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New Chinese foreign minister Wang talks Ukraine in Turkey on first trip
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed Ukraine with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara and met President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday during his first foreign trip since being appointed, a Turkish foreign ministry source said
27 July 2023, 05:17 AM
Niger soldiers claim to have overthrown president
Soldiers claim to have overthrown Niger's government following an apparent coup in the West African nation on Wednesday when members of the Presidential Guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum
27 July 2023, 04:53 AM
North Korea's Kim gives Russia defence minister tour of arms expo
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday, state media KCNA reported, giving him a tour of a defence expo featuring Pyongyang's banned ballistic missiles as both sides pledged to boost ties
27 July 2023, 03:26 AM
Blinken criticises China’s ‘problematic behaviour’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned of China’s “problematic behaviour” during a visit to the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Wednesday, citing Beijing’s militarisation of the South China Sea and what he called economic coercion.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Russia, North Korea to strengthen defence cooperation
Russia and North Korea plan to strengthen defence cooperation, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said yesterday after talks in Pyongyang with his North Korean counterpart.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM
51 pilot whales dead after beaching in Western Australia
More than 50 pilot whales have died hours after stranding themselves on a beach in Western Australia, with authorities saying Wednesday they are scrambling to save dozens more
26 July 2023, 05:25 AM
Three people die in Greece as wildfires rage
Raging wildfires in Greece turned deadly Tuesday when a firefighting plane crashed, killing two pilots, and a third person was found dead as relentless heatwaves fuelled flames
26 July 2023, 03:34 AM
The Maldives CEC sacked before polls
The Maldives Election Commission has sacked its chief ahead of presidential polls in September, an official said Monday, triggering opposition fears it would be able to hold a free and fair vote.
25 July 2023, 18:00 PM
The Philippines, China, Taiwan gear up for Doksuri
Super Typhoon Doksuri rolled toward the northern Philippines yesterday with maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour (115 miles per hour), prompting evacuation orders for coastal areas.
25 July 2023, 18:00 PM
16 killed in Khartoum air, artillery strikes
Air strikes and artillery barrages from Sudan’s warring generals killed at least 16 people in a Khartoum neighbourhood yesterday.
25 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Current heatwave ‘impossible’ without climate change: study
Blistering heat that has baked swathes of North America and Europe this month would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused climate change, researchers said yesterday, as intense temperatures spark health alerts and stoke ferocious wildfires.
25 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Singapore to execute first woman in nearly 20 years
Singapore is set to hang two drug convicts this week, including the first woman to be sent to the gallows in nearly 20 years, rights groups said yesterday, while urging the executions be halted.
25 July 2023, 18:00 PM
16 killed as homes hit in Khartoum air, artillery strikes
Air strikes and artillery barrages from Sudan's warring generals killed at least 16 people in a Khartoum neighbourhood on Tuesday, a neighbourhood group reported
25 July 2023, 16:28 PM
Three Palestinians killed by Israel troops
Israeli troops killed three Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday, the Palestinian health ministry said
25 July 2023, 07:06 AM
Death toll rises to 37 in Cameroon building collapse
The death toll from a building collapse in Cameroon's business hub Douala rose to 37 on Monday, as neighbours recalled the structure's "failings" and "cracks", fearing more bodies lie under the ruins
25 July 2023, 03:07 AM
Thunberg fined for disobeying cops
Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was fined yesterday for disobeying police at a rally last month, but said she acted out of necessity due to the climate crisis.
24 July 2023, 18:00 PM
15 killed as boat sinks in Indonesia
At least 15 people were killed yesterday after a wooden boat sank off the coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, search and rescue officials said, adding that all missing passengers had been accounted for.
24 July 2023, 18:00 PM
North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast late yesterday, South Korea’s military said, hours after a US nuclear-powered submarine arrived at a naval base in the South.
24 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Minister’s house attacked again
A federal Indian minister’s house in Manipur’s capital Imphal was attacked today for the second time in two months as ethnic protests continue in the Indian state .
24 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Nine killed in civilian plane crash in Sudan, as war-hit capital left hungry
Nine people, including four soldiers, were killed Sunday evening when a civilian plane crashed in Sudan due to "technical" reasons, the army said, as the war in the east African country entered its 100th day
24 July 2023, 02:38 AM