PTI, Beijing :China has successfully launched two navigation satellites, taking another step in building its own global positioning network to...
AFP :Sri Lanka’s ex-president and his intelligence chiefs should be prosecuted for failing to prevent suicide bombings two years ago on Easter Sunday that killed 279 people, according to an investigation released yesterday. Maithripala Sirisena, who left office last year, was found to have been negligent by an investigation he set up five months after the Islamic militant attacks on three hotels and three churches on April 21, 2019.It quickly emerged that Indian intelligence had warned Sri Lanka 17 days...
AFP, Ankara :Turkey on Friday said President Donald Trump intended to turn a “blind eye” to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s...
Reuters, Washington :US Navy warships, on two occasions in the past few days, have sailed near islands claimed by China...
Al Jazeera News :India’s Health Ministry has announced that some COVID-19 vaccines are likely to receive licences in the next...
BSS/Xinhua : Malaysia recorded 7,739 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the total tally to 4,333,557, according to the health ministry. They included 23 new imported cases and 7,716 local transmissions, data released on the ministry showed. Another 19 deaths have been reported from COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 35,311.The ministry reported 19,049 new recoveries, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients cured and discharged to 4,163,777 in the Southeast Asian country.There are currently 134,469 active cases...
BSS :A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the city of Delingha in northwest China’s Qinghai Province at 10:21 a.m. on Sunday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).The epicenter was monitored at 38.44 degrees north latitude and 97.37 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 8 km, the CENC said....
AFP, London :Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 92nd birthday on Saturday with a star-studded, Commonwealth-themed charity concert featuring Tom Jones,...
Al Jazeera :The leader of South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), is visiting Ukraine to see the damage and suffering caused as a result of Russia’s war.“I am in Ukraine to see for myself and to speak for my country. Someone must. It is strongly in South Africa’s interest to stand with the free world and come out hard against Russian aggression,” said John Steenhuisen in a Wednesday statementAccording to the statement, Steenhuisen is currently on a...
AFP, Riyadh :US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is to launch a fresh bid Sunday to ease a crisis between...
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday said she enjoyed the “full support” of her cabinet after a former chairman of her Conservative Party admitted he was behind a plot by around 30 MPs to urge her to resign.“What the country needs is calm leadership and that’s what I’m providing with the full support of my cabinet,” May told reporters in her constituency in Maidenhead, west of London.Grant Shapps, identified as the ringleader of the effort to oust May after...
Iran video shows test launch of cruise missileReuters, Dubai Iran unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,300 km (800 miles) on Saturday during celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, state television reported.“This cruise missile needs a very short time for its preparedness and can fly at a low altitude,” Defence Minister Amir Hatami said during the unveiling ceremony. Thai forest rangers train to tackle wildlife crimeAFP, Nakhon Nayok Camo-clad rangers ambush a camp in...