Indian flight to Germany grounded over false bomb threat
Deutsche Welle : A bomb threat forced a flight operated by Vistara Airlines to make an emergency landing in the city of Erzurum, Turkey on Friday, but the threat turned out to be false,...
International
Central London site revealed for Queen Elizabeth II memorial
AFP : A national memorial to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will be located in London’s St James’s Park, which holds “historical and constitutional significance and personal connection” to the late monarch, the UK government...
Hunter Biden pleads guilty to tax evasion charges
AFP : Joe Biden’s son Hunter pleaded guilty in a tax evasion trial on Thursday, without reaching the deal he had sought with prosecutors, in a case that has been an embarrassment for the...
Kamala holds a narrow lead over Trump in polls
AFP : The closely fought battleground state of North Carolina was expected to distribute around 130,000 absentee voting slips, with a presidential debate — the next likely campaign inflection point — set for next...
Pakistan’s top court restores anticorruption law amendments
Al Jazeera : Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday reinstated amendments made to the country’s accountability law two years ago, overturning a previous decision by a three-member bench.In September last year, the top court under...
Typhoon Yagi makes landfall on China
Al Jazeera : Super Typhoon Yagi has made landfall on the Chinese island province of Hainan, state media reported, after more than 400,000 people were forced to evacuate.The meteorological service in heavily populated Hainan...
19 civilians killed in Myanmar junta air strikes
News Desk : At least 19 civilians were killed in Myanmar junta airstrikes on an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp and a town near the China border in Shan State.The attacks, which took place...
India directs armed forces to monitor regional changes
Times of India : Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said India is a “peace-loving nation” but the armed forces need to be “prepared for war in order to preserve peace.”Speaking at the...
Unacceptable pressure: Kremlin denounces US for targeting Russian media
Al Jazeera : The Kremlin has accused the United States of applying unacceptable pressure on Russian media after Washington announced sanctions against journalists and a state media network.On Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told...
UN mission reports war crimes, urges peacekeeping force in Sudan
Deutsche Welle : A United Nations backed human rights mission in Sudan on Friday called for an “independent and impartial” peacekeeping force to protect civilians who it suspects have been the victims of war...
Police kill armed man near Israeli consulate
BBC : An armed man has been shot dead by German police near the Nazi documentation centre and Israeli consulate in the southern city of Munich. The man, identified by police as an 18-year-old...
Michel Barnier new French PM
BBC : French President Emmanuel Macron has named Michel Barnier as prime minister almost twomonths after France’s snap elections ended in political deadlock. Mr Barnier, 73, is the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator and...