Japan expands whale hunt to include second-largest species
AFP : Japan has expanded its commercial whaling to include fin whales, the second-largest animal species on the planet, a decision criticised by Australia’s government...
International
Huge prisoner exchange under way after days of speculation
BBC : A major prisoner exchange between Russia, the US and four European countries is under way in the Turkish capital Ankara.Three US citizens imprisoned...
‘No hope’ as anguished families wait for India landslide bodies
AFP : The roar of moving earth startled manual labourer Abdul Kareem and his wife awake, allowing them to make a hasty escape before their...
Thugs hijack Southport, blamed for voilence
BBC : “Thugs” who travelled to Southport to use the deaths of three children “for their own political purposes” were to blame for the violence...
85 patients leave Gaza in biggest medical evacuation since war began: WHO
AFP : The WHO said 85 patients had been evacuated Tuesday from Gaza to the United Arab Emirates, in the largest medical evacuation from the...
Imran proposes talks with military on conditions
Agencies : Continuing with his recent change of tone towards the military establishment, incarcerated PTI founder and former Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday...
‘Say it to my face,’ Harris dares Trump
AFP : US presidential hopeful Kamala Harris launched a searing attack on Donald Trump Tuesday, telling her biggest campaign rally yet that the momentum was...
French PM to take caretaker role in deadlocked France
AFP : President Emmanuel Macron will accept the resignation of the French government on Tuesday, but ask Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to head up a...
Eight Pakistan troops killed in suicide attack
AFP : Eight Pakistani troops were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-packed vehicle into an army enclave, the military said Tuesday, with one...
Death toll in east Afghanistan rains rises to 47
AFP : The death toll from heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan rose to 47 on Tuesday, a local official said, with 350 injured by the...
Carcass of whale discovered in NZ
Al Jazeera : The body of a rarely seen whale species appears to have washed ashore on a New Zealand beach, giving scientists new insight...
Yemen’s Houthis target Mediterranean sea
Reuters : Yemen’s Houthis targeted three vessels, including an oil tanker, in the Red and Mediterranean seas with ballistic missiles, drones and booby-trapped boats, they...