Israeli forces kill 2 in West Bank gun battle: Palestine
Nablus (West Bank): Israeli troops and special forces on an arrest mission exchanged fire with Palestinians barricaded in a house in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli police said. The local rescue service said two Palestinians were killed. Israeli police said a number of armed Palestinians were killed during the hours-long battle deep inside […]
Milley: China more aggressive, dangerous to US, allies
Jakarta: The Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years, the top US military officer said during a trip to the Indo-Pacific that included a stop Sunday in Indonesia. Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the number of intercepts by Chinese aircraft and ships […]
Russia hits Ukraine’s Black Sea port in wake of grain deal
Kyiv: Russian missiles hit Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa hours after Moscow and Kyiv signed deals to allow grain exports to resume from there. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denounced Saturday’s strike as “spit in the face” of Turkey and the United Nations, which brokered the agreements. Two Russian Kalibr cruise missiles hit the port’s […]
India, six others vote against resolution to grant UN accreditation to 6 rights groups
United Nations: India along with six others has voted against a draft resolution presented by the US that recommended six human rights groups, which have been blocked for years in the United Nations’ NGO Committee, be granted special consultative status at the UN Economic and Social Council. At the meeting of the 54-member Economic and […]
Ukraine, Russia set to sign deal on resuming grain exports
Istanbul: Russia and Ukraine were expected to sign separate agreements with Turkey and the UN on Friday that would allow Ukraine to resume grain shipments to world markets and Russia to export grain and fertilisers, ending a standoff that threatened world food security while the two countries are at war in Ukraine. Ukrainian and Russian […]
Japan warns of rising global tension, Russia-China arms ties
Tokyo: Japan warned of escalating national security threats stemming from Russia’s war on Ukraine and China’s tensions with Taiwan in an annual defence paper issued Friday, as Japan tries to bolster its military capability and spending. The annual defence white paper, approved by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet on Friday, highlights the need for Japan’s […]
EU imposes more sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine invasion
Brussels: The European Union imposed more sanctions on Russia on Thursday over the war in Ukraine after the bloc’s member states backed a series of measures that would include gold imports and tighten export controls on some high-technology goods. European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said that the “reinforced, prolonged EU sanctions against the Kremlin” […]
Sri Lanka’s economic collapse needs immediate global attention: UN experts
United Nations: Sri Lanka’s economic collapse needs immediate global attention, not just from humanitarian agencies, but also from international financial institutions and other countries who must come to the bankrupt country’s aid, according to UN human rights experts. The independent UN experts on Wednesday expressed alarm over record high inflation, rising commodity prices, power shortages, […]
Russia pounds major Ukrainian city after expanding war aims
Kharkiv (Ukraine): Russian shelling pounded a densely populated area in Ukraine’s second-largest city Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 21 with a barrage that struck a mosque, a medical facility and a shopping area, according to officials and witnesses at the scene. Police in the northeast city of Kharkiv said cluster […]
Rishi Sunak vows to work ‘night and day’ in campaign to be UK PM
London: Former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed to work “night and day” as he began the last leg of his campaign on Thursday to win over the Conservative Party membership after winning a solid mandate from the Tory parliamentary party, which chose him and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as the finalists in the race […]
