S Korean Defence Minister resigns
Agency : South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun following widespread criticism over the president’s brief imposition...
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Over sudden martial law: S Korea’s opposition parties submit a motion to impeach President Yoon
Agency : South Korea’s opposition parties Wednesday submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over the shocking and short-lived martial law that drew...
Japan observes-‘exceptional’ concern: PM
AFP : Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that Tokyo was monitoring the situation in South Korea with “exceptional and serious concerns” after the...
US imposes new sanctions: Iran’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers
Al Jazeera : The latest US sanctions are part of an effort to disrupt Iran’s use of oil revenue to finance its nuclear programme.The United...
Malay-Thai brace after floods kill over 30
AL Jazeera : Authorities in Thailand and Malaysia are on high alert for more intense rainfall after days of monsoon rains triggered devastating floods that...
S Korea’s President declares emergency martial law
Al Jazeera : South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has declared emergency martial law in the country.In an unannounced live address, Yoon said the move was...
Over chip sanctions: China bans gallium, germanium exports to US
Agency : China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military...
NATO’s chief avoids talk of Ukraine’s membership
Agency : NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Tuesday sidestepped questions about Ukraine’s possible membership of the military alliance, saying that the priority now must be...
Hamas-Fatah agree joint committee to run post-war Gaza
AFP : Palestinian Hamas and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah party have agreed to create a committee to jointly run post-war Gaza, negotiators from both...
Syrian insurgents seize four towns amid clashes
Agency : Syrian insurgents have captured four towns in a significant push toward the central city of Hama, opposition activists reported Tuesday. Meanwhile, government forces...
Iran to ‘firmly support’ damascus
AFP : Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi met President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus Sunday to deliver a message of support, state media said, after a...
Stampede kills 56 at Guinea football match
AFP : A deadly stampede at a football match killed at least 56 people in Guinea’s second city N’Zerekore, the junta-controlled government said on Monday.The...