A truck sprays disinfectant on to the streets in Ratchaburi’s Muang district on Thursday after a spike in Covid-19 cases. Several of those infected were found to have taken part in social activities. (Photo: Saichon Srinuanjan) Three million foreigners living in Thailand have as much […]
The investigation into the January 6 Capitol insurrection has challenged law enforcement, taking officers across thousands of miles and digital images, searching for rioters and stolen property, including US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop. “We’re looking for Nancy Pelosi’s laptop,” FBI agents told Marilyn Hueper […]
Former Maldives president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed was injured in a blast outside his family home on Thursday, police said in a statement. “Following an explosion … Speaker of Parliament President Mohamed Nasheed has sustained injuries and is currently receiving treatment at ADK […]
At least 170 endangered seals have washed up dead over the course of several days on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Russia’s republic of Dagestan, according to researchers. “These are the dead animals that we saw, photographed and whose GPS coordinates we noted,” […]
Egypt and Turkey said they had held “frank” discussions during the first official diplomatic talks between the regional rivals for eight years, a joint statement said. “The discussions were frank and in-depth,” the statement released by Cairo and Ankara said on Thursday. “They addressed bilateral […]
Qatar is calling on the United States and Iran to engage in “positive” discussions as negotiators are set to begin a fourth and potentially decisive round of indirect talks to try to revive the Iran nuclear agreement. Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani […]
Suspected rebels decapitate eight people, shoot two others dead in separate attacks in eastern DR Congo, army says. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/5/6/will-military-action-stop-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo
Germany will allow AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to adults of all ages and aims to offer 12-18-year-olds a vaccine by the end of August as it seeks to speed up its rollout, Health Minister Jens Spahn has said. The country’s 16 regional health […]
The current focus for US forces in Afghanistan and their NATO partners is the withdrawal of their troops, scheduled to be complete by September 11, then priority will shift to helping Afghan security forces from “over the horizon”, top US military officials said Thursday. “The […]
At least 25 people, including a police officer, were killed in a shoot-out on Thursday during an operation against drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarezinho slum, police said. Suspects tried to escape across rooftops as police entered the slum in armoured vehicles and helicopters flew overhead, television images showed. The intense firefight kept residents in […]
