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Deadly unrest over job quotas grips Bangladesh
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 21 hours ago“If there’s chaos on the university campuses, there’s no benefit for the government. We want peace to be maintained,” Mr Arafat told the BBC. UN...
Bangladesh shuts schools nationwide after six killed in protests
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoBangladesh ordered schools and universities around the country to close indefinitely on Tuesday...
Terrorism and organized crime rampant in Sahel and spilling into West Africa coastal states, UN says
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoTerrorism and organized crime by violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State...
Cyprus marks 50 years since the Turkish invasion of 1974 leading to partition
Euronews via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 hours agoTurkish forces landed on Cyprus on 20 July and captured 3% of the island before the UN Security...
Bangladesh students mourn classmates killed in job quota protests
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 23 hours agoBangladeshi students on Wednesday mourned classmates killed in protests over civil service hiring...
The Latest | Israeli strike kills 4 aid workers in Gaza 'safe zone,' UK-based group says
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoA United Kingdom-based aid group said one of its senior employees in Gaza was killed Friday in an...
Gazans endure deadly weekend of Israeli strikes as UN chief laments ‘incomprehensible and...
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoPalestinians in Gaza are reeling from a series of devastating Israeli attacks that have renewed...
Gambian parliament rejects bid to overturn historic ban on female genital mutilation
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 days agoGambia’s parliament has voted to uphold a landmark law that bans female genital mutilation (FGM) in...
Sudan's warring parties in Geneva for UN-hosted talks on possible local ceasefires
France 24 via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoSudan’s warring parties have arrived in Geneva at the invitation of the United Nations to discuss...
Dozens of bodies reported as battles rock Gaza City
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoHamas-run Gaza's civil defence agency said it found around 60 bodies after Israeli troops withdrew from parts of Gaza City on Friday, as heavy fighting...