(Reuters) BANGKOK, Aug 6 – Myanmar’s junta chief turned President Min Aung Hlaing received a red-carpet treatment on a visit to Thailand on Thursday, part of efforts by Bangkok to push for re-engagement between its war-torn neighbour and the regional bloc ASEAN. The retired general, who seized power in a 2021 coup, is the subject of a […]
Al Jazeera: Russian strikes on eastern Ukraine have killed at least six people overnight, local authorities have said, as Moscow shot down 605 Ukrainian drones over its territory and the annexed Crimean Peninsula. Rescuers worked on Thursday to douse fires and clear debris in Balakliya, in the eastern Kharkiv region, after Russian strikes on homes […]
Al Jazeera: Eight of the world’s largest shipping associations have urged the United Nations to oppose tolls in the Strait of Hormuz amid reports that Iran and Oman are nearing a deal to manage the critical waterway. In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez, the group said […]
BBC: More than 300 people abducted in separate attacks in Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s presidency says, in what it describes as its largest single-day operation by joint security forces. The victims were rescued from the Kainji Lake National Park in Niger State in an operation involving the military, police, intelligence unit and the […]
NDTV: The flood situation in Assam remains grim as six more individuals lost their lives in the last 24 hours, taking the total death count in this year’s monsoon season to 95. According to the latest report from the Disaster Reporting and Information Management System (DRIMS), the state is grappling with both widespread rural inundation […]
(Reuters) DUBAI/RIYADH, Aug 5 – A proposed deal between Iran and Oman to help end five months of war between Iran and the United States would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source and two regional officials told Reuters on Wednesday, one of the biggest […]
BBC: The changing room is busy with footballers going through their pre-match routines. Some stretch and tighten their boots, others embrace. “Be strong as always because we are representing Afghan women,” says midfielder Fatima Haidari to fellow members of Afghan Women United. Applause erupts in the room where an Afghan flag hangs and a patriotic […]
BBC: One person has been killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says, after the Israeli military said it was responding to a “blatant violation of the ceasefire” by the Iran-backed group Hezbollah. A man died and 12 other people were injured when the roof of a prayer hall at […]
(Reuters) DUBAI, Aug 5 – Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and a joint announcement is being finalised, provided certain third parties did not interfere, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Wednesday. Baghaei added that any such agreement between […]
Al Jazeera: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she will return to her country after two years in exile in India, despite facing the death penalty. The 78-year-old, who was dramatically ousted following a brutal crackdown on protesters in 2024, made the announcement on Wednesday via video link at an event hosted by the Foreign […]
