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Amazon fires: Seven countries sign forest protection pact

Shawdesh Desk: Seven South American countries have agreed measures to protect the Amazon river basin, amid global concern over massive fires in the world’s largest tropical forest, reports BBC. Bolivia,

Hurricane Dorian’s death toll in Bahamas rises to 43: media

Shawdesh Desk: The number of confirmed dead after Hurricane Dorian rose to 43 Friday, and the figure was expected to grow “significantly” as recovery efforts continued in the devastated Bahamas,

Robert Mugabe, longtime Zimbabwe leader, dies at 95

Shawdesh Desk: Robert Mugabe, the longtime leader of Zimbabwe who was forced to resign in 2017 after a military takeover, has died. His successor Emmerson Mnangagwa confirmed Mugabe’s death in

Hong Kong braces for more protests

Shawdesh Desk: Hong Kong is bracing for more demonstrations this weekend, with protesters threatening to disrupt transport links to the airport, after embattled leader Carrie Lam’s withdrawal of a controversial

Hurricane death toll in Bahamas at 30 as aid begins to land

Shawdesh Desk: Carrying possessions in plastic bags, some weary Bahamians whose homes were smashed by Hurricane Dorian waited Thursday for a flight out of the disaster zone as an international

Iran scales back nuclear commitments

Shawdesh Desk: Iran said on Friday it had taken a step to further downgrade its commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal with the world’s most powerful nations, according to Iranian

Dorian death toll rises to 20 in Bahamas, rescue underway

Shawdesh Desk: The United States Coast Guard and Britain’s Royal Navy airlifted survivors and ferried in emergency supplies on Wednesday as the death toll from hurricane Dorian’s rampage through the

US official ‘offers bribe’ to captain of Iranian vessel

Shawdesh Desk: A senior United States official personally offered several million dollars to the Indian captain of an Iranian oil tanker suspected of heading to Syria, the State Department confirmed