Maldives presidential election headed to runoff round
DW :Presidential elections in the Maldives seemed poised for a runoff round, after the two top candidates failed to secure over 50% of the vote...
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Myanmar receives first shipment of Russia’s Su-30 fighter jets
Reuters :Myanmar has received the first shipment of two Russian Su-30 fighter jets, Charlie Than, Myanmar’s trade minister, told the Russian RIA state news agency...
UK commits $2b to UN-backed climate fund
Reuters :Britain will commit to provide $2 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help developing countries cope with climate change, Prime Minister Rishi...
Modi opens G20 summit as PM of ‘Bharat’
AFP :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his opening address to the G20 summit Saturday with his country nameplate labelled “Bharat” — an ancient Sanskrit...
South African Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi dies aged 95
AFP :Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a Zulu nationalist leader who presided over South Africa’s deadliest violence ahead of the first multiracial elections in 1994, died on Saturday...
Keenly contested Maldives presidential vote begins
AFP :Polling began Saturday in the Maldives’ presidential vote, officials said, with incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih facing a tough re-election bid. Solih is seeking a...
Almost 50 people missing after deadly Brazil cyclone
AFP :Brazilian rescue workers were on Friday searching for almost 50 people still missing after a devastating cyclone unleashed torrential rain and flooding in the...
Panama to step up expulsions of US-bound undocumented migrants
AFP :Panama said Friday it would step up expulsions of US-bound migrants who enter its territory illegally through the perilous Darien jungle on the border...
Imran petitions SC to declare amendments to secrets law, army act ‘null and void’
Voice of America :Former prime minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan on Saturday petitioned the Supreme Court to declare “null and void” the Pakistan Army...
North Korea’s Kim marks founding day with parade, promises to China, Russia
Al Jazeera :Kim Jong Un has marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of North Korea with a parade of paramilitary forces and promises to...
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...
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...