Israel pounds Gaza on 99th day of war
AFP :Israel pounded Gaza on Saturday as the Palestinian territory suffered under a dire humanitarian situation and grappled with a telecommunications blackout on the 99th...
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Taiwan ruling party’s Lai wins presidential election
Reuters :Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate for Taiwan’s ruling party, won an election on Saturday that China had framed as a choice between war and...
At least 10 killed in China mining accident
Al Jazeera :At least 10 people have died and six are missing after an accident at a coal mine in central China, according to the...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...