Family pressure, starvation forces Abu Sayyaf duo to surrender in Philippines
Author: Sat, 2020-12-12 21:17 MANILA: Two senior Abu Sayyaf (ASG) operatives and 13 followers of the Daesh-linked militant group in the southern Philippines surrendered...
Armenians, Azerbaijan trade blame over breach of Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal
Author: By AVET DEMOURIAN | AP ID: 1607798732316639500 Sat, 2020-12-12 18:31 YEREVAN: Armenian officials and Azerbaijan on Saturday accused each other of breaching a...
Vaccine refusal in Brazil grows to 22%, most reject Chinese shot: poll
Author: Reuters ID: 1607802118466998600 Sat, 2020-12-12 23:24 RIO DE JANEIRO: The share of Brazilians unwilling to take any COVID-19 vaccine grew to 22% this...
Hard-line Indonesian cleric held on suspicion he broke coronavirus restrictions
Author: Reuters ID: 1607802118526998800 Sat, 2020-12-12 23:14 JAKARTA: Indonesian police arrested firebrand Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab on Saturday on suspicion of breaching coronavirus restrictions...
Trump loses Wisconsin case while arguing another one
Author: By SCOTT BAUER | AP ID: 1607805514017339900 Sat, 2020-12-12 23:29 MADISON, Wisconsin: President Donald Trump lost a federal lawsuit Saturday while his attorney...
One of the largest icebergs could endanger an island’s wildlife
The iceberg A68a is currently travelling towards the South Georgia island. Experts fear it could devastate the island’s wildlife population if the iceberg reaches...
Navy boats on standby to protect UK waters in case of no-deal Brexit
The UK will have “a range of robust enforcement measures” at the end of the Brexit transition period, including “numerous” offshore patrol vessels available...
Armenian separatists hurt in skirmish with Azerbaijan
Author: AFP ID: 1607766193974174900 Sat, 2020-12-12 08:41 YEREVAN: Separatist officials in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh said Saturday that three fighters were wounded in...
First foreign aid convoy reaches Tigray capital: ICRC
Author: AFP ID: 1607768122794241000 Sat, 2020-12-12 09:57 GENEVA: A first international aid convoy arrived Saturday in the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region since fighting...
A Minnesota elementary school teacher donates kidney to her school’s custodian
Third-grade teacher Erin Durga says chills ran through her body the moment she learned a school custodian needed a kidney donation. She had an...
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