UNITED STATES: Six-term senator, John McCain dies at 81
U.S. Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran for president in 2008 as a maverick Republican, died on Saturday. He was 81. An
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IRAN: MPs remove economy minister
Iran’s parliament has voted to remove the economy minister from office as the country battles an economic crisis. Masoud Karbasian was targeted by a n
AFGHANISTAN: IS leader ”killed in air strike”
The leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan was killed in an air strike on Saturday, Afghan officials say. Abu Saad Erhabi and 10 other
ITALY: Deputy PM probed for refusing entry to refugees
Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini is under investigation by a Sicilian prosecutor for refusing to allow more than 150 migrants and re
ZIMBABWE: Mnangagwa sworn in as new president
Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken the oath as Zimbabwe’s president, after winning last month’s bitterly contested election that marked the coun