Iran and Syria vow to strengthen ties as Raisi wraps up Damascus visit
AFP :Iran and Syria agreed to boost ties and develop economic relations, with a focus on reconstruction, as the Islamic republic’s President Ebrahim Raisi on...
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Kremlin drone incident gives Putin cover to deepen Ukraine war
Reuters :The humiliating spectacle for Russia of two drones flying over the walls of the Kremlin, its historic seat of power, has spawned conflicting theories...
UN refugee agency calls on governments not to return people to Sudan
Reuters :The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday called on governments to allow civilians fleeing Sudan into their territory and not to send them...
Magnitude 6.3 quake shakes central Japan
AFP :A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Japan’s central Ishikawa region on Friday but no tsunami warning was issued, the weather agency said.The quake hit at...
China’s aircraft carriers play ‘theatrical’ role but pose little threat yet
Reuters :When China sailed one of its two active aircraft carriers, the Shandong, east of Taiwan last month as part of military drills surrounding the...
PM Narendra Modi invokes ‘The Kerala Story’
Hindustan Times :Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is campaigning in Karnataka’s Bellary has mentioned the Hindi film ‘The Kerala Story’ in his speech and alleged...
Eight killed in Serbian village shooting, police launch manhunt
Reuters :Eight people were killed and at least 10 were wounded in a shooting in the town of Mladenovac, 42 km (26 miles) south of...
China slams Canada’s ‘slander’ after ambassador summoned
AFP :China slammed what it called “groundless slander and defamation” by Canada on Friday after Ottawa summoned Beijing’s ambassador over accusations a Chinese diplomat sought...
Fire kills at least eight people in Czech city of Brno
Al Jazeera :Eight people have died in a fire in the second largest city in the Czech Republic, according to police.The fire broke out on...
No alternative: Afghan farmers lament Taliban poppy ban
AFP :n a secluded compound in south Afghanistan, Bibi Hazrato cries in dismay as a group of men hack down her poppy crop, enforcing a...
Italian PM ‘incapable’ of resolving migrant crisis: French minister
AFP :Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “is incapable of resolving the migration problems” faced by her country, France’s interior minister said Thursday in comments that...
Indian Army chopper crashes in J&K, pilots injured
BSS :An Indian Army helicopter with three persons onboard crashed today in a forest area in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said...