No alternative: Afghan farmers lament Taliban poppy ban
AFP :n a secluded compound in south Afghanistan, Bibi Hazrato cries in dismay as a group of men hack down her poppy crop, enforcing a Taliban government order to wean the nation off the...
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Italian PM ‘incapable’ of resolving migrant crisis: French minister
AFP :Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “is incapable of resolving the migration problems” faced by her country, France’s interior minister said Thursday in comments that risk fuelling tensions between Paris and Rome.In a radio...
Indian Army chopper crashes in J&K, pilots injured
BSS :An Indian Army helicopter with three persons onboard crashed today in a forest area in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said quoting Army officials.All three injured personnel, including two pilots...
India’s growing population a burden for struggling mothers
AFP :Married off by her parents at 14, Indian mother-of-seven Jaimala Devi kept having children because her husband insisted she could only stop once she had given birth to two sons.Devi’s story is common...
US regulator targets AI ahead of White House confab
AFP :A US regulator put artificial intelligence in the crosshairs ahead of a White House meeting Thursday with tech firms to strategize about its dangers.“While the technology is moving swiftly, we already can see...
UK ‘ready to deal’ with coronation threats after man arrested
AFP : UK security services are “ready to deal” with the challenges presented by the coronation, the government said Wednesday, after the arrest of a man suspected of throwing shotgun cartridges into the grounds...
Iran’s president holds rare meeting with Assad in Syria
AP : Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Wednesday met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus in a bid to boost cooperation between the two allies, state media reported.Tehran has been a main backer of Assad’s...
Gas leak in Punjab kills 11 people
AFP :A gas leak killed 11 people in India on Sunday, an official said, in the latest deadly industrial accident in the vast developing economy of 1.4 billion people.The gas leak happened in Giaspura,...
Guards on yacht shoot dead Yemen coastguard: security firm
AFP :A Yemeni coastguard on the lookout for arms smuggling was shot dead by security guards aboard a private yacht in an exchange of fire Friday, a maritime security company said.Britain-based Ambrey said the...
Turkey’s Baykar to build new ‘highly autonomous’ combat drone
Al Jazeera :Turkish defence firm Baykar aims to begin production of its new unmanned combat aerial vehicle next year which is already attracting international interest, its chairman Selcuk Bayraktar said. Named “Kizilelma”, the drone...
On lethal aid to Ukraine, South Korean leader says Seoul considering its options
Reuters :South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Friday it was necessary to ensure Russia’s invasion of Ukraine does not succeed and that Seoul was considering its options when it came to lethal...
Iranian president to visit Syria ‘in near future’
AFP Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus “in the near future”, on the first such trip to Syria since the country’s civil war began, Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday.Syria’s pro-government Al-Watan newspaper...