said. The 95-year-old monarch returned from the private ho... Read more
South Korea has launched its first homegrown rocket, stepping up the country’s ambitions in space. The Korean Satellite Launch Vehicle II, known as Nuri, took off from Goheung located... Read more
A bomb attack on a military bus in central Damascus has killed at least 13 people, Syrian state media say. The vehicle was targeted with two explosive devices as it passed under Jisr al-Rais... Read more
At least 46 people have died in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Images and videos from the state show flooded roads, submerged homes and fa... Read more
A US House of Representatives committee investigating the 6 January Capitol riot has unanimously supported holding a onetime top aide of ex-President Donald Trump in contempt of Congress. St... Read more
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has accused the EU of “blackmail” in a heated debate with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen over the rule of law. The clash... Read more
France’s ambassador has reportedly been ordered out of Belarus and has already left the country. AFP news agency, citing the French embassy in Minsk, did not say why the ambassador, Nicolas... Read more
Hong Kong (CNN)”Let’s fight a ‘people’s war’ against the spies, so that they cannot move a single step and have no place to hide!” That was the rallying c... Read more
A fire has erupted at Kuwait’s largest oil refinery with the state-owned oil company reporting a number of injuries, including smoke inhalation. Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) said... Read more
Hong Kong (CNN)Ou Jinzhong has been on the run for more than a week. Accused of killing two neighbors and injuring three others, the 55-year-old villager in China’s southern Fujian pro... Read more
Heavy casualties are feared after an explosion hit a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in the Afghan city of Kandahar. Local media are reporting that the blast occurred at the Iman Bargah mo... Read more
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