JAKARTA, Aug 22 (BBC/AFP): Police have clashed with protesters in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta as tens of thousands of people gathered in protest of the government's attempt to reverse a constitutional court ruling.Scenes of chaos have unfolded outside parliament as a handful of protesters were seen attempting to tear...
Read moreHYDERABAD, Aug 22 (AP): A big explosion triggered a fire in a pharmaceutical plant in southern India, killing at least 15 workers, police said on Thursday.Another 40 people were wounded in the blast and the fire in the chemical reactor of the plant on Wednesday and were hospitalized, said police...
Read moreDUBAI, Aug 22 (AP): A Greek-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel "not under command" and drifting ablaze after an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen's Houthi rebels, the British military said.The attack, the most serious in the...
Read moreNEW YORK, Aug 22 (Reuters): US President Joe Biden, in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, stressed the urgent need to conclude a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal and pointed to upcoming Cairo talks as crucial, the White House said.Their call followed US Secretary of State Antony...
Read moreASHEBORO, Aug 22 (AP): At his first outdoor rally since last month's attempted assassination, Donald Trump spoke from behind bulletproof glass Wednesday in North Carolina at an event focused on national security. On politics, he called his predecessor Barack Obama "nasty" for his comments the night before at the Democratic...
Read moreNEW YORK, Aug 22 (BBC): United States border agents have intercepted a truck carrying more than $5m-worth of methamphetamine at the US-Mexico border hidden inside a shipment of watermelons.The drugs were wrapped in plastic painted in two shades of green to resemble the fruit and placed among real watermelons. More...
Read moreNAIROBI, Aug 22 (AFP): Burundi has confirmed 171 cases of mpox, the health minister said on Thursday, following confirmation of the first cases in the country last month.Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is an infectious disease caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals that can also be...
Read moreTAIPEI, Aug 22 (AFP): Eight Taiwanese military servicemen were sentenced on Thursday to up to 13 years in prison for spying for Beijing, with the court saying they did it for the money.China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its territory and has ramped up military and political pressures on the democratic...
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