Kremlin welcomes Xi-Zelensky call on Ukraine
Reuters :The Kremlin said on Thursday it welcomed anything that could bring the end of the Ukraine conflict closer when asked what it thought of a phone call a day earlier between Chinese President...
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China sends navy to evacuate citizens in Sudan
AFP :China has deployed its navy to rescue citizens from conflict-hit Sudan, the defence ministry in Beijing said on Thursday.Multiple nations have scrambled to evacuate embassy staff and citizens by road, air and sea...
NZ ex-PM Ardern to take up Harvard fellowships
AFP : Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday that she plans to take up fellowships at Havard University later this year.Ardern shocked New Zealanders in January by announcing she was resigning...
10 Indian police killed in Maoist rebel attack
Reuters : Ten police and their driver were killed in India’s central Chhattisgarh state on Wednesday when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, an attack police blamed on Maoist rebels. India’s long-running Maoist...
Sudan: Omar al-Bashir moved to military hospital
Deutsche Welle : Sudan’s jailed former strongman Omar al-Bashir is being held in a high-security military hospital, the country’s army said on Wednesday after speculation on his whereabouts. The military said Bashir and around...
Sudan factions agree to 72-hour ceasefire as foreigners are evacuated
Reuters :Sudan’s warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday, while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country.The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) said the US and...
Mamata Banerjee says ‘no ego clash’ regarding a grand alliance of anti-BJP parties
NDTV :West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, after holding a brief meeting with her Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday, said there is “no ego clash” regarding a grand...
Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon urges army to end Myanmar violence
AP :Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Myanmar’s ruling military to take the initiative in finding a way out of the country’s violent political crisis, including releasing political detainees, after a surprise...
Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 58, police say
Al Jazeera :Kenyan police have recovered 58 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if...
Russian foreign minister in New York for UN meetings
News Desk :Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in New York, where he will attend UN Security Council meetings on 24 and 25 April, according to Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.“Sergey Lavrov...
Australia unveils biggest defence reform in decades
AFP :Australia unveiled its biggest military shakeup in decades on Monday, refocusing the armed forces on deterring would-be foes far from its shores.Sketching a future in which Australia would have substantially longer-range strike capability,...