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Picture: SWNS, Reuters New pics showing what happened before man had to be saved by Patrick Hutchinson during BLM protest New images have cast light on the altercation at Saturday’s Black Lives Matter protests that led black activist Patrick Hutchinson to step in and rescue an injured white man. The man appeared to be surrounded […]

The India China border row seems to have turned from bad to worse even as army delegations from India and China held discussions along the LAC to break the stalemate. (AP File Photo) The Indian army suffered multiple casualties, including that of an officer, in a “violent face off” with China’s People’s Liberation Army on […]

Brazil’s Education Minister Abraham Weintraub is seen before a national flag hoisting ceremony in front of Alvorada Palace, amid the coronavirus outbreak in Brasilia, Brazil, June 9, 2020. (Reuters Photo)  Brazil’s education minister has been fined for failing to wear a face mask at a rally for President Jair Bolsonaro, who has himself repeatedly flouted […]

Guardia Civil officers stand guard in June 2018 as migrants stay at a makeshift emergency center in the south of Spain, after being rescued by Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Emilio Five times as many migrants crossed into the European Union in May compared to a month earlier as coronavirus lockdowns across the continent are eased […]

Image: NK News North Korean authorities on Tuesday demolished an inter-Korean liaison office in the border city of Kaesong, South Korea’s Ministry of Unification (MOU) confirmed in a statement, in a dramatic escalation of tensions on the peninsula. The demolition took place at 14:49, the MOU said. The confirmation follows reports by local newspaper the JoongAng […]

File photo: Ahmed Mohamed Islam, better known as Ahmed Madobe (C), speaks after his reelection as President of Jubaland, a semi-autonomous state of Somalia on August 22, 2019. © Stringer, AFP The Somali government on Sunday officially recognised the contested leader of the semi-autonomous Jubaland state after months of rising tensions and armed violence. Ahmed Madobe, […]

People line up for nucleic acid testing on June 15, 2020 at Guang’an Gymnasium in Xicheng District, Beijing. Beijing is organizing nucleic acid tests for 90,000 residents to curb a new cluster of local COVID-19 infections.[Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]  Beijing reported 36 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Sunday, with 34 of them having […]

Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan stands inside a defendants’ cage during his verdict hearing in Moscow, Russia June 15, 2020. © REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Eighteen months after he was arrested in a Moscow hotel room and accusing of spying, a Moscow court has handed down a 16 year jail term to Paul Whelan, a national of […]

People take a walk and relax at the Naviglio Grande canal, in Milan, Italy   –   Copyright  AP Photo  Across Europe, governments have started to open their borders after weeks of closure during the coronavirus pandemic.With the summer holiday season fast approaching, people across Europe have started to wonder whether they will be able to get away this summer […]

French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that cafes and restaurants in the Paris region can fully open again starting Monday, June 15. Indoor seating in the capital has been remained banned even as lockdown measures have gradually lifted. © Bertrand Guay, AFP He said that all of mainland France, including Paris and its suburbs, would be classified as a “green […]