Pakistan military courts convict 25 of pro-Khan unrest
France24 : Ex-prime minister Khan was arrested in May 2023 after being ousted from office and mounting an unprecedented campaign of defiance against the nation’s...
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Sri Lanka president to visit key lender China
AFP : Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to the island’s largest bilateral lender China for talks in January, he said on Saturday,...
Houthis hit Tel Aviv, Israel, with missile
Al Jazeera : The Israeli military says it failed to intercept a missile from Yemen claimed by Houthi rebels that fell in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa...
US diplomats visit Syria to meet new rulers
AFP : US diplomats are in Syria to meet the country’s new rulers, the State Department said on Friday, as outside powers seek assurances, they...
Musk’s possible meddling in UK politics stirs concern
AFP : Concerns are growing in the UK as tech billionaire Elon Musk takes an increasingly close interest in Britain’s political scene, appearing to cozy...
Israeli settlers set mosque on fire in occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera : Israeli settlers have set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank, while also defacing the building’s facade with hateful and...
Sri Lanka navy rescues boat of 100 Rohingya refugees
AFP : Sri Lanka’s navy said Friday it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean...
Mumbai boat accident kills 13
Reuters : Helicopters and divers scoured the waters off India’s financial capital of Mumbai yesterday (19 December) in a search for survivors of a freak...
Pakistan’s missile prog ’emerging threat’ says top US official
Reuters : A senior White House official yesterday (19 December) said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to...
HRW accuses Israel of genocide by ‘deliberately’ restricting water in Gaza
CNN : Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Israel of “acts of genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza by depriving them of adequate water supplies.The...
HRW accuses Israel of genocide by ‘deliberately’ restricting water in Gaza
CNN : Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Israel of “acts of genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza by depriving them of adequate water supplies.The...
Indian MPs accuse each other of violence outside parliament
Agency : India’s opposition MPs and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators on Thursday raised allegations of manhandling against each other outside Parliament.A row broke out...