BBC: Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine will face a deficit of missiles it is using to fight Russia due to the war in the Middle East. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, the Ukrainian president said Russia’s Vladimir Putin wanted a “long war” between the US, Israel and Iran because it would weaken Kyiv, […]
(Reuters) BANGKOK, March 18 – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday accepted for consideration a petition challenging the legality of election ballots used in last month’s polls. The Election Commission has been given 15 days to provide clarification, the court said in a statement. It did not specify any other orders, meaning Thursday’s planned vote by […]
BBC: South Korea’s military has halted all shooting drills involving small firearms – including weapons like rifles or handguns – after a child was struck by a suspected stray bullet at a playground in Daegu city. The elementary schoolgirl was taken to hospital after being struck near the neck on Monday afternoon by an object […]
BBC: India could soon get a lot thinner – at least in theory. On Friday the patent on semaglutide – the molecule behind Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic – expires in the country. This will allow domestic pharmaceutical companies to release cheaper copies or generics, triggering a rush of competition […]
BBC: A sanctioned Russian tanker loaded with liquid natural gas is drifting out of control in the Mediterranean with no crew on board and a gaping hole in one side, prompting warnings of a “serious risk of a major ecological disaster”. An official in Italy, one of nine EU countries to write a joint letter […]
BBC: Rescue teams are continuing to pull bodies from the smoking rubble of a drug rehabilitation centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, which was hit on Monday night in a devastating Pakistani air strike. The attack on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, which happened at about 21:00 local time (16:30 GMT), is the deadliest in […]
(Reuters) GENEVA, March 17 – Tens of millions more people will face acute hunger if the Iran war continues through to June, according to analysis from the World Food Programme released on Tuesday. The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran that began on February 26 have choked up key humanitarian aid routes, delaying life-saving shipments to some of the […]
TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) – Iran launched fresh attacks on the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, the kind of strikes on U.S. Gulf allies that President Donald Trump said had not been expected, but which sources said he had been warned about before the conflict. The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is in its third week with at least […]
BBC: Indian technology stocks have seen an unprecedented rout over the past few weeks over fears of artificial intelligence upending the traditional outsourcing model that powers the country’s $300bn (£223bn) back-office industry. The sell-off – part of a global correction in traditional software and IT stocks – preceded the market nervousness caused by recent geopolitical […]
BBC: Dozens of people are feared dead or injured at a drug treatment centre in Kabul, Afghanistan after an air strike that the Taliban government blamed on Pakistan. The hospital was hit on Monday evening, killing some people and injuring others, the government’s spokesman said on X. Pakistan’s information ministry denied targeting the centre, saying […]