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Australia: PM-elect Anthony Albanese wants to ‘end climate wars’
Canberra: Australia’s incoming Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he wants to improve Australia’s image abroad after ousting conservative Scott Morrison.
Climate change played a pivotal role in the Saturday vote, with voters…
Australian prime minister concedes defeat in election
Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he had conceded defeat in a national election on Saturday, saying that while vote counting was incomplete the opposition Labor party looked likely to form a government.
“Tonight I…
Biden signs USD 40B for Ukraine assistance during Asia trip
Seoul: President Biden on Saturday signed legislation to support Ukraine with another USD 40 billion in U.S. assistance as the Russian invasion approaches its fourth month.
The legislation, which was passed by Congress with bipartisan…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen militant during clash, group says
Israeli forces shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian militant in clashes in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group said.
The Israeli military said Palestinian suspects fired on its…
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka lifts state of emergency as law and order situation improves
Colombo:The state of emergency in Sri Lanka has been lifted with effect from Saturday after the government decided not to present the Emergency Regulations in Parliament for approval with the improvement of the law and order situation in…
Rights groups urge FIFA to earmark $440mln for Qatar migrant workers
Amnesty International and other rights groups have called on FIFA to set aside $440 million to compensate migrant workers in Qatar for “human rights abuses” during preparations for the 2022 World Cup.
In a letter to FIFA President Gianni…
Police: Chicago shooting leaves 2 people dead, 8 wounded
Two people are dead and another eight wounded following a shooting near a fast food restaurant in Chicago that sent bystanders scattering, authorities said.
The shooting happened about 10:40 pm Thursday near a McDonald’s on the city’s…
German parliament OKs 3 months of cheaper public transport
Germany’s parliament gave final clearance Friday to a plan that will allow people to use local transport across the country for just 9 euros ($9.50) per month this summer, a plan that has drawn praise but also plenty of criticism. The…
Finland says Russia suspending natural gas supplies
Russia will cut off natural gas to Finland after the Nordic country that applied for NATO membership this week refused President Vladimir Putin’s demand to pay in rubles, the Finnish state-owned energy company said Friday, the latest…
Russia Ukraine War Updates: Moscow claims to have taken full control of Mariupol, shifts focus to…
Russia Ukraine War Live, Mariupol Fall to Russia: Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine, after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port…
WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases cross 100 in Europe
The World Health Organization was due to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more common to west and central Africa, after more than 100 cases were confirmed or suspected in…
MEA: Two bridges built by China in Pangong area occupied illegally
CONFIRMING REPORTS of a second bridge being built by China across the Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday that “both these bridges are in areas that have continued to be under the illegal…
Silence from Kyiv as Russia claims more than 1,700 surrender in Mariupol
Moscow said on Thursday that 1,730 Ukrainian fighters had surrendered in Mariupol over three days, including 771 in the past 24 hours, claiming a surrender on a far bigger scale than Kyiv has acknowledged since ordering its garrison to…
‘Mujib – The Making of a Nation’ trailer released at Cannes
Cannes: A 90-second trailer of the much-awaited 'Mujib– The Making of a Nation', an India -Bangladesh co-production feature film directed by Shyam Benegal, was released at the Cannes film festival today. Union Minister of Information…
Sri Lankan armed forces ended civil war with LTTE through ‘humanitarian operation’: Prez Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has praised the country’s military for ending the conflict with the LTTE in 2009 and ushering in peace through a “humanitarian operation”, saying there was “no hatred, anger or revenge” involved in…
Afghan Taliban order women TV anchors to cover their faces
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all female presenters on TV channels to cover their faces on air, the country’s biggest media outlet said Thursday.
The order came in a statement from the Taliban’s Virtue and Vice Ministry, tasked…
UKRAINE: Game on For National Interests
Jaipur/Chandigarh: It gives me great pride as an Indian to say that India is the only country in the world that liberated Bangladesh with surrender of fully armed one Lakh Pakistani troops in just 14 days. Even superpowers have failed to do…
Lankan Parliament defeats no-trust motion against Gotabaya
COLOMBO: A no-confidence motion tabled by the Opposition against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was defeated in Parliament on Tuesday, in a comfortable win for the embattled President amidst nationwide protests demanding his…
Spain, Morocco reopen land border crossings as ties improve
MADRID: The land borders between Spain and Morocco at Ceuta and Melilla, Spain's North African enclave cities, have begun to reopen after being closed for just over two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic and later a diplomatic crisis…
NATO conducts big military exercises in Baltic region
Brussels: NATO began one of the biggest-ever military exercises in the Baltics, BBC reported on Monday. The exercise called "Hedgehog", involves 10 countries, including Finland and Sweden, which have announced them decisions to formally…
