World

Washington, Dec 15 (AFP/APP):The expected US provision of Patriot missiles to Ukraine is a muscular message of support and will boost defenses against Russia’s relentless aerial assaults, but experts say its battlefield impact will be limited. Patriots are “far from a silver bullet,” against the […]

Madrid, Dec 14 (AFP/APP): Britain and Spain have made “significant progress” in talks over an agreement to secure Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said in Madrid Wednesday. “Significant progress has been made including (in) discussions on the text […]

Washington, Dec 14 (AFP/APP): President Joe Biden called Wednesday for a long-term partnership with Africa rooted both in trade and good governance as US businesses unveiled billions of dollars for the continent. Addressing a summit that brought 49 African leaders to the Washington cold, Biden […]

Tbilisi, Dec 14 (AFP/APP): Georgia’s jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili called off a hunger strike he had announced a few hours earlier Wednesday over the authorities’ failure to ensure a video link between the hospital where he is being held and his court hearing. Saakashvili has […]

Madrid, Dec 13 (AFP/APP):Amnesty International on Tuesday blasted as “carnage” the deaths of dozens of migrants trying to cross into Spain’s North African enclave Melilla, accusing Rabat and Madrid of seeking to cover up what happened. In the report on the June 24 incident, the […]

Beijing, Dec 12 (AFP/APP):A senior US delegation visiting China discussed ways to improve ties and the issue of Taiwan, Beijing said Monday, as the two sides laid the groundwork for a visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The talks — involving top US diplomat […]

Ochakiv, Ukraine, Dec 12 (AFP/APP): After enduring months of shelling by Russian forces, officials in the strategic Ukrainian port of Ochakiv hope it can serve to consolidate Kyiv’s gains in the southern Kherson region. The strategic Ukrainian Black Sea naval base — which lies on […]

Dhaka, Dec 10 (AFP/APP): Nearly 100,000 supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party descended on Dhaka Saturday to protest against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and demand new elections. “Sheikh Hasina is a vote thief,” they chanted at the Golapbagh sports ground where the […]

San Antonio, Dec 9 (AFP/APP): American basketball star Brittney Griner arrived in the United States Friday morning after being released from a Russian prison in exchange for an arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death.” Griner, 32, who was arrested in Russia in February […]

Baekryeong, South Korea, Dec 9 (AFP/APP):It is South Korea’s westernmost territory, soldiers outnumber residents, and you can see North Korea from almost every barbed wire-lined beach: welcome to Baekryeong Island, a community on the front line. Far closer to the North Korean mainland than it […]