Mass street protests have continued for a third day, as authorities deployed water cannon.
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A second senior leader of a vast drug syndicate has been arrested, a Thai narcotics official said, as a transnational dragnet tightens on the Sam Gor group, which police say dominates the $70 billion annual Asia Pacific drug trade.
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CNN’s Stephanie Busari reports on Nigeria’s policy that mandates citizens pair their national identification number with their phone lines, forcing them to congregate in crowds amid a pandemic in order to meet the registration deadline.
Read More »South Africa halts AstraZeneca jab over new strain
A study of the vaccine’s effectiveness against the South Africa variant shows “disappointing” results.
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A piece of a Himalayan glacier had fallen into a river, bursting open a dam in northern India.
Read More »Iran nuclear deal: US sanctions will not be lifted for talks, says Biden
Joe Biden says he will not lift sanctions to kick-start talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
Read More »Death sentence of Saudi man jailed as a teen for anti-government protests is commuted
A man who was arrested and sentenced to death for taking part in anti-government protests as a teen in Saudi Arabia has had his sentence commuted, his father told CNN Sunday.
Read More »India floods: Scores missing after glacier smashes Uttarakhand dam
As many as 150 people are feared dead after floods are triggered in Uttarakhand.
Read More »Chechnya: Escaped gay men sent back by Russian police
A rights group says the men are in “mortal danger” in Chechnya, where gay people face persecution.
Read More »Iraq’s Yazidi community buries 104 victims of IS massacre
The victims’ remains had been exhumed from mass graves following Islamic State genocide in 2014.
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