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UN warns of rise in violence in Rakhine
The United Nations human rights office yesterday warned there was a risk of a serious rise in violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where it received “frightening and disturbing reports” of the killing of Rohingya people and the burning of their property.
24 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Ship targeted by ‘missile’ attack off Yemen
A missile attack targeted a commercial vessel transiting southwest of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah without causing any damage or casualties, maritime security firms said yesterday.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Stop harassing my old and ailing parents’
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday questioned the rationale behind what he perceives as targeting his elderly and ailing parents in the connection with Swati Maliwal assault case.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
China holds war games around Taiwan
China yesterday encircled Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in war games, as it vowed the blood of “independence forces” on the self-ruled island would flow.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Rakhine State: UN probing displacement of thousands
UN war crimes investigators said yesterday they were tracking the escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State, and were probing reports that thousands from a persecuted minority had been displaced.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Scientists say they can make zero-emission cement
Researchers on Wednesday said they were a step closer to solving one of the trickiest problems in tackling climate change -- how to keep making cement despite its enormous carbon footprint.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
UK parties hit campaign trail as polls battle starts
UK political leaders kicked off six weeks of campaigning yesterday, firing the first angry shots in their electoral battle before the country votes for a new government on July 4.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Univ heads to testify before US House committee
The heads of three universities and an academic honor society were due to testify yesterday to the US House Committee on Education and the Workforce about universities’ handling of pro-Palestinian protests.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Heatwave in Pakistan disrupts education
Half of Pakistan’s pupils will be shut out of schools for a week as the nation takes crisis measures to lessen the effect of a series of heatwaves, officials said yesterday.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia passes decree to allow seizure of US assets
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a decree allowing the confiscation of assets inside Russia belonging to the United States, its citizens and companies, to compensate those hit by Western sanctions against Moscow.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Nigeria troops rescue 64 kidnap victims, says official
Nigeria troops have rescued 64 women and children kidnapped by criminal gangs weeks ago in Zamfara state, a government spokesman said yesterday.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Rohingyas in Rakhine: Arakan Army ‘forcibly displaced thousands’
Rohingya activists accused a Myanmar ethnic armed group on Wednesday of displacing thousands of the Rohingyas in western Rakhine state, after the United States said it was troubled by increasing violence.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Half of mangrove ecosystems at risk
Half of the world’s mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse due to climate change, deforestation and pollution, according to a study published yesterday.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM
China announces sanctions on US defence firms
China said yesterday it would impose sanctions on a number of US defence firms and several executives over Washington’s “economic coercion” against Chinese companies and its sales of arms to Taiwan.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM
BJP will win 305 seats
The BJP will win 305 (+/- 10) seats in India’s Lok Sabha election, American political scientist and global political risk consultant Ian Bremmer told NDTV Profit in an exclusive interview Tuesday.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM
20 people in ICU after turbulent flight
Twenty people were in intensive care in Bangkok hospitals yesterday after a terrifying high-altitude plunge on a flight from London during which an elderly passenger died and more than 100 were injured.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Iranian official reveals more details of Raisi’s copter crash
Iran’s presidential chief of staff has revealed more details about a helicopter crash in northwest of the country over the weekend which led to the martyrdom of president Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and two top local officials in the province of East Azerbaijan.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Nepal sherpa scales Everest for record 30th time
A Nepali sherpa guide scaled the summit of Mount Everest for a record 30th time yesterday, an official said, while two climbers went missing while descending from the world’s tallest peak.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia ‘launched’ space weapon in path of US satellite: Pentagon
Russia has launched a likely space weapon and deployed it in the same orbit as a US government satellite, the Pentagon said.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM
North Gaza hospitals barely operational
North Gaza’s last two functioning hospitals, Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan, are barely operational, doctors and the World Health Organization said Tuesday with the Israel’s offensive in Gaza now in its eighth month.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM