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...
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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...
Nigeria opposition taking election challenge to Supreme Court
AFP :Nigeria’s two main opposition parties will go to the Supreme Court to appeal a ruling rejecting their challenge to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s February...
UK hunts for soldier Daniel Khalife after Wandsworth prison escape
Al Jazeera :A manhunt has been launched for a British soldier awaiting trial on “terrorism”-related charges who escaped from a prison in southwest London, according...
Sudan army chief visits Qatar on third trip since war began
AFP :Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan travelled Thursday to Doha for talks with Qatar’s emir, Sudan’s ruling sovereign council said, his third trip abroad...
Southeast Asians wary of new conflicts as Big Powers join Asean summit
Reuters :Indonesian President Joko Widodo called on world leaders on Thursday to defuse tensions as they met at a Southeast Asian-hosted summit to focus on...
China warns against ‘new Cold War’ as big powers meet in SE Asia
BSS, Jakarta : China’s premier said on Wednesday major powers must keep their differences under control and avoid “a new Cold War”, in a thinly...
‘One killed in Russian drone attacks on port district’
BSS, KYIV, Ukraine : One person was killed in Russian drone attacks on a port district in Ukraine’s southwestern Odesa region early Wednesday, the regional...
Millions of Shiite pilgrims flock to Iraq’s Karbala
BSS, Karbala : Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims massed at the golden-domed mausoleums of the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on Wednesday, commemorating Arbaeen, one...
Russian strike kills 16 in east Ukraine market: Zelensky
BSS, KYIV, Ukraine : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday a Russian strike on a market in east Ukraine had killed more than a dozen...