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Explosion outside cathedral in Indonesia — Media
An explosion occurred outside a cathedral in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, local media reported, in what a priest described as a suicide attack. But the blast’s cause
China sanctions US, Canadian citizens in Xinjiang row
China announced sanctions against two Americans, a Canadian and a rights advocacy body Saturday over their criticism of Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs, but Washington said the tit-for-tat measure would only
Egypt revises death toll in train collision down to 19
Egypt on Saturday lowered the number of people killed when two passenger trains collided the day before to 19. The collision took place in the southern province of Sohag on
‘Five dead’ as building collapses in Egypt
Five people died and more than 20 were wounded Saturday as a building collapsed in the Egyptian capital Cairo, local authorities said. “The governorate’s crisis room was informed at 3:00
Iran, China sign 25-year cooperation pact
PHOTO: Aljazeera Iran and China signed a 25-year “strategic cooperation pact” Saturday in the latest expansion of Beijing’s flagship trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative as the US rivals move closer
Over 180 people trapped in Mozambique hotel after insurgent attack
Mozambique More than 180 people including expatriate workers are trapped inside a hotel in a northern Mozambique town under siege by insurgents for three days, workers and security sources said
North Korea accuses Biden of ‘provocation’ after missile test
North Korea threatened a further military build-up on Saturday in response to Joe Biden’s condemnation of this week’s missile launches, a weapons test that marked Pyongyang’s first substantive provocation since
Volkswagen demands damages from former executives linked to emissions scandal
Volkswagen is demanding damages from two of its former top executives as a result of the diesel scandal that engulfed Europe’s biggest car-making group about six years ago. Germany-based VW said
Train collision leaves at least 32 dead in Egypt
At least 32 people died on Friday after two passenger trains collided south of Cairo, the latest in a string of rail crashes in the country. The train collision took
Tanzania’s Magufuli laid to rest after mysterious death
John Magufuli Tanzania’s late president John Magufuli was laid to rest Friday in his ancestral village in the country’s northwest after his sudden death last week from an illness shrouded
