Asia
16 Jul 2023
A rusting tanker containing more than a million barrels of oil has lain abandoned off the coast of war-torn Yemen since 2015, threatening a major environmental disaster if it breaks up or explodes.
16 Jul 2023
Rescuers battled to reach people trapped in a flooded tunnel Sunday in South Korea, where at least 33 people have died and 10 are missing after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides.
15 Jul 2023
Paraguay's formal ties with Taiwan make "more sense" than recognising China, and will be a greater boost to development in the South American....
15 Jul 2023
Two Cambodian opposition party members have been arrested for allegedly inciting voters to spoil ballots, officials said Saturday..
15 Jul 2023
Seven people have been killed and three were missing as heavy rains flooded South Korea, officials
14 Jul 2023
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned on Friday of "overwhelming nuclear deterrence" unless the United States drops what she called its "hostile policy" against Pyongyang, state media reported.
14 Jul 2023
Germany's tougher new approach to managing its relationship with China would increase "man-made risks" and "exacerbate divisions" in the world, Beijing said Friday.
14 Jul 2023
India on Friday launched a rocket seeking to land an unmanned spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, a live feed showed, its second attempt to become only the fourth country to do so
14 Jul 2023
Singapore's powerful anti-graft body issued an arrest notice for one of the city-state's richest people, his company said Friday, widening a probe into rare high-level corruption.
14 Jul 2023
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Friday he held a virtual meeting with tycoon Elon Musk on electric car maker Tesla's foray into his country, as well as supplies of low-cost internet services.
12 Jul 2023
North Korea has fired a long-range ballistic missile, the South Korean military said Wednesday, days after Pyongyang threatened to down US spy planes that violated its airspace.
12 Jul 2023
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is due Wednesday to visit the northern West Bank city of Jenin for the first time in over a decade, a week after the largest Israeli raid there in years.
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The Nigerian Army said it has achieved significant successes in multiple operations across the North East and North Central geo-political regions of the country. Making the announcement on Saturday in their X-handle, the troops on April 18, 2024, intervened to foil a kidnapping in Lankaviri community in Karim Lamido local government of Taraba State. Stating…
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The federal government has said 33 electronic passport gates (e-gates) will be installed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Lagos, and the three other international airports to secure the nation's borders. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known while inspecting the final stages of installation of the gates at the Nnamdi Azikiwe…
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has expressed optimism that the Naira would continue to appreciate against dollar at the forex market.
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