RUSSIA’S BLACK SEA PORT CITY / Ukraine strikes oil terminal, naval base
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AIR TRAFFIC GLITCH / Cyberattack ruled out as more UK flights axed
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In Brief / Nepal turns to drones to deliver flood relief
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In Brief / Yemen rebels report dozens of Saudi strikes
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BALOCHISTAN / Pakistan security forces kill 11 terrorists
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Turkey rebuffs Macron call for Libya troop withdrawal
Turkey yesterday rebuffed French President Emmanuel Macron’s call on foreign powers to remove their forces from Libya as part of efforts turn on a page on a decade of strife.
13 November 2021
Sudan anti-coup protesters rally as army tightens grip
Sudanese security forces yesterday shot dead at least one protester in a crackdown on anti-coup demonstrations, medics said, after the military tightened its grip by forming a new ruling council.
13 November 2021
Air strikes kill ‘186 rebels’
The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen yesterday said that its air strikes over the previous 24 hours killed 186 Huthi fighters in the battleground provinces of Marib and Al-Bayda.
13 November 2021
Amazon deforestation hits monthly record in Brazil
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest hit a new record in October, a Brazilian government agency said Friday, just days after President Jair Bolsonaro announced ambitious environmental goals at the COP26 climate summit.
13 November 2021
This day in history
1914 - Religious leader Sheikh-ul-Islam declares an Islamic holy war on behalf of the Ottoman government, urging his Muslim followers to take up arms against Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro in World War I.
13 November 2021
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I want everyone to know. We have nothing to do with it. …We should not forget where these crises associated with migrants came from... Western countries themselves, including European countries.
13 November 2021
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US President Joe Biden will hold a hotly anticipated virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping tomorrow, with both sides indicating they will not give ground on flashpoint issues such as Taiwan.
13 November 2021
‘I want to start a youth movement’
What exactly does one do after leaking thousands of documents from the world’s most powerful social media company? For Frances Haugen, the answer is obvious: start a youth movement.
13 November 2021
West at risk of conflict with Russia: UK army chief
There is a greater risk of an accidental war breaking out between the West and Russia than at any time since the Cold War, with many of the traditional diplomatic tools no longer available, Britain’s most senior military officer said.
13 November 2021
Greater risk of accidental war breaking out between West and Russia: British army chief
There is a greater risk of an accidental war breaking out between the West and Russia than at any time since the Cold War, with many of the traditional diplomatic tools no longer available, Britain's most senior military officer said.
13 November 2021
New class of drug reverses paralysis in mice
US scientists have developed a new form of drug that promotes the regeneration of cells and reversed paralysis in mice with spinal injuries, allowing them to walk again within four weeks of treatment.
12 November 2021
US calls on Yemen rebels to release local embassy staffers
The United States on Thursday called on Iranian-backed Huthi rebels who control Yemen’s capital Sanaa to release an unspecified number of local residents who work for the US embassy.
12 November 2021
Death toll in Texas concert tragedy rises to nine
A 22-year-old university student caught up in the crowd that rushed the stage at a rap concert in Texas last week has died of her injuries, her family said Thursday, raising the death toll from the incident to nine.
12 November 2021
Archaeologists find pre-Columbian mass grave in Peru
Archaeologists have found an ancient mass grave containing the remains of pre-Columbian men, women and children in the citadel of Chan Chan in northern Peru, a member of the team said Thursday.
12 November 2021
SpaceX capsule with crew of four docks with ISS
A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, kicking off a six-month stay on the orbiting outpost.
12 November 2021
Covaxin ‘highly efficacious’
Covaxin, the first Covid-19 vaccine developed in India, is “highly efficacious” and presents no safety concerns, according to a study published in the Lancet on Thursday.
12 November 2021
Australian PM Scott Morrison denies lying
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison denied having ever lied in public life yesterday and said he had the thick skin needed to deal with allegations of dishonesty including from French President Emmanuel Macron.
12 November 2021
World has become deaf to plight of the poor: pope
Pope Francis yesterday said that the world had become deaf to the plight of the poor and condemned those who become disproportionately rich while blaming the needy for their own fate.
12 November 2021
1m Afghan children at risk of dying
Around 3.2 million children are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Afghanistan by the end of this year, with 1 million of them at risk of dying as temperatures drop, a World Health Organization spokesperson said yesterday.
12 November 2021
Ten EU nations causing ‘high concern’ over Covid
Ten countries in the 27-member European Union face a Covid situation of “high concern”, the bloc’s diseases agency said yesterday, warning the pandemic was worsening across the continent.
12 November 2021