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Ukraine blamed Russia for striking a convoy of civilian cars in the southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia on Friday, which Kyiv say killed at least 25 people on the front line, according to AFP. Zaporizhzhia’s regional governor Oleksandr Starukh sa…

A suicide attack at a tutoring centre in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens, police said on Friday, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. Many of those living in the western area where the …

Lebanon’s parliament failed to appoint a new president on Thursday as rival blocs failed to agree on a presidential candidate. Lebanon’s current President Michel Aoun’s term runs out on October 31. Lebanon’s parliament appoints a new president via a tw…

At least 19 people have died and dozens of others were hospitalised after drinking toxic alcohol in Morocco, according to local media. The alcohol was reportedly from a roadside kiosk in the north of the country, where around 30 people were taken to th…

Taliban forces on Thursday opened fire on a women’s rally, protesting the death of a 22-year-old woman in the custody of morality police, AFP reported. The authorities fired shots into the air to disperse around 25 Afghan women protesters in front of K…

British Prime Minister Liz Truss defended her economic plan that has roiled financial markets, saying on Thursday she was willing to take “controversial” steps to reignite growth and would not reverse course despite the turmoil. “This is the right plan…

Turkey will reinforce its military presence in northern Cyprus after the United States lifted defence trade restrictions on Cyprus, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Speaking in a televised interview with broadcaster CNN Turk, Erdogan…

Some 200 environmental and land defence activists were killed around the world in 2021, including some 54 in Mexico, which assumed the position of the deadliest country in the annual report by nongovernmental organisation Global Witness. More than thre…

Israel continued its defiance of a 2016 UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate halt to all settlement activity in lands the Palestinians want for their future state, advancing plans for construction of nearly 2,000 housing units in the l…

The United States said Wednesday that Greek sovereignty over two islands was not in doubt after Ankara lodged a protest over the deployment there of US armoured vehicles. Turkey on Monday summoned the Greek ambassador and complained to the United State…