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Suspected suicide bombing at Indonesian church: Two killed, 14 wounded
Two suspected suicide bombers attacked a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar yesterday, wounding fourteen people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, officials said.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Sandstorm hits Beijing again
The Chinese capital Beijing woke up yesterday morning shrouded in thick dust carrying extremely high levels of hazardous particles, as a second
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Saudi-led coalition destroys Houthi rigged boats, drones
The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Houthi forces has destroyed two explosive-laden boats that the Iran-aligned group planned to use in an
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Indian President Kovind to undergo bypass procedure
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind will undergo a planned bypass procedure at AIIMS tomorrow, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said, adding that his health is
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM
China sanctions US, Canada bodies over Xinjiang
China yesterday imposed sanctions against two American religious rights officials and one Canadian lawmaker in response to sanctions imposed by
27 March 2021, 18:00 PM
More than 13,000 flee violence in Colombia: UN
More than 13,000 civilians in Colombia have had to flee clashes between armed groups and government forces this year as violence once again flares
27 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Taliban takeover of Afghanistan possible!
US intelligence agencies have told the Biden administration that the Taliban could overrun most of Afghanistan within two to three years if US troops
27 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden suggests rival plan to China’s ‘Belt and Road’
US President Joe Biden has suggested founding an initiative from “democratic” countries to rival China’s trillion-dollar Belt and Road infrastructure initiative as tensions spike between the Asian power and Western nations.
27 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Cities worldwide turn off their lights to mark Earth Hour
Cities around the world were turning off their lights yesterday for Earth Hour, with this year’s event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like Covid-19.
27 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Iran, China sign landmark 25-year cooperation agreement
Foreign ministers from China and Iran, which are both subject to US sanctions, signed a landmark 25-year cooperation agreement yesterday.
27 March 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Why shouldn’t your visa be cancelled?’
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of violating the Election Commission of India’s model
27 March 2021, 18:00 PM
N Korea slams US ‘provocation’
North Korea yesterday threatened a further military build-up in response to Joe Biden’s condemnation of this week’s missile launches, a weapons test that marked Pyongyang’s first substantive provocation since the US president took office.
27 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Pfizer begins Covid vaccine trial in young children
Pfizer said Thursday it had begun clinical trials for its Covid vaccine in children under the age of eleven, an early sign of the next stage of the global
26 March 2021, 18:00 PM
UK slams China sanctions
Britain’s prime minister accused China of “gross rights violations” against the Muslim Uighur minority yesterday after Beijing aimed sanctions at UK
26 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Tugs, dredgers try to free Ever Given
Tugboats and dredgers were working yesterday to free a giant container ship blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fourth day, forcing companies to re-route services from the vital shipping lane around Africa.
26 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Coup in Myanmar: Four more protesters killed
Myanmar security forces shot dead four pro-democracy protesters yesterday, witnesses and local media reports said, as activist leaders called for a huge show of defiance to the ruling military junta on the country’s Armed Forces Day today.
26 March 2021, 18:00 PM
China will not surpass US
US President Joe Biden on Thursday said he would prevent China from passing the United States to become the most powerful country in the world, vowing to invest heavily to ensure America prevails in the rivalry between the world’s two largest economies.
26 March 2021, 18:00 PM
UN investigator criticises Saudi ‘bully-boy tactics’
A UN rights expert yesterday accused Saudi Arabia of bullying after a top official allegedly threatened her life following her probe into journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 murder.
26 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Spain police bust suspected al-Qaeda finance ring
Spanish police said Thursday they had dismantled a ring suspected of financing Al-Qaeda and arrested three men, including the top representative of
26 March 2021, 18:00 PM
NYT digital ‘NFT’ article sells for $563,000
A New York Times columnist on Thursday sold one of his articles in digital form for $563,000, the latest example of the craze surrounding “non
26 March 2021, 18:00 PM