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A suicide car bomb blast took place outside the international airport in Somalia’s capital, killing at least 8 people and injuring 5 others. A car bomb has exploded on a road leading to the airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least eight people. “A car bomb targeted a …

Tree-planting in disputed land in the Negev desert has led to a coalition crisis for the incumbent government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, with Ra’am leader threatening a boycott. Israel’s fragile governing coalition has faced a crisis after Bedouins staged protests against tree-planting by nationalists on disputed land in the …

UK PM Johnson is facing a tide of anger from public and politicians over claims he and his staff flouted pandemic restrictions by socialising when it was banned. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised for attending a garden party during Britain’s coronavirus lockdown in 2020, but brushed aside opposition …

One out of every three to four people has been infected with COVID-19 in Zambia, the government announced on Monday. The southern African country of 18 million has now a case positivity rate of 28% and cannot not sustain mass COVID-19 testing due to limited kits, Health Minister Sylvia Masebo …

The rare joint statement comes amid negotiations over reviving the Iran nuclear deal and escalating tensions between the United States, Russia and China. Five global nuclear powers have pledged to prevent atomic weapons spreading and to avoid nuclear conflict, in a rare joint statement ahead of a review of a …

Hundreds of homes had been washed away in the iron-roof informal settlements just outside the country’s East London city, especially the Mdantsane township, reports local media. Floods around South Africa’s eastern coastal city of East London have killed at least 10 people and left hundreds homeless since the weekend. Footage …

The strike targeted a civilian settlement in Idlib province, leaving at least two people dead and 10 others injured. Two civilians have been killed and 10 others injured in a Russian air strike in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, an opposition-held area where a truce is supposed to be in place. …

The EU Commission’s proposal to classify nuclear power and natural gas plants as “green” investments has become a sticking point between Germany and France. An EU proposal to classify new nuclear power and natural gas investments as “green” has provoked a clash between Paris and Berlin.  The proposal aims to …

The combination of bad weather and the absence of many pilots, flight attendants, and other staff from work due to Covid-19 led to the cancellation of over 2,700 in the United States as of 0400GMT on Sunday. Air travel has continued to be severely disrupted in the United States, with …

According to Indian officials, the majority of passengers arriving in India on a flight from Italy have tested positive for Covid for a second time in two days. On Friday, 173 out of 285 passengers aboard the flight from Rome to Amritsar tested positive on arrival. It follows more than …