International

North Korea to reopen for tourism after five years

3 months ago

Air Koryo planes are lined up at the airport in Samjiyon, North Korea in this file photo. Getty Images. North Korea will reopen one city to foreign tourists in...

North Darfur’s remaining hospital risks closure as Sudan’s civil war intensifies

3 months ago

The last operating public hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur state is at risk of closure, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Wednesday, amid fierce fighting between the country’s rival military factions...

Rowling and Musk reportedly named in Khelif cyberbullying lawsuit

3 months ago

"I am fully qualified to take part in this competition," Khelif said after her win. Getty Images. Paris, August 14: Boxer Imane Khelif has filed a lawsuit over alleged...

Thai court dismisses PM for violating constitution

3 months 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

3 months 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

3 months 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

3 months 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

3 months 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

3 months 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’

3 months 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

3 months 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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months 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

3 months 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. ...