Rival Koreas conduct provocative drills along tense sea boundary
The rival Koreas fired artillery rounds into the sea as part of provocative drills along their disputed sea boundary on Friday, in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean military agreement. The firing exercises are expected to escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Experts say North Korea will likely intensify a run...
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Indian-American medical biller held for million-dollar fraud
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Russia approves 2 candidates for ballot against Putin in March election
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Maldivian President Muizzu to visit China next week
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Sri Lanka President backs India-mooted solution to Tamil community’s demand
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Israeli defence minister lays out vision for next phase of Gaza war
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Greece unveils palace where Alexander the Great became king
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Biden to stress on democracy in campaign pitch
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Brazil postpones visa requirements for US, Canada and Australia citizens to April
Brazil postponed for the second time the reintroduction of requirements to obtain tourist visas for citizens of the US, Australia and Canada, officials said. Former president Jair Bolsonaro scrapped the visa requirements in 2019 to support the tourism industry, but the three countries continued to demand visas from Brazilians. The South...
Capitol riot, 3 years later: Hundreds of convictions, yet 1 major mystery unsolved
Members of far-right extremist groups. Former police officers. An Olympic gold medalist swimmer. And active duty US Marines. They are among the hundreds of people who have been convicted in the massive prosecution of the January 6, 2021 riot in the three years since the stunned nation watched the US Capitol...
China calls for peaceful coexistence with US
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence and transcend their differences like they did when they established diplomatic relations 45 years ago this week. Wang also promised that giant pandas would return to the US — and specifically California...
Pak Senate passes resolution seeking delay in elections
Pakistan’s Senate on Friday approved a resolution seeking a delay in the general election, citing cold weather and security concerns, increasing the political uncertainty ahead of the planned polls on February 8. The resolution, tabled by independent Senator Dilawar Khan, received overwhelming support in the upper house of Pakistan’s Parliament. However,...
Pak SC reserves verdict in lifetime disqualification case
n Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday reserved its judgment in the hearing of a key case that would settle the issue of lifetime disqualification of some leading politicians, including former prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan. The verdict is expected to determine once and for all the controversy around the...
Feb 8 polls could be a farce, doubts Imran
Raising serious doubts over whether the scheduled February 8 polls in Pakistan will be held, jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has reiterated his “engineered” removal from power in 2022 by the establishment “under pressure from America” and the lack of “level playing field” in the elections. The charge in the...
Ukraine unleashes drones, missiles at Russian areas
Russian air defences downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in occupied Crimea and southern Russia on Friday, officials said, as Kyiv pressed its strategy of targeting the Moscow-annexed peninsula and taking the 22-month war well beyond Ukraine’s borders. Air raid sirens wailed in Sevastopol, the largest city in Crimea, and traffic was...
