Category: Rest of World News
US-China mutual suspicion trouble for rest of the world: S’pore PM
SINGAPORE: The deep mutual suspicion and fundamental distrust between the United States and China will not improve anytime soon and it will mean “big trouble”…
Stampede in Yemen’s capital kills at least 78, official says
SANAA: People stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid in Yemen’s capital late Wednesday, and at least 78 people were killed and dozens more…
Tunisians Ration Water In State-Ordered Ban: In grim drought, Tunisians ration water in state-ordered ban
TUNIS: It’s a feeble drip, drip, drip from the taps every night in Tunisia for six months. Spigots are cut off for seven hours from…
Sanchez: Spain’s Sanchez warns drought now a major national concern
BARCELONA: Spain‘s prime minister warned lawmakers Wednesday that the acute drought afflicting the southern European country has become one of its leading long-term concerns. “The…
Sudan: Japan to evacuate its citizens from Sudan
TOKYO: Japan is preparing to evacuate its countrymen from Sudan, the government said Wednesday, the first nation to publicly announce plans to pull its citizens…
Iraq’S Years Of Carnage Still Engrained: Iraq’s years of carnage still engrained in Baghdad streets
BAGHDAD: There are places around Baghdad where I’ll sometimes say a silent prayer for the dead when I pass – on certain residential streets, at…
Japan: Suspect in Japan PM attack may have had election grudge
TOKYO: A 24-year-old man who allegedly threw an explosive at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wanted to be a politician and believed that he was unfairly…
Millions of Indonesians travel in the annual Eid exodus
JAKARTA: On motorcycles, cars, buses, planes or by boat, millions of Indonesians are travelling to their hometowns in the annual Eid holiday exodus that is…
No Respite In Sudan As Truce Falls Apart: No respite in Sudan as truce falls apart, rivals battle
KHARTOUM: Explosions and heavy gunfire rattled the Sudanese capital in a fifth day of fighting on Wednesday after an internationally brokered truce quickly fell apart….
Thousands Flee Sudan Capital: Thousands flee Sudan capital as clashes rage despite truce
KHARTOUM: Thousands of residents fled Sudan‘s capital Wednesday as fighting between the army and paramilitaries, which has killed around 200 people, raged for a fifth…