Keenly contested Maldives presidential vote begins
AFP :Polling began Saturday in the Maldives’ presidential vote, officials said, with incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih facing a tough re-election bid. Solih is seeking a...
International
Almost 50 people missing after deadly Brazil cyclone
AFP :Brazilian rescue workers were on Friday searching for almost 50 people still missing after a devastating cyclone unleashed torrential rain and flooding in the...
Panama to step up expulsions of US-bound undocumented migrants
AFP :Panama said Friday it would step up expulsions of US-bound migrants who enter its territory illegally through the perilous Darien jungle on the border...
Imran petitions SC to declare amendments to secrets law, army act ‘null and void’
Voice of America :Former prime minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan on Saturday petitioned the Supreme Court to declare “null and void” the Pakistan Army...
North Korea’s Kim marks founding day with parade, promises to China, Russia
Al Jazeera :Kim Jong Un has marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of North Korea with a parade of paramilitary forces and promises to...
North Korea announces new ‘tactical nuclear attack submarine’: KCNA
AFP :North Korea on Friday announced it had built a “tactical nuclear attack submarine” as part of its effort to strengthen its naval force, the...
Venezuelan President Maduro to visit China
AFP :Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will visit China from Friday to Thursday, Beijing’s foreign ministry said. Beijing has close relations with the internationally isolated oil-rich...
Putin not planning video address to G20: Kremlin
AFP :Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning to make a video address at the upcoming G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, the Kremlin...
UK marks first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death
AFP :King Charles III on Friday thanked the public for their support in his first year as monarch, as he marked the one-year anniversary of...
Tonga volcano unleashed fastest ever undersea flows
AFP :An unprecedentedly violent volcanic eruption that triggered a tsunami off the Pacific island nation of Tonga in 2022 unleashed the fastest underwater currents ever...
Russian hacker given 9-year term for US stock cheating scam
AFP :A Russian who reaped tens of millions of dollars trading US stocks using hacked, unreleased company earnings reports was sentenced Thursday to nine years...
UN chief calls air pollution “global emergency”
AFP :Air pollution is a global emergency, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday, urging the international community to act together for clean air. Guterres...