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By: BBC Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea in separate agreements with the United States, after three days of peace talks in Saudi Arabia. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The Washington administration said all sides would continue to work towards “lasting peace” …

Four Canadian citizens were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities have confirmed. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel All had dual citizenship, and their identities have been withheld at the request of their families, Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters Wednesday. He condemned …

By: BBC At least 12 people have been killed after a plane crashed off the Caribbean coast of Honduras on Monday evening, officials said. The aircraft – operated by Honduran airline Lanhsa – crashed into the sea within a minute of take-off from the island of Roatán. The Honduran national …

The death toll from US airstrikes on Yemen has risen to 53, including five children, the Houthi rebel health ministry said. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The US said it launched what it called “decisive” airstrikes on Houthi targets on Saturday, with President Donald Trump citing the strikes …

The Vatican has released the first photo of Pope Francis since he was hospitalized a month ago. The photo shows the pope sitting in a wheelchair in front of the altar in a church at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he has been recovering from pneumonia. Earlier on Sunday, in his …

By: BBC At least 59 people have been killed and more than 155 injured in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia, officials say. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The blaze broke out around 02:30 (01:30 GMT) at the Pulse club in Kocani, a town around 100 km (60 …

By: BBC Donald Trump has signed an executive order to strip back the global, independent and federally funded news organization Voice of America. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The president’s order targets VOA’s parent company US Agency for Global Media, or USAGM, which also funds non-profit entities such …

At least 25 people have died in Ukraine in the latest wave of Russian attacks, Ukrainian officials say, with the conflict showing no signs of abating. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel One attack in Donetsk Oblast killed at least 11 people and wounded 40, including six children, local …

By: AFP A Pakistani man has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting the administrator of a community WhatsApp group who removed him from the chat, police said Saturday. Mushtaq Ahmed was shot dead on Thursday evening in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province that borders Afghanistan, which …

Pope Francis on Thursday sent his first audio message since being hospitalized for double pneumonia nearly three weeks ago, expressing thanks “from the bottom of my heart” to well-wishers around the world who have offered their support. A brief, two-line message recorded by Francis from Rome’s Gemelli hospital earlier on …