AFP : Tough-talking Nepali leader Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli has spent a lifetime in communist politics, becoming prime minister for...
AFP : A school in central Nigeria collapsed on Friday killing at least 21 people, mostly pupils as they were...
AFP : North Korea has denounced a declaration at a recent NATO summit that condemned Pyongyang’s weapons exports to Russia, calling the document “illegal”, state media said Saturday. In a joint declaration this week, NATO leaders criticised North Korea for “fuelling Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine” by “providing direct military support” to Moscow. NATO leaders also voiced “profound concern” over China’s industrial support for Russia. Pyongyang has repeatedly denied allegations that it is shipping weapons to Moscow, but in...
Aljazeera : A court in Pakistan has acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on charges of unlawful...
Reuters : Seeking to revive his struggling reelection campaign, President Joe Biden held a rare rally in Detroit on Friday,...
BBC Online : The wedding procession of the son of Asia’s richest man has begun in the Indian city of...
Al Jazeera : South Korea plans to mass produce laser weapons that can shoot down drones deployed by North Korea...
Reuters : India’s Supreme Court granted interim bail on Friday to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in...
Reuters : British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on other NATO allies on Thursday to do more to increase their defence spending, saying it was needed to protect the alliance’s values in “a new and dangerous era”. In a speech at his first international summit since becoming Britain’s prime minister last week, Starmer repeated that his government would come up with a roadmap to reach 2.5% of GDP on defence spending – a target he has yet to set out...
AFP : More than 60 people are missing in Nepal after a landslide triggered by heavy rains swept two buses...
Reuters : Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal lost a parliamentary vote of confidence on Friday, ending a tumultuous 20-month...
AFP : UK police detained a man on Wednesday after an hours-long manhunt following the crossbow murders of three women related to a BBC commentator. The victims were the wife and two adult daughters of John Hunt, a commentator for BBC Racing’s horse racing radio channel. Kyle Clifford, 26, from Enfield in north London, was wanted in connection with the deaths of the three women in the town of Bushey, north of London, on Tuesday night. The broadcaster confirmed the...