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7 soldiers killed in mine blast in SE Niger: army
Seven soldiers were killed on Friday after their vehicle hit a landmine in Niger's southeast Diffa region, where jihadist groups are active, according to an army statement broadcast on state radio
17 June 2023, 03:23 AM
Climate Change Disaster: UN chief slams ‘pitiful’ world response
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday the world is racing toward a climate change disaster, dismissing the current global response as woefully inadequate.
16 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Migrant crossings to EU doubled since early 2022
The number of migrant crossings through the central Mediterranean to the European Union “more than doubled” in 2023 compared with the same period last year, the EU’s Frontex agency said yesterday.
16 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Five foreign militants killed in J&K
Indian police said security forces killed five foreign militants early yesterday in a gunfight in Kashmir along the Line of Control (LOC), the defacto border with Pakistan in the Himalayan region.
16 June 2023, 18:00 PM
One million children displaced
The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than one million children including 270,000 in the Darfur region, the United Nations children’s agency said, warning many more were at “grave risk”.
16 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Hope fades for survivors
Greek rescuers yesterday scanned the Ionian Sea by air and boat for survivors of a migrant boat sinking, as hope faded of finding more people alive two days after the disaster.
16 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Putin says sent nuclear warheads to Belarus
President Vladimir Putin today confirmed Russia had sent nuclear arms to its ally Belarus which borders Ukraine.
16 June 2023, 15:55 PM
Black Sea grain deal can't be extended: Russia
Senior Russian officials today said the Black Sea grain deal could not be extended under current circumstances but that Moscow was working to ensure that poorer countries would not suffer food shortages when it ends.
16 June 2023, 14:55 PM
UNGA adopts resolution to establish memorial wall for fallen peacekeepers
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted by consensus a draft resolution piloted by India to establish a memorial wall in the UN headquarters to honour peacekeepers who laid down their lives on the line of duty
15 June 2023, 07:56 AM
TikTok's venture into e-commerce paying off: report
TikTok's nascent venture into online shopping is paying off, with its e-commerce affiliate gaining a substantial market share in Southeast Asia just a year after its launch, a report said Thursday.
15 June 2023, 06:25 AM
79 migrants drown as boat sinks off Greece
At least 79 migrants drowned early yesterday and hundreds more were feared dead or missing after their overloaded boat capsized and sank in open seas off Greece, in one of Europe’s deadliest shipping disasters.
14 June 2023, 18:00 PM
EU lawmakers approve plan
EU lawmakers yesterday voted to adopt a key text forming the basis of a future law regulating artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT,
14 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Dozens drown in deadliest migrant shipwreck off Greece this year
At least 59 migrants drowned early today and more were feared missing when their boat capsized and sank off Greece, the country's coast guard said.
14 June 2023, 11:22 AM
Influencers overtaking journalists as news source: report
TikTok influencers and celebrities are increasingly taking over from journalists as the main source of news for young people, according to a report published Wednesday by the Britain-based Reuters Institute
14 June 2023, 06:21 AM
Malaysia seeks Interpol help to track US comedian over MH370 joke
Malaysia will on Wednesday ask Interpol to help track down a US comedian, local media reported, after her joke about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 sparked fury and even an apology from Singapore
14 June 2023, 06:00 AM
Record 110 million people now forcibly displaced: UN
A record 110 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced from their homes, the United Nations said Wednesday, branding the huge upsurge an "indictment" of the world
14 June 2023, 03:26 AM
Over 100 dead in Nigeria river boat accident
More than 100 people have drowned in north central Nigeria after a boat carrying families returning from a wedding sank in a river, police and local authorities said on Tuesday
14 June 2023, 01:35 AM
UN chief proposes code to tackle ‘grave’ misinfo
Alarm over advancements in artificial intelligence must not obscure the “grave” harm already being done by digital platforms rife with misinformation, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday, as he proposed an international code of conduct.
13 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Ethnic Serbs clash with police
Police and ethnic Serbs clashed in the flashpoint city of Mitrovica in north Kosovo yesterday, as Prime Minister Albin Kurti introduced a new plan to defuse weeks of tensions.
13 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Seven die as cyclone barrels towards India, Pakistan
Four boys drowned in rough seas off the western Indian financial hub of Mumbai yesterday as India and Pakistan began evacuating people from coastal areas, two days before a cyclone is expected to make landfall.
13 June 2023, 18:00 PM