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Data of 1.3 Million Clubhouse Users Leaked Online, With Fears ‘Real Damage’ Will be Caused
April 12,2021
A major data breach from a recently popular social media platform, Clubhouse, has been reported. The latest suggested leak may have compromised the personal information of ...
Chad’s Veteran Leader Deby Targets Sixth Term in Presidential Vote
April 12,2021
N’DJAMENA-Voters in Chad cast their ballots on Sunday in a presidential election that is likely to see Idriss Deby extend his three-decade rule, despite signs of growing ...
Xinjiang Coalmine Accident Traps 21 - China State Media
April 12,2021
BEIJING-Twenty-one miners are trapped in a flooded coalmine in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, citing a local ...
India Protests U.S. Navy’s Transit Through Its Exclusive Economic Zone
April 11,2021
NEW DELHI- India protested to the United States for a navy vessel conducting a transit through its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) without consent, the foreign ministry said ...
Saudi Arabia Executes Three Soldiers Sentenced for ‘High Treason’
April 11,2021
DUBAI- Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed three soldiers who were sentenced for “high treason” and “cooperating with the enemy”, a statement from ...
Portugal Ex-PM Socrates to Face Trial for Alleged Money Laundering; Graft Charges Dropped
April 11,2021
LISBON-More than six years after his arrest in a major corruption investigation, Portugal’s former Prime Minister Jose Socrates will stand trial, but only on lesser charges of money laundering and falsifying documents, a judge in Lisbon ruled ...
Britain’s Prince Philip,Husband of Queen Elizabeth, Dies Aged 99
April 10,2021
LONDON- Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday...
Loud Debates, Fun Banter: Mideast Finds Outlet in Clubhouse
April 10,2021
BEIRUT- They are boisterous, argumentative and at times downright hilarious...
Norway PM Fined $2,300 for Inviting Too Many People to Her Birthday Party And Breaking Her Own Coronavirus Rules
April 10,2021
Norwegian police have fined the country’s PM, Erna Solberg, for breaking Covid-19 social distancing rules imposed by her own government, and organizing a family gathering ...
Iran Frees South Kaorean Ship, Captain After Promise to Help with Frozen Funds
April 10,2021
SEOUL- Iran released on Friday a South Korean ship and its captain detained since January after South Korea promised to try to secure the release of Iranian funds frozen in South...
Myanmar Junta Says Protests Against Its Rule Are Dwindling
April 10,2021
Myanmar’s military junta said on Friday that a protest campaign against its rule was dwindling since people wanted peace, while 18 ambassadors to the country called in ...
Iran and U.S. Begin Indirect Talks to Revive Nuclear Deal
April 07,2021
VIENNA- Iran and the United States will begin indirect talks in Vienna on Tuesday aimed at bringing both countries back into full compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal that Washington ...
Jordan: After Release of ‘Seditious’ Prince Hamzah’s Pledge of Loyalty, Prosecutor Bans All Media Coverage of Palace Scandal
April 07,2021
The uncle of King Abdullah II of Jordan was tasked with defusing the situation with Prince Hamzah, who was accused of seditious activities. A media gag order was issued by ...
‘Great to Be Back’: US Aircraft Carrier Group Sails into Disputed South China Sea
April 07,2021
A US carrier strike group, led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt, has sailed into the South China Sea to conduct “routine operations,” marking the second ...
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Scuffle with Jerusalem Police Amid Protest Against Autopsy of Drowned Yeshiva Student
April 07,2021
VIENNA- Iran and the United States will begin indirect talks in Vienna on Tuesday aimed at bringing both countries back into full compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal that Washington ...
What to Expect as Iran and World Powers Head for Nuclear Talks
April 06,2021
Tehran- Representatives of the world powers that signed a 2015 nuclear deal are headed to Vienna on Tuesday to save the landmark accord, but the path forward appears...
Saudi Arabia’s Scramble for an Exit Strategy in Yemen
April 06,2021
The Saudi Arabia-led alliance’s military intervention in Yemen has not only failed in its objective to rout the Houthi rebels, but the kingdom finds itself in a position in which ...
