Myanmar junta strike kills 40 at festival protest
AFP : A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told […]
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Wildlife flee as floods swamp Indian parks
AFP : A herd of elephants, along with tigers and leopards, have escaped after raging floods in India submerged two of West Bengal’s famed wildlife […]
Record flooding hits Vietnam city, eight killed in north
Agencies : Record floods submerged streets in several communities in Vietnam on Wednesday, with at least eight people killed this week, the government said. Tens […]
Erdogan says Trump asked Turkey to ‘persuade Hamas’ on Gaza peace
NN ONLINE: US President Donald Trump asked Turkey to “persuade” Hamas to accept his plan for ending the Gaza war, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
Qatar, Turkey to join third day of Gaza peace talks in Egypt
NN ONLINE: Qatar’s prime minister and Turkish delegates will join Hamas and Israeli negotiators in Egypt on Wednesday for a third day of talks […]
US SC allows order to force Google making app store reforms
Reuters : The US Supreme Court (SC) declined on Monday to halt key parts of a judge’s order requiring Alphabet’s Google to make major changes […]
Snowstorms strand hikers in China, one S Korean dies in Nepal
AP : Early-season snowfalls have stranded hikers in two mountainous areas in western China, including several hundred at the base of Mount Everest, and forced […]
Gaza peace talks continue on war’s two-year anniversary
AP : Peace talks between Israel and Hamas were resuming at an Egyptian resort city on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the militant group’s surprise […]