Five things to know about the Suez Canal gridlock
The Suez Canal, which handles some 10 percent of global maritime trade, blocked by container ship causing a traffic jam.
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Kenya orders closure of Dadaab, Kakuma refugee camps
Nairobi gives UN refugee agency two weeks to present plan to shut the two sprawling refugee camps.
From labour camp to councillor? North Korean refugee eyes UK vote
Jihyun Park was left for dead in a North Korean labour camp, now she's running for office in northern England.
Cars become home for Spain’s pandemic casualties
In a sign of deep financial crisis, people unable to afford rent or mortgage payments are living in their cars.
Confront your colonial past, Council of Europe tells Portugal
Portugal must 'tackle racist biases against people of African descent', Europe's top rights group says.
Asian Americans build trust, community solutions in face of hate
Community advocates say prioritising residents' needs is key as Atlanta killings fuel fear of more violence in US.
Egypt’s Suez Canal: A history of the key route
Here is a look back at stages in the enlargement of the key waterway for international maritime trade.
Suez Canal blocked by massive container ship Ever Given: Live
Ship partially refloated in the canal and traffic expected to resume soon, port agent GAC tells Reuters.
UK: Johnson says ‘greed’, ‘capitalism’ behind vaccine successes
Comments in a closed Zoom meeting with Conservative MPs came as the country remembered more than 125,000 COVID victims.
Bangladesh defends use of fences after deadly Rohingya camp fire
Humanitarian agencies call for the removal of barbed wire fences, Bangladeshi officials deny they trapped the refugees.
India reports novel COVID-19 variant, daily deaths at year’s high
'Double mutant variant' detected, says health ministry amid concerns over highest single-day tally of deaths and cases.
‘You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin’: Company’s ‘Technoking’
The electric carmaker said last month it had bought $1.5bn of Bitcoin, sending the price of the cryptocurrency soaring.
Explosion targeting police kills three in southwest Pakistan
The blast targeted a police vehicle that was on routine patrol in the Pakistani border town of Chaman.
Eritrean troops killed more than 100 civilians in Tigray: Rights group
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says the soldiers killed the civilians in Axum in late November.
Suez canal blockage sends oil prices rebounding after sell-off
The grounding of a container ship in the vital waterway has blocked traffic, raising fears of crude supply disruptions.
Suez Canal: Ships being diverted to old channel
Traffic diverted to an older channel after large ship runs aground blocking vessels passing through the busy waterway.
India devotees celebrate Holi festival, ignore COVID restrictions
Though Holi is celebrated on a particular day, March 29 this year, it is a week-long affair in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura.
Dubai’s deputy ruler Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid dies
Sheikh Hamdan, also UAE's finance minister, had been been unwell for months.
France to reopen embassy in Libya after nearly seven years
French president pledges support for Libya's interim's government after meeting with the head of the interim presidency.
Israel military hits ‘Hamas positions’ in Gaza
Israeli fighter jets carry out raids on what its army said were 'Hamas rocket manufacturing site and military post'.