Dozens of migrants killed as boat sinks off Syrian coast
DAMASCUS – At least 34 migrants have died after the boat they were travelling in sank off Syria’s coast.
Twenty survivors are being treated in...
Floods strand 1K trucks in South Sudan
JUBA – More than 1,000 trucks loaded with perishable goods are stuck on the outskirts of Mundri town in south-western South Sudan due to...
US helped Ukraine sink Russian cruiser
WASHINGTON – The US provided intelligence that helped Ukraine sink the Moskva, Russia’s flagship Black Sea missile cruiser, several US media report.
Unnamed officials said...
Iraq dust storm leaves 5,000 people sick
BAGHDAD – One person has died and more than 5,000 people have been admitted to hospitals with breathing problems in Iraq after a seventh...
Cuba’s Olympic champion defects
HAVANNA – Wrestling star Ismael Borrero has become the latest Cuban athlete to defect.
Borrero, who won gold in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio,...
Russia denies it plans to declare war on Ukraine
MOSCOW – Russi has dismissed speculation that it will declare all-out war in Ukraine in the coming days as “nonsense”.
Moscow has up until now...
Otoniel, Colombia drug kingpin, extradited to US
BOGOTA – Colombia has extradited the drug baron leader of the country’s biggest crime gang to the US, Colombia’s president has announced.
President Iván Duque...
Sweden alarmed by Iran’s reported plan to execute doc
STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s foreign minister says a report that Iran plans to execute a Swedish-Iranian doctor convicted of espionage this month is “extremely worrying”.
Sources...
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth gets own Barbie doll for Platinum Jubilee
LONDON - Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is being honoured with a Barbie doll in her likeness to mark her Platinum Jubilee this year.
Toy maker Mattel...
Taiwan approves second COVID-19 booster shot for elderly
TAIPEI - Taiwan’s government has approved a second COVID-19 booster vaccine dose for those 65 and older, and third boosters for the immunocompromised, as...