Bulgarian PM’s Party Ahead in Vote Count, Early Results Show
April 06,2021
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party is set to win the most votes from Sunday’s election, data from the central electoral commission ...
Israel: PM Netanyahu Accused of ‘Illegitimate Use’ Of Power
April 06,2021
Israeli prosecutors accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of treating favours as “currency” on Monday at the opening of a corruption trial which, along with ...
Iran, World Powers to Hold Nuclear Talks in Vienna on Tuesday
April 03,2021
PARIS- Representatives of Iran and world powers will meet next Tuesday in Vienna to discuss the troubled 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian and European officials said after holding ...
Taiwan Train Derailment: Death Toll Climbs to 48 As Rescuers Evacuate All Trapped Passengers & Over a Hundred Reported Injured
April 03,2021
Taiwan has suffered its worst rail disaster in decades, with 48 people reported killed and over a hundred others injured after a derailment inside a tunnel...
Sunlight Renders Coronavirus Inactive 8 TIMES Faster than Predicted, Says New Study
April 03,2021
Researchers have found that the coronavirus is inactivated by sunlight as much as eight times faster in experiments than predicted by current theoretical modelling ...
North Korean Group Demands ‘Apology & Compensation’ From Japan Over WWII-Era Atrocities
April 03,2021
A group from North Korea has called on Japan to stop trying to “evade” responsibility for drafting Koreans into forced labor and prostitution during World War II...
WHO & Leaders of 23 Countries Advocate Global Treaty to Tackle Future Covid-Style Health Emergencies
March 31,2021
Leaders of 23 countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) have backed the idea of creating a global treaty that would bolster international cooperation in case of ...
Iran Seemingly Rejects New Reported Nuclear Proposal from Biden… before US Even Formally Proposes it
March 31,2021
Iran has signaled that it will not scale down its nuclear program until Washington removes its unilateral sanctions, in an apparent rebuke of a new proposal reportedly being ...
Introducing ‘Vaxzevria’: Astrazeneca Renames Covid Vaccine as Firm Fights Off Controversy over Drug
March 31,2021
AstraZeneca has renamed its Covid-19 vaccine, a move that coincides with the company’s struggle to reassure the public that its drug is safe, following numerous reports of potential ...
Humans Possess Genetic Blueprints to Produce Venom, Study Suggestsc
March 31,2021
A new study has found that salivary glands in mammals and venom glands in snakes and spiders share similar, ancient hardware, indicating that humans could at one point have ...
EU commissioner visits refugee facilities on Greek islands
March 30,2021
ATHENS- The European Union’s home affairs commissioner is visiting asylum-seeker facilities on the eastern Greek islands of Samos and Lesbos amid continuing accusations ...
AP Exclusive: WHO report says animals likely source of COVID
March 30,2021
BEIJING- A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that ...
Thousands flee into Thailand following Myanmar air strikes
March 30,2021
MAE SAKOEP- A series of airstrikes by Myanmar’s military along the country’s border raised concerns Monday that more villagers might flee to neighboring Thailand in large numbers ...
Ship ‘partially refloated,’ but still stuck in Suez Canal
March 30,2021
SUEZ- Engineers on Monday “partially refloated” the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, authorities said, without ...
Indonesia President Condemns Church AttackAs “Terrorism”
March 29,2021
JAKARTA- Indonesian president Joko Widodo strongly condemned a suspected suicide bomb attack outside a church that wounded 14 people in the city of Makassar on the island of Sulawesi ...
Troops Fire at Funeral as Myanmar Mourns Bloodiest Day Since Coup
March 29,2021
Myanmar security forces opened fire on Sunday, witnesses said, at people gathered for the funeral of one of the 114 people killed the previous day, the bloodiest day of protests ....
Tugs, Dredgers Continuing Efforts to Free Ship Stranded in Suez Canal: Authority
March 29,2021
CAIRO- The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said on Sunday that tugging and dredging operations to free a grounded container ship blocking the waterway would continue around the clock ...
Bangladesh violence spreads after Modi visit, attacks on Hindu temples, train
March 29,2021
BAZAR- Hundreds of members of a hardline Islamist group attacked Hindu temples and a train in eastern Bangladesh on Sunday, police and a local journalist said ...