Rohingya refugees struggle for vaccine in COVID-hit India
Death of a Rohingya woman of COVID-19 while in detention highlights the plight of poverty-stricken refugees.
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Seoul courts risk after ‘no shackles’ missile development deal
South Korea can now develop missiles of whatever range and payload it wants, but analysts worry it could stoke tension.
Chinese apps could face subpoenas, bans under Biden order
WeChat, TikTok, other apps targeted by Trump are eligible for review by Biden's team, sources say.
No resolution on S-400 dispute during Biden-Erdoğan meeting
Turkey will take lead in securing Kabul airport after US troops depart, Biden and Erdoğan agree.
Megadrought ‘taxing’ US water reservoirs and fuelling wildfires
Experts are pointing fingers at climate change, saying it is ‘a long-term tax on the water budget of the west’.
Israeli air raids target Gaza for second time since ceasefire
Civil administration building, sites belonging to armed Palestinian groups and agricultural field targeted, sources say.
Lebanon: Energy minister warns petrol subsidy will soon end
'Those who can't pay 200,000 Lebanese pounds for a tank should stop using a car,' Raymond Ghajar said.
International powers promise to help Lebanon’s crisis-hit army
Lebanese army chief warns of 'critical' situation during French-led virtual meeting.
Detained US journalist makes appearance in Myanmar court
Danny Fenster makes appearance on 'incitement' charge, but the US consular authorities have not been able to see him.
Juneteenth national holiday is now US law, marks end of slavery
Long drive to make Juneteenth a national holiday succeeds amid the US's new reckoning with its history of racism.
Cheers to that! US agrees to lift tariffs on Scotch whisky
The decision follows the resolution of a long-standing trade dispute between the US and EU.
Texans to be allowed to carry concealed handguns without permits
The governor of Texas signed into law a bill allowing unlicensed, concealed handguns to be carried in public.
Policeman killed, students abducted in attack on Nigerian school
Attack on Federal Government College in Kebbi State is third assault by gangs on a school in Nigeria in a month.
‘Unceasing congestion’: China’s shipping delays snarl trade
The delays at Yantian Port are further snarling trade routes and lifting record freight prices even higher.
US Congress chips away at law used to justify Soleimani strike
House of Representatives votes to repeal 2002 authorisation of Iraq war as President Biden backs a review of US posture.
US Supreme Court backs Nestle, Cargill in child slave labour suit
The court ruled against Malians who said they were taken from their country as kids and forced to work on cocoa farms.
Ex-President Laurent Gbagbo back in Ivory Coast after acquittal
Ex-president lands in Abidjan after ICC judges upheld 2019 acquittal on charges related to 2011 post-election violence.
US Supreme Court rules for Catholic group in LGBTQ rights dispute
The decision was a victory for a Catholic agency that barred same-sex couples from applying to become foster parents.
Manchester Arena bomber ‘should have been identified as a threat’
Report into May 2017 attack says there were 'missed opportunities' to prevent or mitigate its 'devastating impact'.
African Union launches probe into alleged rights abuses in Tigray
Ethiopia calls inquiry 'misguided' as international scrutiny intensifies over months-long conflict in northern region.