A new report has revealed that Indian security forces lost 26 out of 65 patrolling points in Eastern Ladakh amid an ongoing standoff with China along the 3,500-km disputed Himalayan border. The revelation was made in a research paper submitted at the annual Director General of Police (DGP) Conference of the …
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Ukraine sets sights on fighter jets after Biden says US will send 31 Abrams tanks
US President Joe Biden says the United States will send 31 M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, granting a key request from Kiev that is expected to enhance the military capabilities of the Ukrainian army over the coming months. Less than 24 hours after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced, after weeks …
Read More »Biden’s nominee for US human rights post withdraws after criticism of stance on Israel
US President Joe Biden’s nominee for a top State Department human rights post has withdrawn her candidacy as she faced intense scrutiny from a Republican senator who refused to agree to her nomination due to her statements on Israel. Sarah Margon, whose nomination to serve as assistant secretary of state …
Read More »Gas station operators in Italy go on strike
On Wednesday, trade unions Faib, Fegica and Figisc-Anisa called for a two-day strike to protest at “being hit with a wave of mud over high fuel prices.” The trade unions say a decree recently passed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet, that the government says is aimed at boosting the …
Read More »Hundreds of asylum-seeking children missing from UK govt. hotels
Hundreds of asylum-seeking children have gone missing from hotels managed by the British government, the country’s immigration minister Robert Jenrick told the parliament on Tuesday, prompting calls for an investigation into the matter. Jenrick said around 200 children have gone missing since July 2021, although the number could be higher. …
Read More »Doctors, teachers, taxi drivers go on strike in Spain’s Catalonia
Thousands of workers have walked out on a five-day strike and taken to the streets in Catalonia to demand more resources for the public sector. Teachers, taxi drivers, and healthcare workers stopped working on Wednesday, and gathered in the capital, Barcelona, to protest in front of the regional parliament. Barcelona …
Read More »Russia raps UNESCO’s decision on Ukraine’s Odessa as ‘politically motivated’
Russia has decried a decision by the United Nations’ cultural agency, UNESCO, to add the historic center of the Ukrainian port city of Odesa to the list of World Heritage in Danger. The Russian Foreign Ministry denounced the designation, saying the only threat to Odesa comes from the “nationalist regime …
Read More »At least one dead, several injured in machete attack at southern Spain churches
Spanish authorities have said they were investigating what they called a possible “terrorist” incident after a machete-wielding man attacked several people at two churches in the southern port city of Algeciras, killing at least one person. The man attacked clergymen at two different churches – San Isidro and Nuestra Senora …
Read More »Russia says US battle tanks will ‘burn’ in Ukraine, calls it ‘waste of money’
Russia says heavy battle tanks the United States plans to send to Ukraine “will burn” in the ex-Soviet republic, dismissing the move as an expensive folly. Reversing its previous position, the administration of US President Joe Biden is due to reveal plans as early as this week to send American-made M1 …
Read More »Iran announces retaliatory sanctions on dozens of EU, UK individuals, entities
Iran on Wednesday announced sanctions against 34 individuals and entities from the European Union and the United Kingdom, days after Brussels and London imposed a fresh round of sanctions targeting Iranian officials and organizations. The ministry said the individuals and entities were designated because of “supporting terrorism and terrorist groups, …
Read More »Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of following ‘policy of ethnic cleansing’
Armenia on Thursday accused arch-foe Azerbaijan of conducting a “policy of ethnic cleansing” and forcing ethnic Armenians to leave the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Since mid-December, a group of Azerbaijanis has been blocking the only road into Karabakh from Armenia to protest what they claim is illegal mining causing environmental …
Read More »Israel army kills nine Palestinians, including elderly woman
At least 20 others were injured with live ammunition during a large-scale raid on the Jenin refugee camp. Israeli troops have killed at least nine Palestinians in one of the deadliest days in the occupied West Bank since Israeli raids intensified at the start of last year. The Palestinian Ministry …
Read More »US designates the Wagner Group as a ‘criminal organisation’
The United States has formally designated the Wagner Group as a “transnational criminal organisation”. The shadowy paramilitary group is closely aligned with the Kremlin and has been heavily involved in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The US Department of the Treasury said it had taken the move as part of action …
Read More »Multiverse adventure ‘Everything Everywhere’ leads Oscar nominations
Dimension-hopping adventure “Everything Everywhere All at Once” topped the list of films nominated on Tuesday for this year’s Academy Awards as voters chose several crowd-pleasing hits to compete for the best picture prize. “Everything Everywhere,” a science-fiction movie about an exasperated woman trying to finish her taxes, landed 11 nominations, …
Read More »Earth science: Earth’s inner core rotation may be reversing
The rotation of the Earth’s solid inner core may have recently paused and could be reversing, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience this week. These findings indicate that changes in the rotation could occur on a decadal scale and could aid our understanding of how processes deep in …
Read More »Ronaldo signing likely to help Saudi Arabia’s chance at hosting World Cup: Survey
Most people in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates believe Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Al Nassr will help Saudi Arabia win the bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, according to a YouGov survey. Seven in ten respondents from the two countries believe the Portuguese striker’s move will bolster …
Read More »Iraq’s Federal intelligence arrests six persons with ties to ISIS
Six persons with links to the Islamic State extremist group have been apprehended in separate operations in Saladin, Iraq’s federal intelligence agency said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, all of the arrestees joined the organization in 2014, but they served in different departments. “The first served …
Read More »PM Al-Sudani to head a government delegation to the Elysee this weekend
Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani will be heading to Paris, the French capital, on an official visit on Thursday, a source revealed on Tuesday. The source said that al-Sudani will be flanked by a high-level government delegation to discuss a spectrum of issues of mutual interest. On October 3, …
Read More »Europe could dodge a recession. But the UK is in a mess
Business activity across the 20 countries that use the euro expanded in January for the first time in six months, according to data published Tuesday, providing fresh evidence that Europe’s economy could confound expectations and dodge a recession this year. An initial reading of the eurozone’s Purchasing Managers’ Index, which …
Read More »Iraqi President: Country Budget will be approved soon
The President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Rashid, confirmed on Tuesday, that approving the general budget will be approved soon, while referring to the good relationship between the federal government and the Kurdistan region and a common desire to develop radical solutions to outstanding issues in accordance with the constitution …
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