China’s vast Xinjiang hit with COVID-19 travel restrictions
.Trains and buses in and out of the region of 22 million people have been suspended .The humanitarian costs to China’s COVID-19 pandemic…
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Two dead, five missing in strikes on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia
.Moscow annexed the region this week, despite not having full control of it At least two people died and five others were missing…
Gunman in Thailand kills 34 people at day-care center
.Gunman kills wife and child after the mass shooting before shooting himself A former policeman killed 34 people on Thursday in a mass…
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu leaves hospital after overnight stay
.Former prime minister earlier admitted to a hospital after complaining of chest pains Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was released from a…
In an empty kitchen, Yemeni family struggles with hunger
.Eight years of conflict have devastated the economy and left millions of people across Yemen struggling to feed themselves In a bare kitchen…
Israeli ministers to meet on Lebanon maritime deal, but approval pending
.The draft deal has had a mostly warm preliminary reception by the Israeli and Lebanese governments Israel’s top cabinet ministers on Thursday will…
US operation using helicopters in Syria kills one: State TV
.It is first such operation in regime-controlled areas, the Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights said A US airborne operation involving multiple helicopters left…
Iran airs video with 2 French citizens arrested for spying
.The clips resembled other videos of Tehran has forced prisoners to make .Clips are part of what is described as a forthcoming documentary…
Judge fines Lebanese bank heist figure, issues travel ban
.Sali Hafiz last month broke into a BLOM Bank branch with activists from the Depositors’ Outcry .Hafiz was widely celebrated as a hero,…