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Australian PM faces growing pressure as thousands to rally outside parliament

Australian PM faces growing pressure as thousands to rally outside parliament

REUTERS 2021-03-14 15:26:09

Thousands of protesters are expected to descend on Australia’s capital on Monday when the country’s parliament resumes as part of nationwide demonstrations, intensifying pressure on Prime...

Myanmar civilian leader calls for people to defend themselves as toll mounts

Myanmar civilian leader calls for people to defend themselves as toll mounts

REUTERS 2021-03-14 11:04:20

The acting leader of Myanmar’s parallel civilian government said it will seek to give people the legal right to defend themselves as the death toll in protests against last month’s coup ex...

Palestinians, Arab League condemn opening of Czech Jerusalem office

Palestinians, Arab League condemn opening of Czech Jerusalem office

-- 2021-03-14 10:39:57

The Palestinian Authority and the Arab League on Saturday condemned the Czech Republic’s opening of a diplomatic office in Jerusalem as a violation of international law. Prague opened a Jerusal...

Vice-president of Myanmar civilian govt vows resistance to junta rule

Vice-president of Myanmar civilian govt vows resistance to junta rule

-- 2021-03-14 10:31:20

The acting leader of Myanmar’s parallel civilian government, appointed by ousted lawmakers in the wake of a Feb. 1 military coup, addressed the public for the first time on Saturday from hiding...

Jordan minister resigns after deaths from oxygen outage

Jordan minister resigns after deaths from oxygen outage

-- 2021-03-13 21:40:42

Jordan’s health minister resigned on Saturday after six people died following an oxygen outage in a hospital treating coronavirus patients and police were deployed to hold back angry relatives,...

An-26 aircraft crashes while landing at Kazakhstan's Almaty airport

An-26 aircraft crashes while landing at Kazakhstan's Almaty airport

Reuters 2021-03-13 18:46:48

An An-26 aircraft flying from the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, crashed while landing in Almaty on Saturday, Almaty airport said on its Facebook page. It was unclear how many people were on board or...

Jordan hospital oxygen outage kills at least six patients

Jordan hospital oxygen outage kills at least six patients

Reuters 2021-03-13 18:29:26

At least six people died in Jordan after an oxygen outage in a hospital treating coronavirus patients, prompting police to be deployed to hold back angry relatives who had gathered at the gate, witnes...

Kuwait’s #MeToo moment: Women denounce harassment, violence

Kuwait’s #MeToo moment: Women denounce harassment, violence

AP 2021-03-13 18:10:07

Abrar Zenkawi was cruising toward the beach in Kuwait City when she saw a man waving and smiling in her rearview mirror. Elsewhere, this may have been a benign highway flirtation. But in Kuwait, it&r...

Myanmar security forces kill six anti-coup protesters on Saturday

Myanmar security forces kill six anti-coup protesters on Saturday

-- 2021-03-13 17:44:03

At least six protesters were killed by security forces in Myanmar, witnesses and media reported, as activists marked the death anniversary on Saturday of a student whose killing in 1988 sparked an upr...

Sri Lanka to prohibit burqa, minister says

Sri Lanka to prohibit burqa, minister says

REUTERS 2021-03-13 17:08:21

Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday, the latest actions affecting the country's minority Muslim population...

India reports year’s biggest daily spike in Covid cases

India reports year’s biggest daily spike in Covid cases

-- 2021-03-13 15:16:33

India reported its biggest daily spike in COVID-19 of the year on Saturday, with 24,882 infections as a resurgence since last month continues. The new cases mark the highest 24-hour figure since Dece...

Two protesters killed in Myanmar, as US and allies vow to restore democracy

Two protesters killed in Myanmar, as US and allies vow to restore democracy

REUTERS 2021-03-13 13:29:41

At least five protesters were killed by security forces in Myanmar, witnesses and media reported, as activists marked the death anniversary on Saturday of a student whose killing in 1988 sparked an up...

Iranian ship hit in Mediterranean attack, says company

Iranian ship hit in Mediterranean attack, says company

-- 2021-03-13 10:41:13

An Iranian container ship was damaged in an attack in the Mediterranean, the state-run shipping company said on Friday, adding it would take legal action to identify the perpetrators of what it called...

Japan's nuclear clean-up has no end in sight

Japan's nuclear clean-up has no end in sight

REUTERS 2021-03-13 10:14:30

For one minute this week, workers at the Fukushima nuclear station fell silent to mark the 10-year anniversary of a natural disaster that triggered the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Then th...

Myanmar court extends detention of five journalists

Myanmar court extends detention of five journalists

-- 2021-03-12 17:19:49

A court in Myanmar extended custody on Friday for five journalists, including one from US news agency the Associated Press, who were arrested while covering anti-junta protests in the biggest city of...

