Guwahati, India: Security measures are keeping the peace in a remote northeast Indian state where 60 people were killed and 35,000 civilians were displaced in rioting and ethnic clashes last week, officials said. Manipur state’s chief minister, N Biren Singh, told reporters that around 230 people
Khartoum: Fighting could be heard in south Khartoum as envoys from Sudan's warring parties met in Saudi Arabia for talks that international mediators hope will bring an end to a three-week-old conflict that has killed hundreds and triggered an exodus. The U.S.-Saudi initiative is the first
United Nations: The World Food Programme (WFP, a Rome-based UN agency, will suspend food aid to over 200,000 impoverished Palestinians from next month due to a “severe” shortage of funds, its senior official for the Palestinian territories said Monday. “In light of the severe funding shortages,
Brussels: The European Union has proposed sanctions on Chinese companies accused of selling equipment that could be used in weapons to support Russia's war machine, the Financial Times reported on Monday. Seven Chinese businesses have been listed in a new package of sanctions that will be
Beijing: An experimental Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth on Monday after staying in orbit for 276 days, China’s state media reported, completing a landmark mission to test the country’s reusable space technologies. The uncrewed spacecraft returned to the Jiuquan launch center in northwest China on Monday
Warsaw: A Russian fighter jet intercepted a Polish plane patrolling for the EU's border agency over the Black Sea, causing the pilots to temporarily lose control of the aircraft, Warsaw said Monday. According to Poland's border force, the Russian Sukhoi Su-35 plane did not make radio
Washington: United States (US) national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a visit to the kingdom and reviewed what the White House called "significant progress" in Yemen peace efforts, the White House said. On a trip aimed at bolstering often-frayed
Tokyo/Seoul: Unresolved historical disputes should not block South Korea and Japan from deepening ties in the face of international crises, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said as he welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to Seoul. The pledge by the leaders to boost cooperation has
Bangkok: Trudging along Bangkok's hot and dusty streets, green candidates struggle to canvass support ahead of Thailand's election, with record-breaking pollution failing to spur anything more than political hot air. For the past three months, much of the kingdom has been choking on dangerous air pollution,
New York: In an astonishing move, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stunned people by showing his excellence in the Brazilian jiu jitsu martial arts tournament. During the tournament, he showed his skills in grappling the opponent in his first competition by securing gold and silver medals in