BBC News: Eight people including several Chinese nationals have died after a cargo ship sank in Japan’s waters, say Chinese authorities. Rescue workers have been searching for survivors since the Jin Tian went down on Tuesday evening. Multiple vessels and aircraft from Japan’s coast guard and military, South Korea’s coast guard, and private ships have […]
BBC News: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan has opened to huge fanfare and enthusiastic reviews in India. The much-awaited spy thriller marks Khan’s grand return to the big screen after a four-year hiatus. Analysts say the film, which released on Wednesday, is already on track to become the first big hit of 2023. Some […]
BBC News: Nine Palestinians, including an elderly woman, have been killed in an Israeli military raid in the occupied West bank, Palestinian officials say. The Palestinian health minister warned that the situation was “critical” in Jenin, with many other people injured and ambulances unable to reach them. The children’s ward of a local hospital was […]
NDTV News: As India marks its 74th Republic Day on Thursday, security has been increased across the national capital to ensure a peaceful celebration of the event. This also comes in the wake of the arrest of two terrorists in Delhi earlier this month who were in touch with foreign terrorist organisations, police had earlier […]
India Today: India will invite Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting to be held in May this year. This comes a day after Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang were handed over invitations for the SCO summit in Goa. The invitations were sent as […]
ABC News: BANGKOK — The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military’s seizure of power, with the cultivation of poppies up by a third in the past year as eradication efforts have dropped off and the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade, according to a United Nations report […]
Reuters: Jan 25 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged a senior U.N. official to help find a way to resolve what Ukrainian authorities decry as a serious consequence of 11 months of war – the deportation to Russia of thousands of adults and children. Ukraine has for months denounced reports of mass deportations to Russia, […]
BBC News: The US will send 31 powerful battle tanks to Ukraine, joining Germany in sending the vehicles to support the fight against Russia’s invasion. The decision to deliver the M1 Abrams tanks was announced just hours after Germany said it would send 14 of its Leopard 2 tanks to the battlefield. Berlin also cleared […]
BBC News: Taliban ministers have told a senior UN official they plan to draw up new guidelines to allow Afghan women to work in some humanitarian operations. Martin Griffiths told the BBC he had received “encouraging responses” from a wide range of Taliban ministers during talks in Kabul, even if last month’s edict banning Afghan […]
Reuters: MOSCOW, Jan 25 – The Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the frigate Admiral Gorshkov tested its strike capabilities in the western Atlantic Ocean. In a statement, the ministry said the frigate had run a computer simulation on hypersonic Zircon missiles. Zircon missiles have a range of 900 km (560 miles), and can travel […]