International
UK’s shortest-serving PM Liz Truss blames economic ‘orthodoxy’ for downfall
Reuters :Former British prime minister Liz Truss blamed on Sunday the economic “orthodoxy” in the country’s finance ministry, other nations and in parts of the...
Iran’s supreme leader pardons large number of prisoners linked to protests
Reuters :Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned “tens of thousands” of prisoners, including many arrested in recent anti-government protests over security-related charges, state media...
Asean to intensify talks on code for South China Sea
Reuters :Indonesia plans to intensify talks with China and other Southeast Asian countries to finalize a code of conduct (COC) for the disputed South China...
Zelensky vows to defend ‘fortress’ Bakhmut, hosts EU leaders in Kyiv
Reuters :Ukrainians will fight “for as long as we can” to hold the eastern city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Friday, as he...
Pakistan blocks Wikipedia over ‘blasphemous content’
AFP :Wikipedia was blocked in Pakistan on Saturday after authorities censored the website for hosting “blasphemous content” in the latest blow to digital rights in...
Cattle thieves kill 41 vigilantes in Nigeria’s north
AFP :A gang of cattle thieves has killed 41 vigilantes in Nigeria’s troubled north in a forest ambush, police said.The incident happened on Thursday in...
Dozens of soldiers freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
AP :Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home following a prisoner swap, officials on both sides said Saturday.Top Ukrainian presidential aide...
Biden meets Jordan’s King Abdullah, affirms support of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque
AFP :President Joe Biden on Thursday underlined his support for the legal “status quo” of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound in a meeting at the White...
EU-Ukraine wartime summit to deliver on some issues, disappoint on others
Reuters :European Union leaders will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Friday, bringing the promise of new sanctions against Russia but disappointing Ukraine’s...
South Sudan violence kills 27 on eve of Pope’s visit
Al Jazeera :Twenty-seven people have been killed in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state in tit-for-tat violence between cattle herders and members of a militia on...
Chinese spy balloon: US tracks suspected surveillance device
BBC Online :The US is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted flying over sensitive sites in recent days.Defence officials said they...