Thousands of demonstrators marched in Istanbul late Friday in support of the city’s jailed mayor, despite Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s warning that “street terror” will be severely suppressed. Demonstrations in support of Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s main political opponent, who was imprisoned on Wednesday, just days before he is anticipatedRead More →
SEOUL (Reuters) – Sergei Shoigu, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top security advisor, discussed Ukraine with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday, according to the TASS news agency, during his latest visit as the nations’ security ties improve. According to TASS, Shoigu said that one of the themes discussedRead More →
(Web Desk) – The people of India-occupied Kashmir have expressed their outrage and disgust over a Ramadan fashion exhibition. Religious leaders, political authorities, and members of the general public all criticised the Gulmarg program. The event included models strolling the runway in the gorgeous ski town wearing bright clothes, withRead More →
RIYADH Reuters: Both parties in Yemen’s eight-year war have accused one another of carrying out assaults that disrupted a brief respite in hostilities and jeopardized peace negotiations that had been progressing. Since 2015, the Houthi movement in Yemen has fought a Saudi-led coalition in a war that has claimed hundredsRead More →
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Yoon Suk Yeol, the South Korean president, did not linger on the harsh 35-year occupation his people underwent under their neighbor as he honored his country’s independence from Japan this week. Instead, the 62-year-old leader, who was too young to understand the humiliations of JapaneseRead More →
MOSCOW (Reuters) Following the failed revolt by highly armed mercenary fighters on Saturday, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Monday that the nation had suffered “a challenge to its stability” and needed to stay united behind President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin said that the Wagner Group mercenaries would returnRead More →
Australia (Reuters) – According to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday, the Australian government would provide Ukraine a fresh A$110 million ($73.5 million) package that includes 70 military vehicles to help the country stave off an invasion by Russia. With the new promises, Australia has contributed a total of A$790Read More →
United Arab Emirates (AP) DUBAI, — Voters in Kuwait returned most of their lawmakers to parliament in the third election in as many years amid widespread frustration with the ongoing political gridlock, according to results released on Wednesday. Thirty-seven lawmakers kept their seats in the 50-member assembly following Tuesday’s election,Read More →
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tested positive for Covid-19 only days after returning from official trips to South Africa and Kenya. “I’m generally feeling fine, but my doctors have advised me to self-isolate until I am asymptomatic,” Lee said on Facebook on Monday. “Because of my age, they alsoRead More →
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The government of Somalia declared on Sunday that it would begin choosing its president and other officials by direct ballot next year, ending a system of indirect voting in the Horn of Africa nation that has survived three decades of violence and clan fights. In recent years,Read More →