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All bridges to the embattled Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk have now been destroyed, the local governor says. With the city effectively cut off, Serhiy Haidai says delivering supplies and evacuating civilians are now impossible.
All crew rescued; ship was carrying load beyond its limits An overladen ship crammed with thousands of sheep capsized Sunday off Sudan’s Red Sea coast drowning the animals on board but with all crew surviving, port officials said. The liv..
Kuwaiti authorities have ordered the arrest of an unspecified number of expatriates who had organised a sit-in protest against recent derogatory remarks made by the spokespersons of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party about the Prophet Mohamm..
The daily average cases of COVID-19 spiked by 30.4% for June 6 to 12, from the previous seven-day period, the Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday (June 13). New COVID cases detected jumped from an average of 185 per da..
Indian police shot dead two protesters and arrested more than 130 others during street rallies sparked by a ruling party official's remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, authorities told AFP Saturday (Jun 11). The two teenagers were killed in Ra..
Authorities in China's capital Beijing on Monday raced to contain a COVID-19 outbreak traced to a raucous 24-hour bar known for cheap liquor and big crowds, with millions facing mandatory testing and thousands under targeted lockdowns.
US campaigners have welcomed a potential cross-party deal on gun safety reforms but stressed the proposals do not go far enough. "This is progress even if small," said David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland school sho...
Neasa Ronayne plans to visit Japan for the first time this year. She has paid more than £3,500 ($4,390) for a 16-day tour, as under the country's Covid-19 restrictions she is not allowed to roam around on her own. But Ms Ronayne, who ..
Russia and China have opened a new cross-border bridge, which constructors say will cut the travel distance of Chinese goods to western Russia by 1,500km (930 miles). Moscow is seeking to increase trade with China after global sanctions hit the Ru..