WorldPingForeign diplomats and international schools in the Saudi capital took safety measures on Thursday, with pupils at one school sheltering in a basement, as loud blasts rattled the city and Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed a new attack against its airport.
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Diplomats, students take shelter in Saudi capital as Yemen's Houthis step up attacks
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‘This is a crisis of hope’: Echoes of 1968 as France’s students rise up
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Read the full report at France 24Saudi Arabia’s civil defence agency said a kindergarten and medical complex in Riyadh were damaged by shrapnel from an intercepted missile, hours after explosions rattled Riyadh…
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WorldPingThe fighting in Yemen has become the most active front in the West Asia war in recent weeks, displacing more than 1,84,000 people, the United Nations says, and deepening the conflict that has engulfed the wider region.
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As in 1968, when student protests triggered nationwide strikes, today’s crisis is about generational discontent.
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WorldPingFrance is in the international spotlight as massive student protests show no sign of stopping. Demonstrating is something of a rite of passage for young people in France, a moment when teenagers discover politics and their collective voice.
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French PM Sebastien Lecornu has promised to address student concerns as protests force hundreds of schools to close.
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WorldPingThirty people were killed and at least 18 were injured by Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine that included an attack on a public bus, authorities said Thursday, as an intensive pre-winter wave of attacks continued.
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