Al Jazeera: Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the transfer of Imran Khan, former prime minister and founder of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, from Rawalpindi’s Adiala prison to Islamabad’s Shifa International Hospital within two days, accepting a demand his party had been making for months. Uzair Bhandari, one of Khan’s lawyers, […]
𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 The People’s Democratic Party wishes to inform the public that the Hon’ble Speaker of the National Assembly, Lungten Dorji, has resigned from the Office of the Speaker. His Majesty The Druk Gyalpo has graciously accepted his resignation. The resignation was submitted in view of internal Party matters that require his attention and leadership. […]
BBC: Russia has accused the UK of “deliberately opting for an escalation of the Ukraine crisis” following confirmation that British-made drones had been used in strikes on targets in Russia. “In doing so, the United Kingdom is acting as an accomplice and co-perpetrator of the bloody crimes and terrorist attacks,” the Russian Embassy to the […]
BBC: A student at a Catholic junior high school in the southern Philippines was shot dead by a fellow student, who later took his own life, a local official said on Tuesday. The alleged shooter managed to sneak in a .45-calibre pistol into a classroom at the school in Zamboanga City, Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso […]
BBC: President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman – a US ally – if it “gets in the way” of his administration’s own talks with Iran, Fox News reports. The US and Oman have been negotiating separately with Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that is vital to the global economy. […]
BBC: Hawaii has been hit by flash floods and mudslides that have swept away homes after category one Hurricane Lala skirted Big Island, leaving one person dead in a car accident. More than 100 properties were uprooted from their foundations on Big Island, but Governor Josh Green said there “amazingly” did not seem to have […]
BBC: For most Indians, paying by Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has become almost absurdly routine. Scan a QR code, tap a few buttons and the money moves instantly. There is no card machine, no cash, and – most importantly – for the user, no visible fee. That may be about to change. India has paved the […]
BBC: Just three days after a 14-year-old opened fire at his school, killing eight people before shooting himself, another incident in the same province illustrated even more starkly Thailand’s troubled relationship with guns. Chalong Riewrang, a 71-year-old former politician, went into the local administration office to discuss a large sum of money he says he […]
BBC: At least seven people have been killed in Russia after what officials called the “largest-scale” attack launched by Ukraine this year. Some 822 drones were used – 600 aiming for Moscow, according to its regional governor who said the Russian capital had suffered “one of the most massive drone attacks in recent memory”. A […]
BBC: Rescue teams in Indonesia have been searching for survivors of Saturday’s major earthquake which left at least 47 people dead. The magnitude 7.7 quake struck the island of Flores shortly before 05:00 (22:00 GMT on Friday) and had a depth of 15km, Indonesia’s meteorology and geophysics agency stated. Preliminary reports indicate hundreds of buildings […]
BBC: Hawaii is bracing for what could be its first direct hit from a hurricane since 1992, as category one storm Lala churns off its coast. With wind speeds as high as 80mph (130km/h), Lala gained hurricane strength on Saturday. In a worst-case scenario, it could dump up to 25in (63cm) of rain on Big […]
BBC: Australia’s most populous state will launch a gun buyback scheme later this year, becoming the first to offer cash in exchange for firearms in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack. Gun owners in New South Wales (NSW) will be offered up to AUS$1,000 (£523) to hand over eligible handguns, shotguns and rifles […]