The Kathmandu Post: Home Minister Sudan Gurung resigned on Wednesday. His resignation comes at a time when controversies have surfaced in recent days over his alleged business links with businessman Deepak Bhatta, who is under probe for money laundering offences. Gurung announced his resignation through social media. “To ensure an impartial investigation into matters related […]
BBC: Three cargo ships have reportedly come under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, the British maritime agency has said. UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said the first vessel was “attacked by an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) gunboat”. Nour News, a website affiliated with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said the IRGC opened fire […]
BBC: European Union ambassadors are meeting in Cyprus with expectations high that a €90bn (£78bn) EU loan seen as vital support for Ukraine can finally be paid out after months of deadlock. The funding was agreed last December, but Hungary’s Viktor Orbán slapped a veto on the payment in February in a row over supplies […]
BBC: South Korean authorities have found that two fighter jets collided mid-air in 2021 because the pilots were taking pictures and videos. The incident took place while the jets were on a flight mission in the central city of Daegu, according to Seoul’s Board of Audit and Inspection. The pilots survived with no injuries, but […]
NDTV: Despite weeks of intense airstrikes by the US and Israeli forces on its territory, Iran seems to have retained thousands of missiles and kamikaze drones, according to a new intelligence assessment, which contradicts the Trump administration’s chest-thumping declarations of victory in the conflict in the Middle East. Even before the ceasefire was declared, US […]
BBC: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has cancelled a presidential trip to the southern African nation of Eswatini, accusing Beijing of putting pressure on other countries to bar his aircraft from flying over their territories. Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar revoked Lai’s overflight permits after “intense pressure” and economic coercion from China, said a Taiwan official. China […]
BBC: At least 13 people have been killed in an explosion at a firecracker factory in India’s southern state of Kerala, officials say. The incident took place in Thrissur, where around 40 people were believed to be assembling firecrackers in a cluster of sheds for an upcoming festival. Several others were injured, with five reported […]
(Reuters) WASHINGTON/DUBAI, April 22 – U.S. President Donald Trump said he would indefinitely extend the ceasefire with Iran to allow for further peace talks, although it was not clear on Wednesday if Iran or Israel, the U.S. ally in the two-month war, would agree. Trump said in a statement on social media the U.S. had agreed to a […]
BBC: K-pop mogul Bang Si-hyuk, the man who created supergroup BTS, could be arrestedon charges of fraudulent trading before his $7.3bn company went public. South Korean police have asked prosecutors to request a court warrant over accusations that he misled investors in 2019, by claiming a public listing for his conglomerate Hybe was not likely, […]
(Reuters) MOSCOW, April 21 – Russian forces have taken 1,700 square km (656 square miles) of territory in Ukraine this year and are advancing on its so-called fortress belt in Donbas, Moscow’s top general said while inspecting his forces. Russia has since its 2022 invasion been seeking to take the whole of the Donbas area in eastern […]
