24 missing after heavy floods in Yemen
AFP : Heavy flooding caused by torrential rains in Yemen overnight has destroyed homes and left at least 24 people missing, authorities said on Wednesday....
International
UK doctors urge govt to act over ‘vaping epidemic’
AFP : Leading UK doctors urged the government Wednesday to pass legislation to tackle “a vaping epidemic”, in particular among young people, by banning disposable...
Vietnam police bust baby trafficking ring
AFP : Police in Vietnam have arrested more than a dozen people in connection with a baby smuggling ring that trafficked 16 newborns across several...
How Taliban’s new rules further silence women
Deutsche Welle : The Taliban rulers in Afghanistan last week imposed a new round of wide-ranging restrictions that attempt to control people’s lives, behaviors and...
Maldives police probe alleged bid to topple government
Agency : Police in the Maldives are investigating an alleged attempt to topple President Mohamed Muizzu by stirring anger over the Indian Ocean archipelago’s worsening...
Chinese military stages live-fire drills by Myanmar border
AFP : China’s army and air force began live-fire exercises Tuesday next to its border with Myanmar, local authorities said, following recent bilateral talks on...
Malaysia charges ex-PM Muhyiddin over alleged royal insult
Deutsche Welle : Malaysia has brought sedition charges against opposition leader and former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin for allegedly insulting the country’s former king in...
Brazil waging ‘war’ on wildfires in crowded Sao Paulo state
AFP : Brazil was deploying military aircraft as part of a “war” against wildfires ravaging the southeastern state of Sao Paulo, with authorities warning on...
Scholz seeks new knife laws after German festival attack
Deutsche Welle : Solingen Mayor Tim Kurzbach welcomed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday morning in the wake of a fatal knife attack that killed...
Russian strikes on Ukraine power grid kill four
AFP : Russian missile and drone strikes battered Ukraine’s power grid on Monday, killing at least four people and forcing authorities to introduce emergency blackouts.Officials...
Israel strikes Gaza after Lebanon flare-up
France24 : The Gaza war, triggered by Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, has drawn in Tehran-aligned armed groups across the Middle East, repeatedly heightening...
