US strikes Yemen after Huthis threaten Red Sea ships
AFP :The United States carried out a fresh strike on Saturday on a Huthi rebel target in Yemen, US Central Command said, after the Iran-backed fighters warned of further attacks on ships in the...
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Red-alert issued as Delhi experiences lowest winter temperature with 3°C
AFP :The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert due to cold and dense fog conditions as Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded the coldest night for a second consecutive...
Myanmar rebel alliance agree ceasefire with ruling military
Reuters :An alliance of ethnic minority armies in northern Myanmar has agreed a ceasefire with the ruling military, a leader of one of the groups, the TNLA, said on Friday, adding the talks involved...
Ecuadorian Amazon that lasted 1,000 years has been mapped
AFP :Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago.A series of earthen mounds and buried roads in Ecuador...
UK to up bankrolling Ukraine as PM Sunak visits Kyiv
Al Jazeera :British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is visiting Kyiv to announce a new package of support for Ukraine, including an increase in military funding for its war against Russia.Sunak is expected to reveal...
Brunei’s Prince Mateen marries a commoner in grand ceremony
AP :In the ongoing lavish 10-day event, Brunei’s Prince Abdul Mateen, known as Asia’s “most eligible bachelor”, married his fiancee inside the gold-domed Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in the country’s capital, Bandar Seri...
Strong quake rattles Afghanistan
AFP :A powerful earthquake hit northeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, shaking buildings from the capital Kabul to Islamabad in neighbouring Pakistan.The epicentre of the 6.4-magnitude earthquake was in Jurm district in the Afghan province of...
Saudi Arabia’s balancing Israel ties and Palestinian solution
Deutsche Welle :Germany will no longer block the sale of Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia and will also deliver other high-tech armaments like the IRIS-T guided missiles. That is despite concerns from within the...
US opens safety investigation into Boeing
Al Jazeera :The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is launching a formal investigation into aircraft manufacturer Boeing after a cabin panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines-operated 737 Max 9 jet last week forced an...
Russia condemns US, UK for strikes on Yemen
Reuters :Russia condemned the United States and Britain on Friday for their military strikes on Yemen, which Moscow said amounted to an irresponsible adventure that risked sowing chaos across the entire Middle East.The United...
Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use
CNN : Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legisalation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal 18 months after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalize the...
Tshering Tobgay set to return as Bhutan PM
Al Jazeera : Bhutan’s liberal People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is set to form a new government after winning in parliamentary elections, according to results from the country’s electoral body.PDP leader Tshering Tobgay, 58, who...