Hundreds stranded in rural Tibet due to heavy rain
AFP : Hundreds of people were trapped in rural Tibet in recent days after heavy rainfall caused floods and landslides, Chinese state media reported on...
International
Iran’s elected President to take oath July 30
AFP : Iran’s reformist president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian will take the oath of office in parliament on July 30, a member of the legislature’s presiding board,...
UK police search for man armed with crossbow
AP : British police were hunting for a man believed to be armed with a crossbow on Wednesday after three women were killed in a...
S.Sudan leader urges unity on independence anniv
AFP : South Sudan’s leader Salva Kiir urged unity on the anniversary of the independence of the conflict riven young nation, saying there had been...
Starmer goes to Washington on first foreign trip as UK PM
AFP : UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer jets off to Washington this week for his first steps on the world stage, just days after taking...
Six dead in Tokyo as Japan swelters in heatwave
AFP : Six people have died of heatstroke in Tokyo as Japan swelters under a rare rainy season heatwave, prompting authorities to issue a flurry...
50 killed in Israeli attacks as Gaza City fighting rages
Aljazeera : Israeli forces ramped up attacks on areas across the northern Gaza Strip despite new ceasefire discussions taking place. At least 50 people were...
France in limbo after Macron gamble
AFP : Emmanuel Macron refused his prime minister’s resignation on Monday, as the president scrambled to maintain France’s credibility after his snap election gamble failed...
5 Indian soldiers killed in clashes in Kashmir
Reuters : A militant attack on an Indian Army convoy in the Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir killed at least five soldiers, India’s defence...
Secret hospitals offering criminals new faces
BBC : Clandestine hospitals in the Philippines have been offering plastic surgery services to fugitives and scam centre workers to help them evade arrest, authorities...
Zelensky blasts Modi meeting with Putin
CNN : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized his Indian counterpart’s visit to Moscow as a “huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts,” on...
New Myanmar clashes turn town to rubble
AFP : Residents of Kyaukme in northern Myanmar are counting their dead and picking through rubble following fresh fighting that shredded a Beijing-brokered ceasefire between...