Iran registers presidential candidates for early vote after Raisi’s death
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran started on Thursday registration of candidates for an early election next month following the death of…
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Aliyev says Azerbaijan to start resettling capital of Karabakh region in September
BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said that from September Baku will begin to resettle the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh,…
South Korea presses ahead with medical school admissions hike despite trainee doctor strike
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Thursday its medical schools will accept almost 1,500 additional students next year, pressing…
ANC on course to lose majority in South Africa’s seismic election
MIDRAND, South Africa (Reuters) -The African National Congress appeared poised on Thursday to lose a parliamentary majority it has held…
Gunmen murder Rohingya teacher and student in Bangladesh
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Gunmen in Bangladesh have killed a teacher and a student in a Rohingya refugee camp for refusing…
Rescue teams don’t expect to find survivors in Papua New Guinea landslide
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea ruled out finding survivors under the rubble of a massive landslide on Thursday, with…
Iran’s Khamenei seeks trusted hardliner to replace Raisi in June vote
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran fires the starting gun this week on an election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, whose death…
North Korea sends balloons carrying excrement to the south as a ‘gift’
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea sent hundreds of balloons carrying trash and excrement across the heavily fortified border to South Korea…
Volcano in Iceland erupts for fifth time since December
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A volcano in southwestern Iceland sent glowing hot lava shooting more than 50 metres into the air on…