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TEHRAN – September 21 (ONLINE) Several Iranian government and state-affiliated media websites are down after a Twitter account linked to the “Anonymous” hacker collective claimed to have launched cyberattacks on them, aimed at supporting protests following the death of Mahsa Amini. The 22-year-old woman from […]

Moscow, Sept 21 (AFP/APP):President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military mobilisation and vowed on Wednesday to use “all available means” to protect Russian territory, after Moscow-held regions of Ukraine suddenly announced annexation referendums. The votes, already denounced by Kyiv and the West as a “sham”, […]

TORONTO 20 Sep (Online): In an unprecedented show of power, more than 110,000 Canadian Sikhs took part in voting for the Khalistan Referendum in Brampton, Ontario, to demand an independent state of Khalistan with Shimla as its capital. Organised by the pro-Khalistani advocacy group Sikhs […]

WEST BANK 20 Sep (Online): Palestinian gunmen clashed with Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and one man was killed in the confrontations, which broke out after the arrest of two militants, witnesses and medics said. Armed group Hamas, […]

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 20 (APP): The President of 77th session of the UN General Assembly Csaba Korosi said Tuesday that devastation left behind by the unprecedented foods in Pakistan “can be a window into our future.” “I stand in solidarity with the people of Pakistan, […]

Nairobi, Sept 20 (AFP/APP): Ethiopia on Tuesday rejected a report by UN investigators that accused Addis Ababa of possible ongoing crimes against humanity in its war-torn Tigray region, including using starvation as a weapon. The Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia said it had […]

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (APP):Marking one year since the Taliban decreed that girls should be excluded from high school, UN chief Antonio Guterres has urged the defacto rulers to “let them back in” without delay. In a strong personal appeal, the UN Secretary-General tweeted Sunday […]

TAIPEI 18 Sep (Online): A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island’s weather bureau said, causing damage including derailed train carriages, and sparking tsunami warnings. The weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung country and followed […]

Izumi, Japan, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall in southwestern Japan on Sunday night, as authorities urged millions of people to take shelter from the powerful storm’s high winds and torrential rain. The storm officially made landfall around 7 pm local time (1000 GMT) as […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept 17 (AFP/APP): Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is receiving power from the national grid once again, the UN’s atomic agency (IAEA) said Saturday, after it was cut off from external power, raising the risk of an accident. The Russian-occupied plant had been cut […]