Tight security as Trump heads to Scotland for diplomacy and golf
AFP : US President Donald Trump was due to arrive in Scotland on Friday for a mix of diplomacy, business and leisure, with a huge...
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Tea-loving Nepal is warming up to coffee
AP : Coffee hasn’t always been an easy sell in Nepal. The Himalayan country is a major tea producer, as well as a major consumer....
Boats bring food, safe passage for Philippine flood victims
AFP : Rescuers in the northern Philippines picked up residents stranded by flooding and delivered supplies by boat Friday, as Typhoon Co-May was downgraded to...
IAEA chief ‘encouraged’ by Iran decision to re-engage
AFP : International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said Friday he was “encouraged” that Iran had agreed for a delegation from the UN...
Syria’s Druze fear for their future after sectarian clashes
AP : Before the eruption of sectarian violence in southern Syria, Saber Abou Ras taught medical sciences at a university in the city of Sweida...
10 dead in Turkey wildfire
Agency : Ten firefighters were killed and 14 were injured as they battled to contain a wildfire in Turkey’s central Eskisehir province, Agriculture and Forestry...
Starmer-Modi sign £6b India-UK trade deal
BBC : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has signed a free trade deal with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in a multi-billion pound export boost.UK...
Junta claims recapture of gold mining hub
AFP : Myanmar’s junta claimed on Thursday to have ousted anti-coup rebels from a gold mining hub after a year-long battle, its second declared recapture...
Kim urges troops to prepare ‘for real war’
Japan Today : North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged his military to be ready “for real war” as he observed a firing contest...
Russia seeking to create ‘buffer zones’ in Ukraine
Al Jazeera : Russian forces are pushing to create “buffer zones” along the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin has said, as fighting rages on in...
12 killed in Thailand-Cambodia military clashes on disputed border
Al Jazeera : A Thai F-16 jet has bombed targets in Cambodia, as a simmering border dispute and diplomatic meltdown rapidly ignited into fierce clashes,...
Indian man caught running fake embassy
Deutsche Welle : A 47-year-old man posed as ambassador to imaginary nations and duped people for money. He ran operations from a lavish property on...