Asia
3 Apr
The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in a Gaza strike were expected to be transported out of the war-torn Palestinian territory on Wednesday as Israel faced a chorus of outrage over their deaths. Israeli bombardment killed seven staff of the US-based food charity World Central Kitchen on Monday in an attack that UN…
3 Apr
At least 13 Maoist insurgents were killed in a clash in central India, police said Wednesday, taking the rebel toll in the long-running conflict to 50 this year. Police said the gunfight with security forces took place in a remote forest in Chhattisgarh state's Bijapur district on Tuesday. Local police chief P. Sundarraj told AFP…
2 Apr
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Monday to use a fresh national security law passed by parliament to ban news channel Al Jazeera from broadcasting in the country. The law, passed on Monday by 70 votes to 10, grants top ministers the power to ban broadcasts by foreign channels deemed a national security threat and…
2 Apr
Israeli air strikes destroyed the Iranian embassy's consular annex in Damascus on Monday, Syrian and Iranian officials said, with a top Revolutionary Guard commander among seven members the force said were killed. Israel said it would not comment on the attack, but Iranian officials vowed a stiff response, with fears of even further violence between…
2 Apr
Dozens of schools in the Philippine capital of Manila suspended in-person classes on Tuesday due to dangerous levels of heat, education officials said. The country's heat index measures what a temperature feels like, taking into account humidity. The index was expected to reach the "danger" level of 42 degrees Celsius in the metropolis on Tuesday…
1 Apr
The United States and Israel were due to hold a virtual meeting Monday on the planned offensive in Gaza's Rafah, officials said, a week after Israel called off its delegation's visit to Washington.
1 Apr
A second store belonging to a Malaysian chain that had offered socks bearing the word "Allah" for sale has been attacked with a Molotov cocktail, police said on Monday.
1 Apr
Israeli strikes hit an Iranian consulate annex in Syria's capital Monday, state media said, amid rising regional tensions due to the Gaza war, as a war monitor reported eight people were killed.
1 Apr
Chinese President Xi Jinping praised ties with Indonesia on Monday, laying out a vision for regional peace as he met president-elect Prabowo Subianto amid tensions with other Southeast Asian neighbours.
1 Apr
A Pakistan high court on Monday suspended jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's 14-year graft sentence, his party said, the longest prison term the popular opposition leader was serving.
1 Apr
More than 80 political parties and civil groups in Mali joined together to issue statements calling for a presidential election "as soon as possible" ending transitional military rule.
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South Korea's leading doctors' body on Saturday rejected a revised medical reform plan from the government, the initial version of which sparked a strike two months ago. The ongoing walkout by thousands of trainee doctors has caused chaos in South Korean hospitals, and is in response to a plan to boost annual admissions to medical…
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Gov. Usman Ododo on Saturday called on the Federal Government to urgently assist in tackling the menace of insecurity and incessant flooding in some parts of the State.
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China's foreign minister on Saturday accused Western partners in the AUKUS security pact of provoking division and raising the risk of nuclear proliferation in the South Pacific region.
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Segun Sowunmi, has said Nyesom Wike was on "loan" to work with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike, a former Rivers State governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), fell out with the PDP hierarchy in…
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The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has made state of origin certificate a compulsory requirement for passport renewal and fresh application. Immigration made this known to the public in a post on its X handle on Saturday morning. It said passport applicants do not necessarily need to go to their states of origin to get the…
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Bearish sentiment persisted on banking stocks at the equity market on Friday, making the value of transactions traded on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd.(NGX) down by 2.60 per cent.
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One person was killed and eight wounded in an overnight explosion at an Iraqi military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups, officials said Saturday.
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Vitesse Arnhem will be relegated from the Eredivisie after the Dutch football federation imposed a massive 18-point deduction after the club failed to meet the requirements of its licensing regulations.