US announces $1.1b arms package for Taiwan
BSS :The United States on Friday announced a new $1.1 billion package of arms to Taiwan, in a new bid to boost its defenses amid...
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Russia says US yet to issue visas to delegation for UN summit
BSS :Russia has expressed “alarm” to the UN’s secretary-general that the US has yet to issue visas to its delegation for attending a General Assembly...
Former Kyrgyzstan president named UN envoy to Afghanistan
BSS :United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named former Kyrgyzstan President Roza Otunbayeva as the UN’s new special representative for Afghanistan, his office announced on...
19 killed, 1,256 injured in rain spells across Pakistan in 24 hours
BSS :At least 19 people had been killed and 1,256 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods and other rain-related accidents in the last...
Wildfire rages as California bakes under heat dome
BSS :Hundreds of firefighters endured triple-digit temperatures on Thursday battling against a wildfire along a major highway, as the western United States bakes under a...
Bankrupt Sri Lanka’s deposed president ‘to return home’
BSS :Bankrupt Sri Lanka’s deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to end his self-imposed exile in Thailand and return home on Saturday, a top...
US says latest Iran response on nuclear deal ‘not constructive’
BSS :The United States said on Thursday that it had received a new response from Iran on reviving a nuclear deal but that it was...
18 killed in Afghan mosque blast: Herat official
BSS :A bomb blast on Friday at one of the biggest mosques in western Afghanistan killed 18 people including its influential imam, an official said.“Eighteen...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro rejects graft claims a month before election
BSS :Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed Thursday to be under attack from the media as he brushed aside allegations of corruption leveled against his family...
Three dead of mystery pneumonia in Argentina, six others ill
BSS :A third person has died this week in Argentina from a type of pneumonia of unknown origin, with the fatalities thus far limited to...
Two Palestinians killed in West Bank clashes: Palestinian ministry
BSS :Two Palestinians were killed on Thursday in separate clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.It said...
Russia says Kyiv deployed ‘saboteurs’ near Ukraine nuclear plant
BSS :Russia accused Ukraine of deploying up to 60 “saboteurs” to Europe’s biggest nuclear plant on Thursday just ahead of a visit by UN inspectors...