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Japan warns against 'escalation' on Korean peninsula
The North blew up the roads and railways on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, adding it had conducted a "counter-fire" operation in response.
16 October 2024, 04:16 AM
Harris mocks Trump after rally turns into bizarre dance-a-thon
Three weeks ahead of the US election, Harris's campaign has begun to focus aggressively on Trump's health and mental stability, and was quick to weigh in, saying the ex-president appeared "lost, confused, and frozen on stage."
16 October 2024, 04:12 AM
Myanmar ties China with lowest internet freedom: study
The further deterioration in Myanmar, a Beijing ally where the military seized power in 2021, marks the first time in a decade that any country has matched China for a low score in the Freedom on the Net report.
16 October 2024, 04:05 AM
India to buy 31 armed drones from US
India yesterday signed a deal with the US State Department to buy 31 armed MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) drones, the South Asian nation’s defence ministry said.
15 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Armed group claims capture of another town
Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic armed group have seized another town along a strategic highway to China, the group and a resident said, in the latest setback for the embattled junta.
15 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Hezbollah aims to inflict pain on Israel
Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general Naim Qassem said yesterday his group has adopted “a new calculation” to inflict pain on Israel, even as he called for a ceasefire.
15 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Two TV channels stop showing living things
At least two TV channels in a northern Afghan province stopped showing images of living beings during their broadcasts, journalists told AFP yesterday, in line with orders from morality police.
15 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Indian FM in Pakistan on rare visit
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrived in Pakistan yesterday in the first such visit in almost a decade for a meeting of governments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), with the capital city under tight lockdown.
15 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Cash-strapped Maldives slashes govt appointees
The Maldives president has sacked more than 225 political appointees, including ministers, in a bid to reduce the cash-strapped Indian Ocean nation’s expenditure, his office said yesterday.
15 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Delhi’s actions ‘unacceptable’
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday accused India of making a “fundamental error,” as an escalating row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil last year saw both countries expel each other’s ambassadors.
15 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel kills at least 40 in Gaza, tanks deepen raid in the north
The operation has raised concerns among Palestinians and U.N. agencies that Israel wants to clear residents from the north of the crowded enclave, a charge it has denied.
15 October 2024, 08:40 AM
Israel strikes Lebanon after Netanyahu vows no mercy for Hezbollah
Hezbollah said its "fighters clashed with" Israeli troops Tuesday who were trying to infiltrate on the outskirts of Rab Tlatin village.
15 October 2024, 04:46 AM
North Korea blows up roads connecting it to the South
The roads and railways have long been shuttered, but destroying them sends a clear message that Kim is not prepared to negotiate with the South, experts said.
15 October 2024, 04:28 AM
Trudeau slams India as tensions soar over Sikh separatist's murder
A grave Trudeau branded New Delhi's actions as "unacceptable" during a press conference in Ottawa on the diplomatic expulsions, which saw tensions reach a new height after the 2023 murder of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
15 October 2024, 04:16 AM
After recalling envoy, India expels 6 Canadian diplomats
India today expelled six senior Canadian diplomats after announcing its decision to withdraw its High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma and other "targeted" diplomats and officials in Canada
14 October 2024, 19:35 PM
India to recall top envoy to Canada
India said yesterday it was withdrawing its envoy to Canada because Ottawa was investigating him and other diplomats as “persons of interest”, after the killing last year of a Sikh separatist leader.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM
US deploying anti-missile system, troops to Israel
The Pentagon said Sunday it will deploy a high-altitude anti-missile system and its US military crew to Israel to help the ally protect itself from potential Iranian missile attacks.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Taliban vow to enforce media ban
Afghanistan’s Taliban morality ministry yesterday pledged to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel steps up military pressure in north Gaza
Palestinian medics said yesterday that at least 10 people were killed and 30 injured by Israeli tank shells that hit a food distribution centre in northern Gaza’s Jabalia, with casualties including women and children.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM
India withdraws high commissioner, diplomats from Canada
'We have no faith in the current Canadian government's commitment to ensure their security. Therefore, the government of India has decided to withdraw the High Commissioner and other targeted diplomats and officials,' says the Indian Ministry of External Affairs
14 October 2024, 14:52 PM