ABC News: THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ukraine’s international allies filed into the United Nations’ top court on Wednesday to support Kyiv’s case against Russia that alleges Moscow twisted the genocide convention to manufacture a pretext for its invasion last year. The hearing came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the U.N. General Assembly […]
BBC News: India has issued an advisory urging its citizens travelling to or living in Canada to “exercise utmost caution”. The advisory comes a day after tensions escalated between the countries with each expelling a diplomat from the other side. Canada said it was investigating “credible allegations” linking the Indian state with the killing of […]
CNN News: China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made the remarks in an interview […]
NDTV News: Washington: Joe Biden, America’s oldest ever president, said Monday he understood a focus on his age but that he was running for re-election because Donald Trump wanted to “destroy” US democracy. The 80-year-old usually avoids the age issue but addressed it during a fundraiser at a Broadway theatre in New York, saying his […]
BBC News: Military officials have found the debris of an F-35 military jet that went missing after the pilot ejected over South Carolina. The debris of the $100m (£80m) plane – which disappeared on Sunday afternoon – was discovered in rural Williamsburg County, said authorities. The pilot ejected from the cockpit and parachuted to safety […]
BBC News: Last month, India made history when it became the first country to land a lunar mission near the Moon’s south pole. Chandrayaan-3’s lander and rover – called Vikram and Pragyaan – spent about 10 days in the region, gathering data and images to be sent back to Earth for analysis. Earlier this month, […]
BBC News: The return of $6bn (£4.8bn) of Iranian funds frozen in South Korea as part of a controversial prisoner swap has provoked a backlash from critics who say the money will be used to promote terrorism and harm America’s interests. The money was transferred as part of a deal that saw five dual US-Iranian […]
CNN: United Nations – After thousands of speeches, meetings, and receptions next week at the UNGA summit, the United Nations is prepared to announce World Peace at the end of the global event — err, no. If only. The truth is, topics at the two-week summit appear more numerous, volatile and hard-to-solve than before any other […]
CNN: Taiwan’s defense ministry has urged Beijing to stop its “persistent military harassment,” after it detected more than 100 Chinese warplanes close to the island in a 24-hour span between Sunday and Monday. The number of warplanes recorded posed “severe challenges to the Taiwan Strait and regional safety,” the ministry said in a statement. According […]
BBC News: The US military has asked for the public’s help to try and locate one of its F-35 fighter jets after the pilot ejected from the aircraft. It went missing on Sunday afternoon when the pilot was flying over the southern state of South Carolina. The pilot, who has not been named, ejected and […]
BBC News: China’s top diplomat Wang Yi is visiting Russia for security talks, as Moscow seeks continued support for its war on Ukraine. A close ally of Moscow, Beijing is accused of supporting Russia indirectly during the war, which it denies. His visit comes after Vladimir Putin’s meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un that […]
BBC News: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid tribute to the country’s British-era parliament ahead of a move to a new building. He was speaking at the beginning of a five-day special parliament session that has been called by his government. On Tuesday, the session will shift to the new building after an event […]
