Many killed in south Yemen as crowd linked with STC storms gov’t building
AL Jazeera : A crowd linked to Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) has attempted to storm a local government building in the southeastern Yemeni...
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US deploys 200 troops to train Nigerian military
AFP : The United States will deploy 200 troops to Nigeria to train the west African country’s military in its fight against jihadist groups, an...
Greek PM Mitsotakis visits Turkey amid rising tensions
AP : Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is visiting Turkey on Wednesday as part of an effort to sustain dialogue at a time when tensions...
India tightens AI rules for social media platforms
Agencies : India’s Ministry of Information Technology has updated rules for the use of generative artificial intelligence on social media platforms. Now platforms have three...
Iran’s leaders rail against US, ‘sedition’ in 1979 revolution celebrations
Al Jazeera : Iran’s authorities have ratcheted up the messaging and reciprocal threats against the United States during state-organised rallies and celebrations commemorating the Islamic...
Russia will take measures, ‘including military ones’, if Greenland militarised: FM
AFP : Russia threatened to take military “countermeasures” if the West boosts its own military footprint on Greenland, Moscow’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday....
Iran’s top security official in Oman following nuclear talks with US
Al Jazeera : Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has met with Oman’s ruler, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, in...
Takaichi secures landslide victory, faces tough test to revive Japan’s economy
BBC : Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has emerged from a snap election with a commanding mandate, but the decisive victory now brings sharper...
US strikes civil nuclear agreement with Armenia, Russia’s former close ally
Agency : The United States and Armenia have struck an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation, amid a push by Washington to strengthen ties with...
International Conference on the Role of Journalism in Peace and Cooperation in South Asia
Opinion has emerged that responsible journalism plays an extremely important role in strengthening peace, trust, and mutual cooperation among the countries of South Asia—this...
Khamenei urges Iranians to show ‘resolve’ against foreign pressure
AFP : Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday called on his compatriots to show “resolve” ahead of the anniversary of the 1979...