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Sir David Amess was attacked at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex (Picture: Rex/w8media) A 25-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who was stabbed to death at a constituency surgery on Friday. Ali Harbi Ali is said to have launched the attack at Belfairs Methodist Church in […]

Women wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus chat to each other on a bench outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Oct. 21, 2021. (AP Photo)  Authorities in China canceled hundreds of flights, closed schools and ramped up mass testing Thursday to try and stamp out a new COVID-19 outbreak linked to a […]

At least four people were killed and 47 injured in a gas explosion in a restaurant in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province on Thursday.Among the 47 injured, 3 were in critical condition. The injured have all been sent to hospitals and an investigation is underway. Policemen, firemen and employees from the emergency, health, urban construction, gas […]

Senator Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL), the Covid inquiry (CPI) rapporteur, suggested the indictment of 70 people and two companies, for a total of 24 crimes, in his new report delivered this Monday night. In addition to President Jair Bolsonaro, the list includes four ministers, three former ministers, two companies, businessmen and doctors who defended ineffective treatments. […]

A damaged tank stands on a road north of Mekele, the capital of Tigray, February 26, 2021 © Eduardo Soteras, AFP The raids mark a sharp escalation in the brutal year-long conflict pitting government forces and their allies against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, the region‘s once dominant ruling party. The international community has voiced alarm about […]

The Somali is about to be deported to Sweden after receiving a verdict in the case of a double murder The leader of the Swedish gang known as “Death Squad,” Mohamed Ali, has been sentenced to life in prison in Denmark for double murder and will be deported to Sweden to serve the rest of […]

The Yomiuri Shimbun/Smoke billows from Mt. Aso during an eruption on Wednesday morning. KUMAMOTO — Mt. Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture erupted at around 11:43 a.m. Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Following the eruption, the agency raised its volcanic alert for Mt. Aso to Level 3, meaning people should not approach the volcano. It had […]

Pyongyang continues to beef up weapons capabilities despite repeated calls for dialogue from Seoul and Washington In this photo, released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency on Wednesday, shows a submarine- launched ballistic missile being fired in waters off the east coast the previous day. (KCNA-Yonhap) North Korea on Wednesday confirmed it had test-fired […]

Damascus, SANA- 14 people were martyred and others were injured in the explosion of two explosive devices attached to a military bus near the President Bridge in Damascus on Wednesday morning. “At about 06:45 a.m. on Wednesday, while a military bus was passing near Jisr al-Rais in Damascus, the bus was targeted with two explosive […]

Beneath its expansionist rhetoric, the Somali jihadi group al-Shabaab has abandoned its transnational goals to focus on local issues. For Somalia, this is might actually be good news. With the Somali government’s seven-year war against al-Shabaab stuck in a bloody stalemate, this re-orientation creates new opportunities for negotiations. The Somali government should take advantage of […]