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What would happen if Khamenei falls?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/01/2026
» The demonstrations began again in Iran last week, only two years after the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement convulsed the country for months. However, the current protests are potentially much broader than that episode because they are driven by the collapse in Iran's currency, the rial (now 1,420,000 to the US dollar), and the explosive rise in the cost of living.
Parents of abducted Nigerian students plead for rescue
AFP, Published on 25/11/2025
» PAPIRI, Nigeria - Parents of dozens of children kidnapped last week from a Catholic school in Nigeria are desperate for their release, with one father crying out that his son is so young he has not yet learned to speak.
Indonesia’s free-lunch programme under fire
Published on 18/10/2025
» SAGULING, Indonesia - Cucu Mulyati got the fright of her life last month: a call saying that her 17-year-old son was seriously ill. He started feeling sick while eating the free lunch served on campus, which included fried chicken, rice, lettuce and strawberries.
Passersby help Pattaya woman sickened by cannabis jelly
News, Online Reporters, Published on 16/07/2025
» Local residents in Pattaya came to the rescue of a Thai woman they found disoriented and shaking uncontrollably after consuming cannabis-infused jelly, before she was taken to hospital by police.
Is this the year Laos breaks through?
Published on 02/01/2025
» Laos, a place that feels stuck in time, is at the precipice of change.
‘Disease X’ in Congo a mix of illnesses
Published on 19/12/2024
» A flu-like illness that has sickened hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a mix of diseases common in the region that have morphed into severe forms in a population weakened by food shortages.
Thailand on alert for ‘Disease X’
Published on 06/12/2024
» The Ministry of Public Health has alerted all its offices to be vigilant about an infectious disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has sickened hundreds of people and has killed at least 79 since late October.
What is mystery 'disease x' and why have dozens died in DR Congo?
South China Morning Post, Published on 06/12/2024
» HONG KONG — Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo expect to know within days the cause of an infectious disease outbreak termed 'Disease X' that's sickened hundreds of people and killed at least 79, since late October.
Ammonia leak at Pattani ice plant sickens 18
Online Reporters, Published on 13/11/2024
» PATTANI - Local residents were evacuated and schools closed after an ammonia leak at an ice plant sickened 18 people in Muang district of this southern border province on Wednesday.
World leaders condemn shooting at Trump rally, denounce political violence
Published on 14/07/2024
» WASHINGTON - Various world leaders on Saturday condemned the shooting at Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania in which the former president was shot in the right ear, while one rally attendee and the shooter were left dead.