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Published on 24/09/2024
» ROME - Pope Francis has called for the liberation of Myanmar's detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and offered the Vatican as a safe haven, the pontiff said in a recent conversation with Jesuits in Asia.
New York Times, Published on 24/09/2024
» JERUSALEM — Dozens of Israeli fighter jets bombed Hezbollah targets in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, killing hundreds and wounding more than a thousand others, Lebanese officials said, in the deadliest attacks in the country since 2006, when Israel and Hezbollah fought their last all-out war.
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/09/2024
» Singapore’s former transport minister has pleaded guilty to bribery charges after the city-state's prosecution amended the indictment against him, a surprising twist to the biggest political scandal in nearly four decades.
Published on 23/09/2024
» Japan's Defense Ministry said Monday that a Russian military aircraft violated the country's airspace three times, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever, with Tokyo lodging an "extremely stern protest" with Moscow.
Published on 23/09/2024
» India has invited political and military opponents of Myanmar's ruling junta to attend a seminar in New Delhi, sources said, a significant move by the South Asian power that has maintained ties with the top generals shunned by Western nations.
Published on 23/09/2024
» Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or to avoid affected air space.
Published on 22/09/2024
» HONG KONG - Xavian Wu, Hong Kong's first high-profile transgender singer-songwriter, sought to use the city's annual LGBTQ Pink Dot HK carnival on Sunday to share his story through music.
Published on 22/09/2024
» BEIRUT/CAIRO - Israel and Lebanon exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a year of war across Lebanon's south, while Hezbollah claimed rocket attacks on military targets in Israel's north.
Published on 22/09/2024
» COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake led the early counting in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger at the established political order that has run the South Asian nation’s economy into the ground.
Published on 22/09/2024
» WILMINGTON, Delaware, US - US President Joe Biden said on Saturday that China continues to "behave aggressively" in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait and President Xi Jinping is using diplomacy to advance his country's interests.