North Korea fires missile, Japan retracts take-cover warning
Reuters :North Korea fired a ballistic missile of intermediate range or longer on Thursday, South Korea and Japan said, triggering a scare in northern Japan...
International
Syria, Saudi Arabia move toward restoring embassies, flights
AP :Syria and Saudi Arabia are moving toward reopening embassies and resuming flights between the two countries for the first time in more than a...
Somalis suffering from climate crisis they did nothing to create: UN chief
Reuters : Somalia is suffering from the impact of a climate crisis it has done almost nothing to create, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said...
Britain braces for ‘unparalleled’ disruption from doctors’ strike
Reuters :Junior doctors in Britain began a four-day strike on Tuesday over pay that is likely to cause unprecedented disruption to the health service, prompting...
South Korea city wildfire fanned by strong winds, 300 residents evacuate homes
Reuters :About 300 people evacuated from their homes in South Korea’s eastern coastal city of Gangneung as strong winds and dry weather fanned a wildfire...
Pakistan-administered Kashmir’s PM sacked by court in contempt case
Reuters :Pakistan administered Kashmir’s Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas was sacked from his office by a court on Tuesday in a contempt case, the court...
Imran Khan’s PTI releases white paper marking one year of ruling party’s governance
Dawn.com :The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) launched a white paper on Sunday to mark the first year of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in power and...
China criticises Indian minister’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh
Reuters :China firmly opposes a visit by India’s home minister to Arunachal Pradesh and views his activities in the area as violating Beijing’s territorial sovereignty,...
UK royals unveil emoji, procession details for coronation
AFP :Britain’s royal family revealed new details Sunday about King Charles III’s coronation next month, including a new Twitter emoji based on the crown the...
Russian forces step up strikes on two key Ukrainian cities
Reuters :Russia’s forces kept up a barrage of attacks along the front concentrated in two Ukrainian cities in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s military reported,...
Plastic pollution is scourge of English coastal region
AFP :On an early spring afternoon, Tregantle Beach is bathed in a dazzling light reminiscent of a painting by British landscape artist JMW Turner as...
Pope appeals to Russians on Ukraine, decries Middle East violence, in Easter message
Reuters :Pope Francis appeared to ask Russians to seek the truth about their country’s invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message to the world on...