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The Global South’s poor should not be subsidising the IMF
The IMF is making the polycrisis we are facing even worse by forcing its most indebted borrowers to pay surcharges.
Categories: South Asia
US air strikes target Houthis in several cities in Yemen
Attacks hit key port city of Hodeidah as well as the capital, Sanaa, Houthi-run media and US sources say.
Categories: South Asia
EU-Morocco trade deals in Western Sahara ruled invalid, Rabat claims ‘bias’
Morocco slams ECJ ruling that said the people of Western Sahara were not consulted before the 2019 deals were signed.
Categories: South Asia
WHO approves first mpox test for faster diagnoses
The 'real time PCR test' will enable the detection of the virus by swabbing human skin lesions.
Categories: South Asia
Gender, nationality ‘sufficient’ to grant Afghan women asylum: Top EU court
The ruling follows Austria's refusal to recognise the refugee status of two Afghan women.
Categories: South Asia
Iranian FM pledges ‘stronger’ retaliation if Israel strikes Iran
In Beirut, Abbas Araghchi says Tehran supports an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, contingent on a simultaneous truce in Gaza.
Categories: South Asia
Israel cuts off main Lebanon-Syria road
An Israel airstrike hit Lebanon’s Masnaa border crossing with Syria.
Categories: South Asia
Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?
An agreement between the UK and Mauritian governments could see thousands of exiled Chagossians resettled again.
Categories: South Asia
Is climate change making monsoons more extreme?
Monsoons have become increasingly erratic each year, with experts pointing to climate change as a significant factor.
Categories: South Asia
Israel targets occupied West Bank in rare jet attack
A rare Israeli air attack by military jets on the occupied West Bank has killed 18 Palestinians.
Categories: South Asia
Bosnia hit by heavy floods and landslides, killing at least 16 people
Floods from torrential rain kill several people across Jablanica, authorities say, while more are missing.
Categories: South Asia
Was Bruce Willis right? Could a nuclear blast save us from killer asteroid?
Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion using x-ray pulses to push an asteroid-like rock away in space-like conditions.
Categories: South Asia
No place for foreign workers being displaced in Lebanon
Some of them were born and raised in Lebanon, but in war they have no place in the authorities' support programmes.
Categories: South Asia
No place for foreign workers being displaced in Lebanon
Some of them were born and raised in Lebanon, but in war they have no place in the authorities' support programmes.
Categories: South Asia
Khamenei says Iran and its allies will not back down from Israeli attacks
Supreme leader defends Iran’s attack on Israel as 'legitimate', and calls on Muslim countries to unite.
Categories: South Asia
Khamenei says Iran and its allies will not back down from Israeli attacks
Supreme leader defends Iran’s attack on Israel as 'legitimate', and calls on Muslim countries to unite.
Categories: South Asia
Intense Israeli attacks on south Beirut leave carnage and terror
Consecutive Israeli attacks devastate areas in the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs.
Categories: South Asia
Intense Israeli attacks on south Beirut leave carnage and terror
Consecutive Israeli attacks devastate areas in the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs.
Categories: South Asia
Russia takes Vuhledar, protecting supply line; Ukraine closes firepower gap
Ukraine will produce two million drones this year and at least four million next year, while allies open joint ventures.
Categories: South Asia
Russia takes Vuhledar, protecting supply line; Ukraine closes firepower gap
Ukraine will produce two million drones this year and at least four million next year, while allies open joint ventures.
Categories: South Asia
