International

AFP  :Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan travelled Thursday to Doha for talks with Qatar’s emir, Sudan’s ruling sovereign council said, his third trip abroad during his nearly five-month war with paramilitaries. Burhan and...

Reuters :Indonesian President Joko Widodo called on world leaders on Thursday to defuse tensions as they met at a Southeast Asian-hosted summit to focus on security and trade against a backdrop of intensifying big-power...

BSS, Jakarta : China’s premier said on Wednesday major powers must keep their differences under control and avoid “a new Cold War”, in a thinly veiled reference to Washington, as top Asian and US...

BSS, KYIV, Ukraine : One person was killed in Russian drone attacks on a port district in Ukraine’s southwestern Odesa region early Wednesday, the regional governor said. The night-time attacks lasted three hours and...

BSS, KYIV, Ukraine : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday a Russian strike on a market in east Ukraine had killed more than a dozen people and wounded more, as US Secretary of State...

BSS, London : British head of state King Charles III’s upcoming visit to France will underscore historic close relations between the two countries, London and Paris said on Wednesday. Ties between the two neighbours...

Reuters :Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn swore in Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and cabinet ministers in a coalition government made up of 11 parties on Tuesday. Srettha, whose Pheu Thai party leads the coalition, and...

AFP :French schools sent dozens of girls home for refusing to remove their abayas-an over-garment from the shoulders to the feet worn by Muslim women-on the first day of the school year, a government...

AFP :The world inched a step closer towards tackling plastic pollution, with the United Nations publishing the first draft of a binding treaty to tackle the scourge. Some 175 nations are working to reach...