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Belgian police hold suspects after looting during BLM protest

Brussels-Belgian police said Sunday they arrested around 10 people from among 200-300 looters who clashed with police on the fringes of a Black Lives Matters protest in Liege. A total of 36 officers were injured during Saturday’s clashes, one of whom was still being treated in hospital, […]

Four killed in Kazakhstan military plane crash

Almaty, Kazakhstan-Four people died and two more were badly injured on Saturday when a military plane crashed and caught fire while trying to land in Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty, the latest accident to hit the country’s aviation industry. City authorities said the survivors were in intensive care […]

Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut more than 1,000 Islamic schools

Sri Lanka’s government says it will ban the wearing of the burqa and close more than 1,000 Islamic schools, the latest actions affecting the country’s minority Muslim population. Separately, the government on Saturday announced using a controversial anti-terror law to deal with religious “extremism” and gave itself sweeping […]

Russia seeks Arab support in reviving Iran nuclear deal

From March 8 – 12, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia andQatar to discuss regional and international issues. The tour began with the UAE, where Lavrov met the Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; the […]

Russian police detain dozens of opposition deputies at forum

Moscow-Russian police on Saturday arrested dozens of opposition politicians and municipal deputies at a conference in Moscow, organisers and participants said. Participants from more than 50 of Russia’s regions had gathered to discuss parliamentary and local elections in September at a forum organised by a project backed […]

US administers over 100M COVID-19 vaccine doses

The US has administered over 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed Friday. In all, the CDC counted 101,128,005 administered jabs with more than 133 million doses given to authorities as the US continues to roll out vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna […]

Bulgaria suspends AstraZeneca vaccine use: PM

Sofia-Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Friday suspended use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, following similar steps in Denmark, Iceland and Norway over safety concerns. “I order a halt in vaccinations with the AstraZeneca vaccine until the European Medicines Agency dismisses all doubts about its safety,” […]

Bolivian court issues arrest warrant for Jeanine Anez

Bolivia’s former Interim President Jeanine Anez said Friday that prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for her and her Cabinet members. “The political persecution has begun,” Anez said on Twitter. “The MAS has decided to return to the styles of the dictatorship. A shame because Bolivia does not […]

Turkey, Egypt hold first diplomatic contacts since 2013

Ankara-Turkey on Friday said it had established its first diplomatic contacts with Egypt since 2013 and was ready to improve relations with other rivals as it seeks to break its isolation. Ankara and Cairo had a dramatic falling out when Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi ousted […]

US disappointed by parole ruling for Turkish diplomat’s killer

The US is “deeply disappointed” by a court’s decision to release on parole an Armenian national who assassinated a Turkish diplomat in Los Angeles in 1982, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. “Attacking a diplomat is not only a grave crime against a particular […]

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