(Reuters) ISLAMABAD, Feb 6 – A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and wounded almost 170 others during Friday prayers in a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Islamabad, officials said, in the deadliest attack of its kind in the capital in over a decade. Images from the site showed bloodied bodies lying on the carpeted […]
BBC: Donald Trump has endorsed Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of a snap election in her country on Sunday. Takaichi has “already proven to be a strong, powerful, and wise leader… one that truly loves her country,” the US president wrote in a Truth Social post on Thursday, adding: “She will not let the […]
BBC: One night in 2023, Eric was scrolling on a social media channel he regularly browsed for porn. Seconds into a video, he froze. He realised the couple he was watching – entering the room, setting down their bags, and later, having sex – was himself and his girlfriend. Three weeks earlier, they had spent […]
BBC: Suttasitt “Macky” Pottasak is a typical candidate of Thailand’s People’s Party: young, idealistic and hardworking. He gave up a career in TV drama production in Bangkok to run in the last election, winning a rural seat near his home city of Nakhon Ratchasima from an old, established political family. He has adopted the hat […]
BBC: A man in his 80s has died and three others are in hospital following a bus crash in Dublin city centre. The Bus Éireann operated vehicle is believed to have driven onto a pedestrianised street – North Earl Street, not far from O’Connell Street. A number of people were trapped under the bus and […]
(Reuters) WASHINGTON, Feb 5 – The U.S. military said that Washington and Moscow on Thursday agreed to reestablish high level military-to-military dialogue, following talks in Abu Dhabi, a move which could signal a move towards normalizing some ties between the United States and Russia. The United States halted military-to-military communication with Moscow just before Russia […]
The number of Ukrainian soldiers killed on the battlefield in the four years of war with Russia is 55,000, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Zelensky announced the figure in an interview with France 2 TV on Wednesday. Additionally, a large number of people are considered officially missing, he said. While both Kyiv and Moscow have […]
BBC: China’s leader Xi Jinping has called Taiwan “the most important issue” in China-US relations during a phone call with US President Donald Trump. Xi told Trump to be “prudent” when supplying weapons to the island, state media report, adding that he attached “great importance” to ties with Washington and hoped both sides would find […]
BBC: Dozens of people have been killed in a ferocious shooting attack on two villages in Nigeria’s western state of Kwara, according to authorities and rights groups. The attackers also set fire to shops and homes, along with the residence of the traditional leader, forcing the residents of Nuku and Woro to flee, local lawmaker […]
BBC: The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for California to use a new voting map that favours Democrats, paving the way for the party to gain up to five congressional seats this year. The unsigned order from the court did not give a reason for the decision. Californians voted to approve changing the […]