International
North Korea, Russia sign pact to give all available military help
Reuters : North Korea and Russia agreed to provide immediate military assistance if either faced armed aggression, under a pact their leaders signed during Russian...
Romanian president quits NATO chief race
Al Jazeera : Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has withdrawn from the race to lead NATO, clearing the way for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to...
Kenya police use tear gas, water cannon as hundreds protest over tax hikes
Al Jazeera : The tax increases were projected to raise 346.7 billion shillings ($2.7bn), equivalent to 1.9 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), and reduce...
Myanmar armed groups accuse junta of breaking China-brokered ceasefire
AFP : An alliance of Myanmar ethnic armed groups have accused the junta of repeatedly violating a China-brokered ceasefire in the north of the country...
Rolex watch ‘eaten’ by cow found 50 years later
News Desk : Thanks to a metal detectorist, a 95-year-old British farmer’s prized Rolex watch, which he believed was eaten by a cow, has been...
Chad ammo depot blaze kills nine
AFP : A fire that tore through a huge military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital N’Djamena killed at least nine people and wounded dozens more,...
Myanmar officials arrest 22 for marking Suu Kyi’s birthday
AFP : Myanmar authorities arrested 22 people for marking the birthday of imprisoned democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi, local media reported on Wednesday. Police...
New Caledonia police arrest pro-independence leader
Al Jazeera : Police in New Caledonia have arrested 11 people, including pro-independence leader Christian Tein, after deadly riots last month in the French Pacific...
500,000 immigrants to get US citizenship
AP : President Joe Biden is taking an expansive election year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status...
Putin, N Korea’s Kim sign strategic partnership deal
AFP : Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a “strategic partnership treaty” following their talks in Pyongyang on Wednesday,...