New Zealand gives former PM Ardern title of dame
AFP :New Zealand honoured former prime minister Jacinda Ardern with the title of dame on Monday, citing her leadership after the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre...
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US and India agree defence industry cooperation plan
AFP :US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh during a ceremonial reception in New Delhi. Reuters file photoThe United...
Goods train derails in Odisha’s Bargarh district
AFP :Days after the Odisha’s Balasore tragic train crash, another goods train carrying limestone derailed this morning in the state’s (Odisha) Bargah district, around 500...
Three Israel soldiers, Egypt security force member killed in border shootings
AFP :An Egyptian “policeman” killed three Israeli soldiers Saturday in a rare exchange of fire near the border between the two countries in which the...
Nepali guide rescues climber from Everest death zone
AFP :A Nepali guide abandoned his client’s Everest summit bid to rescue a Malaysian climber in a deadly mountaineering season that has seen at least...
UN, AU call for calm as death toll in Senegal violence rises
Al Jazeera :At least 10 people have been killed in Senegal following an outbreak of violence after the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.The United...
Indonesia proposes peace plan for Russia-Ukraine war
AFP :Indonesia’s defence minister proposed a plan Saturday to end the war between Russia and Ukraine at a defence summit in Singapore, an initiative that...
US, Japan, S Korea aim to share N.Korea missile warning data
AFP :The United States, Japan and South Korea aim to share North Korean missile warning data before the end of 2023, the three countries said...
One dead, two missing in Japan after heavy rain
AFP :Heavy rain across parts of Japan has killed one person, left two missing and injured dozens more, authorities said Saturday, with thousands of residents...
King Charles III arrives in Romania for first visit after coronation
AFP :Britain’s King Charles III was received with military honours at Romania’s presidential palace in Bucharest on Friday, as he kicked off his solo visit...
Chinese dissidents in New York open world’s only Tiananmen Square museum
AFP :Chinese dissidents who took part in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests unveiled a museum in New York on Friday dedicated to remembering the “democratic...
Sudan fighting intensifies despite US sanctions
AFP :Shelling rocked greater Khartoum on Friday, as fighting between Sudan’s warring generals intensified despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and...