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Suicide blast at Islamabad mosque kills at least 31
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad killed at least 31 people on Friday, local authorities said, with a police source saying more than 130 were wounded.
Myanmar junta’s proxy party named winner of criticised election
Reuters, Published on 04/02/2026
» NAY PYI TAW — A proxy party for Myanmar’s junta was declared the “landslide” winner of elections that were derided as illegitimate by the United Nations (UN) and others, helping the military keep its grip on the war-ravaged country.
Tough-talking right-winger elected Costa Rica president
AFP, Published on 02/02/2026
» SAN JOSÉ - Right-wing political scientist Laura Fernandez won Costa Rica's presidential election on Sunday by a landslide, after promising to crack down hard on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade.
US ouster of Maduro nightmare scenario for Kim: N. Korean ex-diplomat
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» SEOUL - The dramatic US operation that overthrew Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro this month may have left North Korean leader Kim Jong Un feeling he was also vulnerable to "decapitation", a former Pyongyang envoy to Havana told AFP.
Iranian jet fuel keeps Myanmar bombers flying
Gavin Finch and Devjyot Ghoshal, Reuters, Published on 27/01/2026
» The first bomb to strike the remote village of Vanha in western Myanmar came from a junta warplane. It hit the only school in the hamlet, near the frontline of the civil war. The second came from a drone minutes later.
Blast at Chinese restaurant in Kabul kills 7
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» KABUL - A blast at a Chinese restaurant in central Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded more than a dozen others, emergency services said.
South Korea's ex-leader Yoon faces first court verdict over martial law chaos
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» SEOUL - A South Korean court will rule Friday on whether former president Yoon Suk Yeol obstructed justice during his disastrous martial law declaration and in its chaotic aftermath, the first in a series of verdicts for the disgraced ex-leader.
Russia strikes power plant, kills four in Ukraine barrage
AFP, Published on 14/01/2026
» KHARKIV (UKRAINE) - Russia pummelled a power plant early Tuesday as it kept up pressure on Ukraine's battered energy system, while unidentified drones hit two oil tankers in the Black Sea.
Powell says Federal Reserve subpoenaed by US Justice Department
AFP, Published on 12/01/2026
» WASHINGTON - US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said on Sunday that the central bank had been subpoenaed by the US Justice Department, blasting the move as part of President Donald Trump's extraordinary pressure campaign on US monetary policy decisions.
Landmines destroy limbs, lives on Bangladesh-Myanmar border
AFP, Published on 06/01/2026
» BANDARBAN, Bangladesh - In the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making.