South Korea leader rules out second term
South Korea’s president has ruled out even considering to extend his constitutionally-capped one term in office, a spokesman said Thursday, after the leader and some...
International
Xi Jinping to attend BRICS summit in New Delhi
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India for the first time in nearly seven years to attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on...
Trump vows $5,000 payments if GOP wins
US President Donald Trump says he would offer every adult American a $5,000 (£3,700) payout if Republicans win both chambers of Congress in November’s midterm...
Pakistan’s new frontier: Pashtun Balochistan
Violence has surged since June across Balochistan’s Pashtun-majority districts, areas which had largely escaped the fighting that has engulfed much of Pakistan’s southwestern province. Balochistan...
US sanctions deepen Iran medicine shortages
Farah, a 59-year-old resident of Iran’s capital Tehran, used to fill her autoimmune prescription with a Swiss-made drug. Now she takes the Iranian-made version and...
Israel orders UK to close East Jerusalem consulate
Israel has told the United Kingdom to close its consulate in occupied East Jerusalem within 30 days, according to reports, after the British government announced...
Canada’s $20b tariffs on US goods kick in
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on imports from the United States have taken effect, escalating the trade dispute between the two countries. Tariffs ranging from 15 percent...
Argentina to charge Navitas over Falklands drilling
The move follows remarks on Friday by Argentine President Javier Milei, who vowed to sanction oil companies drilling in the British overseas territory as he...
South Korea faces Us-Iran ar dilemma
Tehran has threatened “serious consequences” for South Korea if it interferes in the US-Israel war on Iran. The warning comes amid reports that Seoul is...
Iran to announce new Gulf restricted zone
Iran said it will announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days, along with maps of a new shipping corridor through...
Oxford museum to return human remains to Naga people
Oxford University’s Pitt Rivers Museum will return the remains of 39 people taken during Britain’s colonial era to the Naga community in northeast India, the...
