Category: Rest of World News
Zelenskyy heads to London as Kyiv seeks more arms
KYIV/LONDON: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due in London on Wednesday for only his second trip abroad since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, seeking additional…
Roger Waters: Russia asks Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters to speak on Ukraine arms at UN
UNITED NATIONS: Russia has asked Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters to speak to the UN Security Council on Wednesday at a meeting that Moscow requested…
Indian-origin shipping company director in Singapore sentenced to jail for fraud
SINGAPORE: A Indian-origin former director of a shipbuilding company was sentenced to five years in jail here for cheating a financing firm of over SGD…
Sub-Saharan Africa is ‘new epicentre’ of extremism, says UN
NAIROBI (KENYA): The new global epicentre of violent Islamic extremism is sub-Saharan Africa where people are increasingly joining it because of economic factors and less…
Steady rains set off mudslides that kill at least 36 in Peru
LIMA: Landslides triggered by steady rains swept mud, water and rocks into several villages in southern Peru, killing at least 36 people, authorities said on…
Hong Kong court makes landmark ruling protecting transgender rights
HONG KONG: Hong Kong‘s top court on Monday ruled that the policy of barring transgender people from changing their gender shown on ID cards unless…
Beijing confirms balloon flying over Latin America is Chinese
BEIJING: China confirmed on Monday that a balloon identified by Washington and Bogota flying over Latin America is Chinese, after a similar device was shot…
UN peacekeeper killed in attack on helicopter in DR Congo
KINSHASA: A United Nations peacekeeper from South Africa was killed and another wounded in an attack on their helicopter in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…
Pope planning India, Mongolia trips after Lisbon, Marseille
Pope Francis said Sunday he is planning to visit India next year and is studying a possible trip to Mongolia later in 2023 in what…
Colombia says ‘object’ spotted overhead after US warning over Chinese balloon
BOGOTA: Colombia said an “object” had overflown its territory after Washington warned that a suspected Chinese spy balloon similar to the one shot down off…