BBC: Donald Trump is trying again to scale back birthright citizenship in the US, weeks after the Supreme Court shot down his previous attempt to eliminate the right. The president signed two executive orders on Thursday, including one that expands the existing definitions of non-citizens whose children are not eligible for birthright citizenship. The second […]
(Reuters) ་་་་ HSINCHU, Taiwan Aug 7 – Taiwan scrambled its ageing French-made Mirage fighter jets on Friday during annual war games designed to demonstrate how the aircraft could be rapidly re-armed and sent back into the skies during any conflict with China. Taiwan kicked off the Han Kuang exercises on Wednesday. Lasting 10 days, the […]
Al Jazeera: At least six people have been killed and 15 others wounded in a shooting at a school in Thailand, authorities say. National police spokesperson Trairong Phiwphan said the suspected gunman also died in the incident, which took place in Debsirin Nonthaburi School in the Bang Kruai district on the northwestern outskirts of Bangkok […]
(Reuters) TOKYO, Aug 7 – Hundreds of thousands of people in southwestern Japan were ordered to evacuate and more than 500 flights cancelled on Friday as slow-moving Typhoon Dolphin approached the region to bring violent winds, heavy rain and high waves. The Category 1 typhoon had maximum sustained winds of 144 kph (89.5 mph) with […]
(Reuters) BANGKOK, Aug 7 – An unconfirmed number of people were killed when a student opened fire at a school in Thailand north of Bangkok on Friday, authorities said. Lt. Col. Pasakorn Chaitawiwong, the head of the Plai Bang subdistrict police department, told Reuters the number of deaths was still unknown. The incident took place […]
BBC: An Australian aviation crew has carried out a daring midwinter mission to rescue a US expedition member from a station in Antarctica in freezing temperatures and total darkness. Skytraders said the “extraordinary” mission took place last Friday after a request for urgent help with a medical evacuation from McMurdo Station. After an initial delay […]
BBC: At least 30 Yemeni government troops have reportedly been killed in Houthi rebel attacks on military camps in central Yemen. The defence ministry said ballistic missiles and drones struck several camps in the provinces of Marib and Hadramawt, resulting in the death and injury of a number of Yemeni personnel. It did not give […]
BBC: For much of my life, walking in Indian cities has felt less like exercising a right than negotiating an obstacle course. I grew up in Kolkata, where wide pavements disappeared beneath rows of hawkers. I moved to Delhi, where roads seemed designed almost exclusively for cars. Now I live in Gurugram, where footpaths vanish […]
(Reuters) Aug 5 – Iran has warned Gulf states that any new U.S. attack on its territory would trigger retaliation against critical energy infrastructure across the region, according to five sources, as Tehran seeks to raise the cost of military action by threatening Washington’s closest regional allies. The warning was delivered through a flurry of […]
Al Jazeera: As diplomatic efforts to end the United States-Israel war on Iran remain uncertain, Iranian authorities have tightened their internal security controls across the country, especially in the capital, Tehran. Over the last weeks, security forces and religious morality police have intensified restrictions, arrests, and punishments for people and businesses deemed noncompliant with a […]
