Press Release: Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay will make an official visit to India from 14-18 March 2024 at the invitation of H.E. Mr. Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. The Prime Minister will be accompanied by Aum Tashi Doma; H.E. Mr. D.N. Dhungyel, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade; H.E. Mr. Gem […]
CNN: A deadly suspected gas explosion ripped through a residential neighborhood in northern China on Wednesday, leaving a scene of devastation. The powerful blast occurred just before 8 a.m. at a ground-floor restaurant in a residential area of Sanhe city, Hebei province, east of the capital Beijing, state broadcaster CCTV said. It killed at least […]
BBC News: US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump have both passed the delegate thresholds to clinch their parties’ nominations for the election in November. Four states, one American territory and Democrats living abroad held their primaries on Tuesday. The result means US voters face a rematch of the 2020 presidential election in […]
BBC News: Starvation is being used as a weapon of war in Gaza, the EU’s foreign policy chief has claimed. Josep Borrell described the lack of aid entering the territory as a “manmade” disaster. A Spanish ship carrying desperately needed food supplies has left Cyprus for Gaza, but the UN says this cannot replace the […]
BBC News: The US will send $300m (£234m) in military weapons to Ukraine, including ammunition, rockets and anti-aircraft missiles, the White House has said. The surprise announcement comes as a bill in Congress to send further aid to Ukraine stalls amid partisan debate. The US shipment, the first in nearly three months, is intended to […]
BBC News: Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign following weeks of mounting pressure and increasing violence in the impoverished country. It comes after regional leaders met in Jamaica on Monday to discuss a political transition in Haiti. Mr Henry is currently stranded in Puerto Rico after being prevented by armed gangs from […]
BBC News: It was a dark night when the attack happened. Ukrainian drones were approaching fast through the water. By the time the crew of the Russian patrol ship Sergey Kotov saw them, it was too late. Russian sailors opened fire with heavy machine guns, but their ship was hit and destroyed. Ukrainian sea drones […]
BBC News: India’s government has announced plans to enact a controversial citizenship law that has been criticised for being anti-Muslim. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will allow non-Muslim religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to seek citizenship. The authorities say it will help those facing persecution. The law was passed in 2019 – sparking […]
BBC News: Authorities in Hawaii are investigating the apparent murder-suicide of a family of five, including three children in a Honolulu home. The father, who has not been identified, is believed to have stabbed to death his wife and three children – aged 10, 12 and 17 – before taking his own life, police said. […]
Al Jazeera: Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 26 people on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Giving the update on Monday, officials reported that 11 others are missing, and warned that the casualty count could rise. Rescuers have recovered more bodies as the waters recede following flash floods and landslides caused by torrential […]
BBC News: The bodies of five missing skiers have been found in the Swiss Alps, police have said. Local authorities are still searching for a sixth person. A huge search and rescue operation was launched on Saturday after the group went missing near the 3,706m high Tete Blanche mountain. They had set off from Zermatt, […]
BBC News: A ship carrying humanitarian aid, that was expected to depart for Gaza on Sunday, is still docked in Cyprus. A charity leading the mission told the BBC it is “a quickly evolving and fluid situation”, but hopes the ship, Open Arms, will set sail soon. On Sunday evening, the sighting of the new […]