International
Violence against aid workers shows no respite: UN
AFP :A total of 62 humanitarian aid workers have died this year around the world, the United Nations said Thursday as it prepared to mark...
India rain death toll rises to 74
Hindustan Times :The death toll in India’s Himachal Pradesh rain-related incidents has jumped to 74 amid reports of fresh flash floods and landslides. Among those...
Rohingya refugees fled Myanmar only to ‘live in fear’ in India
Al Jazeera : Nuh, India – Abdul Jabbar, a Rohingya refugee living in a camp 80km (50 miles) from New Delhi, went to a nearby...
10 killed in light plane crash on street in Malaysia
AFP : A light plane crashed into a street in Malaysia’s central Selangor state on Thursday, killing eight people on board and two motorists on...
WHO holds first traditional medicine summit
AFP : The World Health Organization holds its first summit on traditional medicine on Thursday, with warnings that treatments rooted in natural products can be...
US Air Force awards a start-up company $235m to build an example of a sleek new plane
AP :The U.S. Air Force will invest $235 million to help a start-up manufacturer build a jet with a blended-wing body that officials say could...
UK annual inflation drops to 15-month low, eases cost-of-living crisis
Al Jazeera :Britain’s annual inflation rate dropped sharply in July to a 15-month low, according to official data, off the back of lower energy prices...
US soldier ‘illegally intruded’ on NKorean soil, Pyongyang says
AFP :The US soldier who ran across the border into North Korea last month “admitted that he illegally intruded,” Pyongyang’s state news agency KCNA said...
5.2-magnitude quake hits 152 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu
BSS :An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 152 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu at 0409 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said....
Russia says shot down three drones southwest of Moscow
AFP :Russia’s defence ministry said Wednesday it shot down three Ukrainian drones southwest of Moscow, the latest in a surge of aerial attacks near the...