International
North Korea slams Blinken’s comments on ties with Moscow
AFP :North Korea’s foreign ministry on Saturday slammed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments on Pyongyang’s relations with Moscow, saying the remarks would “only...
US surgeons perform world’s first whole eye transplant
AFP :A team of surgeons in New York has performed the world’s first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure widely hailed as a...
TikTok faces calls for ban amid claims of anti-Israel ‘indoctrination’
Al Jazeera :After coming under fire for its links to China, TikTok is again under the spotlight in the United States amid claims that the...
‘Like breathing poison’: Children in India’s Delhi hit hard by smog
Al Jazeera :Crying in a hospital bed with a nebuliser mask on his tiny face, one-month-old Ayansh Tiwari has a thick, hacking cough. His doctors...
Hungary signals veto of Ukraine EU membership talks
Al Jazeera :Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sits before taking the oath of office in the Parliament in Budapest, HungaryNegotiations on Ukrainian membership in the...
Netanyahu says not seeking to ‘occupy’ Gaza but ‘demilitarise’ it
Al Jazeera :Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country does not intend to “occupy” or govern Gaza after the end of its war...
Prince Harry wins legal battle with UK newspapers
AFP :The publishers of two UK newspapers on Friday lost a bid to have a case for unlawful information gathering brought against them by Prince...
Blinken in India for talks on China, Israel
AFP :US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks Friday in New Delhi seeking to bolster India as a regional counterweight to China and...
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon down 22% in a year
City Desk :Brazilian Amazon deforestation fell 22.3 percent in the year through July, hitting a five-year low, officials said Thursday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula...
29 dead and thousands trapped in Somalia’s ‘worst floods in decades’
Al Jazeera :Somalis are struggling to cope with never-before-seen flooding that has killed dozens of people and forced hundreds of thousands to abandon their homes,...
Portuguese PM António Costa resigns
BBC Online :Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa resigned after investigators searched his official residence in an inquiry into alleged corruption.He said he had not been...