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Dozens of people have died after a boat carrying migrants and refugees from Lebanon capsized off syria’s coast. The Syrian government had previously said that 20 survivors were being treated in Basel hospital in Tartous. The Syrian transport ministry revealed that the boat left from Lebanon’s Northen Minyeh region on Tuesday with 120 and 150 people onboard. Syraian director general of ports, Samer Qubrusli, said that search operations were ongoing.

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has secured $14.25billion. United States President, Joe Biden, who hosted the conference in New York on the sidelines of the Annual high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, said the fund was crucial to combating the diseases. According to Biden, this investment would save another 20 million lives and reduce mortality from these diseases. The President, however, thanked the World […]

World leaders will gather this week in New York to address the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. According to reports, the war in Ukraine, climate change and nuclear disarmament would dominate speeches and discussions during the annual gathering that starts on Tuesday at the UN Headquarters. Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres had said the gathering was happening at a time of great peril.

Equatorial Guinea has abolished the death penalty after the country’s President Teodoro Mbasogo signed a new penal code into law. Vice president, Teodoro Mangue announced the move on social media. The measure will come into force in the 90 days following its publication in the official state journal and was approved in advance by parliament. The last official execution in the country was carried out in 2014, but international non-governmental […]

Russia has revealed that the Kremlin is considering beefing up ties with Beijing as a top policy goal. Secretary of the national Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, described the strengthening of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation with Beijing as an unconditional priority of the country’s foreign policy. Patrushev noted that in the current conditions, the two countries must show even greater readiness for mutual support and development of cooperation. The Chinese […]

A Court in Pakistan has ordered that terrorism charges against former Prime Minister, Imran Khan be dropped. The Islamabad High Court said Khan’s comments did not attract charges under Pakistan’s Harsh Anti-Terrorism Act, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and even capital punishment. The Former Prime Minister was charged with terrorism for remarks made at a public rally in Islamabad against Police Officials and a female Judge who had […]

A Bus carrying infected people to a COVID-19 quarantine facility in China crashed, killing 27 of those on board. The Bus overturned on a motorway in the South-Western Province of Guizhou. According to Chinese Regulations, passenger buses are not allowed to drive on the highway between the hours of 02:00 and 05:00. However, the accident occurred at 02:40 after the bus departed shortly after midnight, indicating the bus had violated […]

Hurricane Fiona knocked out all electricity on the US island of Puerto Rico. Officials revealed that some of the island's power had been restored, noting that the rest will take days to be reconnected. President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency for the island, allowing authorities to provide disaster relief. Ports have been closed and flights out of the island's main airport have been cancelled.

Iran has signed a Memorandum of Obligations to become a permanent member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, SCO. Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, who made this known in a statement issued on Thursday, noted that signing the document for full membership of the SCO, Iran has entered a new stage of various economic, commercial, transit and energy cooperation. The statement came as Leaders from China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, […]