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Thailand police rescue 59 Rohingya refugees abandoned on southern island
Bangkok: Thailand had rescued 59 Rohingya refugees, including children, from an island who had been abandoned by people smugglers on an island close to the Malaysian border, police said on Sunday.
The Rohingya – 31 men, 23 women, and…
Gunmen kill worshippers during church service in Nigeria
Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria’s Ondo state during mass on Sunday, killing several people, local media reported.
A doctor at a hospital in Owo, a town in the state in Nigeria’s southwest, told Reuters that…
South Korea, US stage military drills
Seoul: South Korea and the United States held their first combined military exercises involving an American aircraft carrier in more than four years, Seoul’s military said on Saturday.
The three-day drills which took place in international…
Japanese Princess Yuriko turns 99
Tokyo: Japan’s Princess Yuriko is marking her 99th birthday on Saturday, although there will be no celebratory ceremony due to coronavirus concerns, Japanese media report.
Nippon TV said on Saturday that Princess Yuriko, aunt of Emperor…
Western sanctions against Russia to bring end to US hegemony: Sen. Chavez
Caracas: US and EU sanctions against Russia are accelerating the transition to a multipolar world without US and dollar hegemony, Venezuelan lawmaker Julio Chavez said on Friday in an interview with Sputnik.
"Sanctions are far from…
5.6-magnitude earthquake rattles southern Philippines
Manila: An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 rattled Surigao del Sur province in southern Philippines before dawn on Friday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
The institute said the quake,…
Turkey changes its name in UN documents to Turkiye
United Nations: The UN has granted Turkey's request to change the name of the republic in all official documents, the UN Secretary General's spokesman Stephane Dujarric told Sputnik."Effective immediately, the Republic of Turkey has been…
Fresh Shooting in Tulsa Oklahoma hospital campus leaves 5 dead
Washington: A shooting at a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma has left five dead including the gunman, a police official told reporters.
Earlier, police responded to an active shooting situation at St. Francis hospital campus in Tulsa.…
Poland, Baltic states want more US troops in Europe
Washington: The governments of Poland and the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania would like to see a larger number of US troops stationed in Europe but the Biden administration has no plans to increase the current figure…
US Speaker’s husband arrested over drink driving
Washington: US Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, has been arrested for driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol content level of 0.08 or higher, media reported on Monday.
The arrest was made just before…
Serbia agrees to buy Russian gas for 3 years
Belgrade: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Sunday that he had agreed a new three-year gas supply contract in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Khaleej Times reported.
Vucic said that “I can not speak about…
Nepal pvt. airplane missing in Dhaulagiri Mountain range
Kathmandu: The Nepal Army said they would resume search and rescue operations on Monday morning in the Dhaulagiri Mountain range for the Tara Air Twin Otter plane that is believed to have crashed in cloudy weather with 22 people onboard,…
Ukrainian President Zelensky visits frontline in Kharkiv
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday visited the frontline positions of the Ukrainian military during a working trip to the eastern city of Kharkiv, the presidential press service reported.
During his visit, the president…
Russia tests another Tsirkon hypersonic missile
Moscow: Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from the Barents Sea on Saturday, Russia's Defence Ministry said.
The missile hit a naval target about 1,000 km away in the White Sea and…
Swedish film ‘Triangle of Sadness’ wins Palme d’Or at Cannes
Cannes: Swedish director Ruben Östlund on Saturday won his second Palme d'Or for his satirical comedy, 'Triangle of Sadness', a riveting story of two models marooned on a remote island with a group of billionaires, at the 75th Cannes film…
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan booked for ‘riots’ during protest march in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police on Thursday registered a case against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan in connection with the riots that occurred during his Azadi March in Islamabad on Wednesday.…
Lankan envoy meets Sitharaman; raises need for bridge financing
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda on Friday met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and explored the possibility of India increasing its financial assistance to the island nation to help it deal with its severe…
NY City to teach Asian American history in public schools
New York: Officials of New York City, the largest city in the United States, have announced that public schools in the city would teach Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) heritage starting from this fall, with an eye on reducing…
Biden to attend summit of Americas to be held in California in June
Washington: US Prescient Joe Biden will take part at the Summit of the Americas scheduled for the beginning of next month in California, the White House announced in a release on Friday.
"On Wednesday, June 8, the President and the First…
Immigration attempt thwarted by Sri Lankan Navy
COLOMBO: The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) has thwarted an illegal migration attempt by making an arrest of 67 individuals during a special operation conducted in the Sallisampaltivu and Trincomalee sea on Monday night.
A group of naval personnel…
