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Kremlin critic Navalny to be jailed for 30 days

Posted on January 19, 2021 by News Desk

A Russian court ruled Monday that opposition politician Alexey Navalny will be kept in custody until Feb. 15, less than 24 hours after his return to the country. “Alexey Navalny was detained for 30 days until Feb. 15, 2021,” Vadim Kobzev, a lawyer for Navalny, announced […]

UN official calls US designation of Houthis as terrorists ‘death sentence’ for Yemen civilians

Posted on January 15, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, : Senior UN officials have called on the US to reverse a decision to designate Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist organization, saying the move will cause a large-scale famine in the Arab country already suffering the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. The […]

Palestinians excluded from Israeli coronavirus vaccine rollout : Rights groups/UN experts

Posted on January 15, 2021 by News Desk

NEW YORK, : As Israel presses ahead with its coronavirus vaccination programme, a number of human rights groups and United Nations rights experts have called on the Jewish state to also provide doses to Palestinians in the occupied territories of West Bank and Gaza. Amnesty […]

US likely to name Saudi embassy street after Khashoggi

Posted on January 15, 2021 by News Desk

A member of the Washington, DC City Council introduced a legislation on Thursday that proposes to name a street in the US capital after the slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto, the youngest in the district’s history, introduced the “Jamal Khashoggi Way […]

Biden unveils $1.9tr emergency economic plan to tackle COVID

Posted on January 15, 2021 by News Desk

Joe Biden’s new emergency economic relief plan comes as the United States registered another gloomy record of coronavirus-related casualties, with Thursday’s toll marking more than 4,200 deaths. While delivering remarks from Wilmington, Delaware, US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new $1.9 trillion economic […]

Earthquake rattles Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province, killing 4

Posted on January 15, 2021 by News Desk

At least four people are dead and more than 600 others injured after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Majene City in Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province in the early hours of Friday, according to the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD). The BNPB Operations Control Center said around 637 […]

Trump says Capitol rioters will be brought to justice

Posted on January 14, 2021 by News Desk

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that those involved in the deadly Capitol riot last week will face justice. In a video issued shortly after being impeached by the House of Representatives, the outgoing president said he “unequivocally” condemned the violence and “no true supporter of […]

Snapchat reportedly permanently bans Trump’s account

Posted on January 14, 2021 by News Desk

Most social media platforms have banned or restricted Donald Trump’s accounts and the accounts of Trump supporters, including QAnon believers and ‘Stop the Steal’ followers, in the wake of the deadly January 6 riots at the US Capitol. On Wednesday, American photo-sharing app Snapchat permanently deleted […]

Trump becomes first US President to be impeached twice

Posted on January 14, 2021 by News Desk

Trump has now been impeached twice, the first US president in history to be so censured, after being accused of “inciting insurrection” during the deadly riots that rocked the Capitol Hill in Washington DC last week. The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved an […]

US House to vote on impeaching Trump over Capitol Hill ‘insurrection’

Posted on January 13, 2021 by News Desk

The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives is expected to vote on Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump over last week’s violence on Capitol Hill, although chances are likely slim the Senate will decide to convict and remove him from office. Insurrection charges While overall proceedings […]

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Kremlin critic Navalny to be jailed for 30 days

UN official calls US designation of Houthis as terrorists ‘death sentence’ for Yemen civilians

Palestinians excluded from Israeli coronavirus vaccine rollout : Rights groups/UN experts

US likely to name Saudi embassy street after Khashoggi

Biden unveils $1.9tr emergency economic plan to tackle COVID

Earthquake rattles Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province, killing 4

Trump says Capitol rioters will be brought to justice

Snapchat reportedly permanently bans Trump’s account

Trump becomes first US President to be impeached twice

US House to vote on impeaching Trump over Capitol Hill ‘insurrection’

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