Taiwan’s defence ministry has observed 19 Chinese air force combat planes entering the island’s air defence zone in the past 24 hours, part of what Taipei calls regular harassment by Beijing. Taiwan’s defence ministry said […]
Long partial to heavy lunchtime platters of meat and rice, Asim al-Shammari has recently turned to lighter fare from a self-described diet restaurant, swayed by Saudi Arabia’s anti-obesity push. Roughly one in five Saudi adults […]
NewsWeather Tropical Cyclone Judy has swept through Vanuatu in the Pacific islands bringing heavy rain and strong winds, and requiring the evacuation of some residents from the capital, Port Vila. Moving south, the Category 3 […]
Sri Lankan workers have gone on strike in defiance of a government ban to protest against a rescue plan for the bankrupt island nation, forcing the closure of some hospitals, banks and ports. President Ranil […]
Aged 15 and already pregnant after marrying last year, Pinku Das Sarkar has no idea what to do following her husband’s February 2 arrest in a controversial police crackdown on child marriage in northeastern India. […]
NewsTurkey-Syria Earthquake Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has indicated that national elections will be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote with a date just over three months after devastating […]
NewsPolitics The Vietnamese Communist Party has nominated Vo Van Thuong as the country’s new president, two party sources told the Reuters news agency, following the forced resignation in January of his predecessor as part of […]
Sudanese police have admitted a protester was shot and killed by its forces during a demonstration against military rule near the capital on Tuesday. Police said the shooting was an individual action that went against […]
From: Al Jazeera World Bektashism is a Sufi mystic Islamic order that was founded in present-day Turkey in the 13th century. Bektashi fortunes rose and fell in parallel with the Ottoman Empire and Bektashis were […]
Police in Peru have seized a mummified human, between 600 and 800 years old, from a former food delivery man who claimed to have had it at his home for three decades. The mummy was […]
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