Coal mine blast leaves six dead in Pakistan

Coal mine blast leaves six dead in Pakistan

-- 2021-03-12 16:21:42

Six miners have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan. They were among eight miners trapped about 1,000 feet underground when accumulating me...

Libyan women euphoric over appointment of first female foreign minister

Libyan women euphoric over appointment of first female foreign minister

-- 2021-03-12 11:15:56

Libya’s first woman foreign minister, Najla el-Mangoush, will be sworn in next week as part of a new unity government, a rare female voice at the top table whose appointment many Libyan women we...

Pakistan blocks TikTok over indecency complaint

Pakistan blocks TikTok over indecency complaint

-- 2021-03-12 09:37:42

Pakistan has on Thursday blocked the popular social media app TikTok after a court order over a complaint that it ran indecent content, a spokesman for the country’s telecoms regulator said. &l...

Myanmar death toll hits 70, says UN rights expert seeking sanctions

Myanmar death toll hits 70, says UN rights expert seeking sanctions

-- 2021-03-12 09:05:51

The United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar said on Thursday the military junta had “murdered” at least 70 people since its Feb. 1 coup, committing killings, torture, and perse...

China moves to overhaul Hong Kong politics

China moves to overhaul Hong Kong politics

-- 2021-03-11 18:38:22

China’s parliament approved on Thursday a draft decision to change Hong Kong’s electoral system, further reducing democratic representation in the city’s institutions and introducing...

Myanmar junta accuses Suu Kyi of accepting bribes as eight killed in anti-coup protests   

Myanmar junta accuses Suu Kyi of accepting bribes as eight killed in anti-coup protests  

REUTERS 2021-03-11 17:29:43

Myanmar's military government accused deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi of taking illegal payments as eight people were killed on Thursday when security forces opened fire on protests against the coup,...

Myanmar military using 'battlefield weapons' against protesters, says Amnesty

Myanmar military using 'battlefield weapons' against protesters, says Amnesty

-- 2021-03-11 15:59:26

Amnesty International accused Myanmar's military government on Thursday of increasingly using battlefield weapons against peaceful protesters and conducting systematic, deliberate killings, reports AP...

Seven die as security forces fire at anti-junta protests in Myanmar

Seven die as security forces fire at anti-junta protests in Myanmar

REUTERS 2021-03-11 13:47:33

Seven people were killed when security forces opened fire on anti-junta protests in Myanmar on Thursday, witnesses and local media said, as rights group Amnesty International accused the military of a...

Japan mourns victims of earthquake and Fukushima disaster

Japan mourns victims of earthquake and Fukushima disaster

REUTERS 2021-03-11 13:18:11

With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear protests, Japan on Thursday mourned about 20,000 victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan 10 years ago, destroying towns and t...

27 dead after school bus plunges into ravine in Indonesia

27 dead after school bus plunges into ravine in Indonesia

Reuters 2021-03-11 12:44:45

A bus carrying school children and some parents returning from an excursion plunged into a ravine on the Indonesian island of Java on Wednesday night, killing 27 people, the country’s transporta...

Youth still paying high price for decade of war in Syrian

Youth still paying high price for decade of war in Syrian

Reuters 2021-03-11 12:19:56

Young Syrians have suffered heavy personal losses in a decade of war and still have to face rebuilding their shattered homeland, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday....

Myanmar’s military junta removes Rakhine rebels from terrorist list

Myanmar’s military junta removes Rakhine rebels from terrorist list

-- 2021-03-11 11:31:20

Myanmar’s military junta has removed Arakan Army (AA) insurgents from its list of terrorist groups because the faction has stopped attacks and in order to help establish peace across the country...

Israeli PM Netanyahu to visit UAE Thursday

Israeli PM Netanyahu to visit UAE Thursday

-- 2021-03-10 21:06:24

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the United Arab Emirates on Thursday in an opportunity to showcase new Gulf ties before a closely contested election in Israel. Netanyahu would ho...

Big Indian state scales down vaccinations due to shortage of doses

Big Indian state scales down vaccinations due to shortage of doses

-- 2021-03-10 18:00:10

Rajasthan, a big northwestern Indian state, said on Tuesday it had started limiting COVID-19 vaccinations to its major hospitals due to a shortage of doses, despite an assurance from the federal gover...

Saudi rights activist hopes for sentence change as she heads to appeals hearing

Saudi rights activist hopes for sentence change as she heads to appeals hearing

REUTERS 2021-03-10 17:27:23

Women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who was released last month after three years in prison, said on Wednesday she hoped a Saudi court would amend her sentence ahead of the appeals hear...