Headlines
  • After six days of funeral services, Iran buried the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
  • "Cease Fire is over" said President Donald Trump, despite having granted Iran's request to resume talks.
  • US officials said that talks with Iran will resume on Saturday.
  • Nigeria's government said on Friday that the country's military had rescued 46 children who had been abducted by Islamist militants.
  • Fast-moving wildfire in the southern province of Andalusia, Spain, had killed at least 12 people and left 19 missing for.
  • For the first time in four years, King Charles III and his wife Camilla met Prince Harry, his wife Meghan, and their two children on Friday.
  • After a former Conservative minister and Reform UK politician was found dead with "sustained serious injuries," British police arrested a man on Friday on suspicion of killing Ann Widdecombe.

Year: 2020

October 29, 2020

Indonesia Mum on Fate of Uyghur...

Two experts told BenarNews last week – citing security sources whom they declined to identify – that the trio and one other Uyghur convict had been deported to China, where authorities are believed to have held close to 2 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in internment camps, which the United States and several other nations have sharply criticized.

October 28, 2020

Violence and Tensions in Chin and...

More than 60,000 civilians in the Burmese State of Chin are currently facing a severe food shortage due to the ongoing fighting between the national army and the Arakan Army rebels

Experts Question China’s Claim of ‘Victory’...

From 2015 to the end of 2019, the average annual net income of poor Tibetans had climbed from 1,499 yuan (U.S. $223) to 9,328 yuan (U.S. $1,376), and anti-poverty drives have now shifted their focus from eradicating absolute poverty to consolidating the gains already made

Kenya’s Job Market Ravaged by Coronavirus

The Kenyan government says COVID-19 has forced nearly two million people out of work. As Mohammed Yusuf reports from Nairobi, many Kenyans who had steady jobs are now relying on informal work to survive

Robots Fight Coronavirus Using Light in...

Disinfecting public spaces is a major undertaking but it is essential for a safe return to normal activity. Now an army of robots that uses ultra-violet light to disinfect surfaces and the air

October 27, 2020

Climate Change in Africa Threatens Food...

The report presents a bleak snapshot of current and future climate trends in Africa brought on by an inexorable rise in warming. Since 1901, it notes Africa has warmed by more than one degrees Celsius, with 2019 among the three warmest years on record

Scores of Coronavirus Cases Detected Amid...

The outbreak has been traced back to a textile factory in Kona Sheher’s No. 3 village where the girl’s parents worked, the Xinjiang health commission said at a press briefing on Sunday evening

October 26, 2020

Cambodia Demining

Cambodia is deploying 2,000 soldiers to train as deminers after Western nations, led by the United States, bolstered their efforts to rid the country of landmines and other unexploded ordnance by 2025

Third time Unlikely to be a...

The new ceasefire was agreed on October 25 under the mediation of the United States, where the foreign ministers of both warring countries have been meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other American officials, as well as with one another

Belarusian Opposition Marchers Hit With Stun...

Security forces blocked the route of an anti-government march in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on October 25, and fired stun grenades at the crowd

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