BBC: India is preparing for a once-in-a-generation redraw of its political map, driven by what the government says is a push to reserve one-third of seats for women in parliament and state assemblies. To do that, the government will unveil a constitutional amendment – requiring a two-thirds majority – backed by a three-day special session […]
BBC: China’s economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year, even as countries around the world feel the impact of the US-Israel war with Iran. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 5% in the period, compared to a year earlier, according to official data. Economists had expected the figure to […]
BBC: US President Donald Trump has threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he does not step aside at the end of his term in May. The two have been embroiled in a bitter spat over Powell’s reluctance to cut the central bank’s interest rate, despite Trump’s repeated calls. Powell’s term expires on 15 May, […]
BBC: Three successive Israeli attacks have killed at least three paramedics in southern Lebanon, including one featured in a BBC report this week, Lebanese officials say, as they accuse Israel of deliberately targeting health workers in its war against Hezbollah. A team from the Islamic Health Association was attacked as it tried to rescue people […]
BBC: More than 200 Iranian sailors left stranded in Sri Lanka after a US torpedo attack are returning home after being stuck in the country for more than a month. On Wednesday, Sri Lanka’s Deputy Defence Minister, Aruna Jayasekara, confirmed 32 sailors rescued from the Iris Dena and 206 from Irins Bushehr, had left the […]
BBC: The UK is providing 120,000 drones to Ukraine in what the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said is the largest delivery of its kind. Drones have increasingly come to dominate both sides of the war in Ukraine, which entered its fifth year in February. UK Defence Secretary John Healey said “with eyes on the […]
BBC: A leader from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken oath as the new chief minister of eastern state of Bihar after veteran politician Nitish Kumar stepped down. Samrat Choudhary, who was Kumar’s deputy, has been sworn-in Bihar’s first BJP chief minister. Choudhary has held senior roles in the BJP, including […]
(Reuters) WASHINGTON, April 14 – Canada, the UK, Australia, Japan and six other countries condemned the killings of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Tuesday while calling “for an urgent end to hostilities” in the country where Israeli attacks have killed over 2,000 people since March. “Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Switzerland […]
BBC: President Donald Trump has suggested talks aimed at ending the war in Iran could resume this week, after negotiations collapsed at the weekend, prompting the US to blockade Iranian ports. “You should stay there [Islamabad], really, because something could be happening over the next two days, and we’re more inclined to go there,” Trump […]
BBC: The US Department of Justice has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the convictions of 12 people who were found guilty of seditious conspiracy related to the 6 January 2021 riots. Although President Donald Trump issued more than 1,000 pardons for those convicted for their role in the Capitol riots, he opted […]