Thai court dismisses PM for violating constitution

1 year ago

Srettha Thavisin only became PM last August. EPA Bangkok, August 14: A Thai court has dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who...

The rape and murder of a doctor in hospital alarm India

1 year ago

Doctors are protesting against the rape and murder of a colleague in a government hospital in Kolkata Kolkata, August 14: Early on Friday morning, a 31-year-old female trainee doctor...

Japan set for new PM as Kishida bows out as party leader

1 year ago

Japan's prime minister Fumio Kishida is expected to step down in September Shaimaa Khalil & Kelly Ng, August 14: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not seek re-election as leader...

Iran rejects Western calls to refrain from attack on Israel

1 year ago

Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed during a visit to Tehran David Gritten, August 13: Iran has dismissed calls from the UK and other Western countries to refrain...

Ukraine claims to control 1,000 sq km of Russian territory

1 year ago

Gianluca Avagnina and Frank Gardner, August 13: Ukraine's top commander has said Kyiv's forces control 1,000 sq km of Russian territory as they press their biggest cross-border incursion in two-and-a-half years...

Trump and Musk talk about assassination attempt and deportations during glitchy chat on X

1 year ago

New York, August 13: Donald Trump recounted his assassination attempt in vivid detail and promised the largest deportation in U.S. history during a high-profile return to the social media platform...

Manila slammed for provocation, ‘ignoring China’s goodwill efforts’

1 year ago

Deng Xiaoci, August 12: The Philippines has continued to neglect China's goodwill efforts to calm tensions by sending a Philippine Air Force aircraft to illegally enter the airspace over China's...

How Musk and Trump put aside their differences

1 year ago

Mike Wendling, August 12: It certainly wasn't love at first sight. In fact, not so long ago they didn’t like each other very much. “I don’t hate the man,”...

US sends submarine to Middle East as tensions grow

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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Strait of Gibraltar, back in 2019 Francesca Gillett, August 12: The US has sent a guided missile submarine to the Middle East,...

Seven killed in stampede at temple in Bihar

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Patna, August 12: At least seven kanwariyas were killed and nine others injured in a stampede on the way to the Baba Siddheshwarnath Temple atop Barabar hills in Bihar’s Jehanabad...

Pilot killed as chopper crashes into Australian hotel

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Emergency services rushed to evacuate the hotel in Cairns Brisbane, August 12: A pilot has died after their helicopter crashed into the roof of a hotel in the northern...

‘Leve Palestina’: The 1970s song that became an antiwar anthem in Sweden

1 year ago

Gothenburg, Sweden, August 12: George Totari’s understated apartment is full of noise and life even in his retirement, as he sits surrounded by his daughter and grandchildren. Soft grey walls typical...

Kamala Harris says 'too many' civilian deaths in Gaza

1 year ago

By Sofia Ferreira Santos, August 11: US Vice-President Kamala Harris has condemned the loss of civilian life in an Israeli air strike against a school building in Gaza on Saturday. ...

Protecting women from deceitful men or criminalizing break-ups? A new law in India stirs debate

1 year ago

A man on a bicycle rides past a mural depicting a bride and a groom in New Delhi on August 31, 2020. By Samra Zulfaqar Men who deceitfully break...

Thousands protest in Serbia’s Belgrade against lithium mining project

1 year ago

People attend a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, against a lithium mining project in the Balkan country Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Serbian capital to...