Voters went to the polls on Sunday in the Central African Republic in presidential and legislative elections marred by the latest flare-up in a long-running civil war, with many voters unable to cast their ballots.
US officials name Nashville Christmas Day ‘bomber’, say he died in blast
The man suspected of setting off a bomb in Nashville that ripped through the southern US city’s downtown on Christmas morning was named by authorities on Sunday as they confirmed he died in the blast.
Trump signs Covid-19 pandemic relief bill, averting government shutdown
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting a federal government shutdown in a crisis of...
Why is North Korean potato propaganda back? – BBC News
Potatoes were the star of North Korean food propaganda in the 1990s when the country faced a severe famine. As the economic situation improved, the humble spud retreated from North Korean media. The root vegetable is...
Struggle for India’s lower-caste Hindu priests – BBC News
For centuries in India, only people from the highest caste were allowed to become Hindu priests. Marichamy was the first from a caste lower than the Brahmin caste to be ordained as part of a state-sponsored programme...
Erdogan wants stronger ties with Israel, but Palestinian cause is ‘red line’
One of Israel’s neighbors is looking for a better relationship. Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan telling reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul, that the one thing standing in the way of that is the...
1000+ gather in Jerusalem to demonstrate against police chase car crash – Yoni Kempinski
Over one thousand right-wing protesters gathered in Jerusalem on Friday, in front of police national headquarters as they were demonstrating against the death of a member of the hilltop youth, an extremist religious...