International
India and China agree to ‘de-escalate’ border tensions
BBC Online :India and China have agreed to de-escalate tensions along their disputed border after a conversation between its leaders, a senior Indian official said....
Global warming link to intense rains in India’s Himalayas
Reuters : Torrential rains that have battered India’s Himalayas in recent years, killing hundreds of people and causing billions of dollars worth of damage, are...
UN warns Sudan conflict ‘threatens to consume the entire country’
Al Jazeera :War and hunger risk destroying Sudan where fighting between rival generals erupted in mid-April, the United Nations has warned. “The war in Sudan...
Taiwan reports renewed Chinese military activity,
Reuters :Taiwan’s defence ministry reported renewed Chinese military activity around the island on Friday, including 13 aircraft entering Taiwan’s “response” zone and five ships carrying...
India’s lunar rover Pragyaan stepped out
BBC Online :India’s space agency has released new footage that shows Chandrayaan-3’s rover for the first time ever. The video was taken just hours after...
Kremlin calls accusations it killed Wagner boss Prigozhin an ‘absolute lie’
Reuters :The Kremlin said that Western suggestions that Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin had been killed on its orders in a plane crash were an...
`Denmark to ban Quran burnings’
Deutsche Welle :Denmark’s justice minister said on Friday that the Scandinavian country would ban the burning of Islam’s holy book, the Quran. The government has...
Greece struggles to gain upper hand on sixth day of fires
AFP :Hundreds of firefighters in Greece struggled Thursday to gain the upper hand against major wildfires burning unchecked for a sixth day, leaving 20 dead....
Putin to BRICS: Russia is ‘reliable partner’ for Africa on food, fuel supplies
Reuters :Russian President Vladimir Putin told the BRICS summit in South Africa on Thursday that Moscow intends to deepen ties with African countries, and that...