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New York: Two senior UN officials denounced on Sunday, “systematic” attacks on peaceful demonstrators in Myanmar and flagged that the international community has a responsibility to protect the people from atrocities.  more
Suez Canal will work round the clock to get all ships through after unblocking: Source

Cairo/Sputnik: The Suez Canal will be working 24/7 after it is unblocked, in order to let through all the vessels that are now waiting for the Ever Given container ship to be moved, a sou ...

Australia cut access to parliament's IT over fears of cyber attack from abroad - Military

Moscow/Sputnik: Australia's Assistant Minister for Defense Andrew Hastie said on Sunday that the government cut access to the Parliament's IT and email services in a bid to thwart ...

Indonesia: Suicide blast outside Catholic church leaves 14 hurt

Makassar: At least 14 people were injured as a suspected suicide blast hit outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, media reports said.

France's Emmanuel Macron says nothing decided yet on further COVID-19 restrictions

Moscow/Sputnik: The French government will assess the impact of the current COVID-19 restrictions, but nothing has been decided yet on any further measures, President Emmanuel Macron said ...

Taliban warns US against keeping troops in Afghanistan beyond May 1

The Taliban has warned the United States against keeping foreign troops in Afghanistan beyond 1 May, saying any stay beyond the deadline would continue violence in the country, reported T ...

US fines UK man $570 mln for Bitcoin fraud scheme : Regulator

Washington/Sputnik: A US court ordered a UK man to pay more than $570 million after finding he operated a bitcon fraud scheme, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said in a statement ...

At least 5 people killed, 24 injured in residential building collapse in Cairo

Cairo/Moscow/Sputnik: At least five people died and 24 others were injured on Saturday as a result of a collapse of a 10-story residential building in Cairo, media reported, citing a stat ...

Two dead, 8 injured in shootings at US' Virginia Beach Oceanfront: Police

Moscow/Sputnik: Two people are dead and eight others received injuries after a series of shootings, one of which was officer-involved, at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront in the United State ...

100 million more children fail basic reading skills because of COVID-19

New York: A new study released on Friday by the UN cultural agency, reveals that more than 100 million more children than expected, are falling behind the minimum proficiency level in ...