Italy’s Salvini fires up base in northern fiefdom

Pontida, Italy, Sept 18 (AFP/APP): Italy’s anti-immigration leader Matteo Salvini, who is trailing the far-right’s Giorgia Meloni in the polls ahead of next week’s general election, sought on Sunday to galvanise his hard-right, populist, eurosceptic base. “This is Italy, full of hope and dreams and […]

27 killed, 20 others injured as bus crashes in China

GUIYANG 18 Sep (Online): A bus crash killed 27 people in southwest China on Sunday, police said, and the country’s deadliest road accident so far this year. The accident took place on a highway in rural Guizhou province when the vehicle carrying a total of […]

Thousands in shelter sa ‘dangerious’ typhoon hits Japan

TOKYO 18 Sep (Online): Thousands of people took refuge in shelters in southwestern Japan on Sunday as powerful Typhoon Nanmadol churned towards the region, prompting authorities to urge over four million residents to evacuate. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has issued a rare “special warning” […]

Kazakhstan limits presidential term, renames capital

Astana, Kazakhstan, Sept 17 (AFP/APP): Kazakhstan’s president on Saturday signed a law limiting presidential terms and reverting to the old name of the Central Asian country’s capital, in the latest step of breaking with the legacy of his predecessor. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a bill […]

20 buried from gold mine landslides in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan

JAKARTA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua/APP): Twenty miners have been buried after landslides occured in a traditional gold mine in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province, a rescue operation chief said on Saturday. The incident took place at the Kinande village of Bengkayang district on Thursday night, but the […]

Turkiye neutralizes 2 YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria

ISLAMABAD, Sep 16 (APP): Turkish security forces “neutralized” two YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria, Türkiye’s National Defense Ministry said on Friday. The terrorists were planning an attack on the Operation Peace Spring zone, Türkiye’s cross-border anti-terror push, according to the ministry. Turkish authorities use the […]

EU chief vows unfaltering backing on Kyiv visit

Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept 15 (AFP/APP): EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday that war-torn Ukraine would have Europe’s support for “as long as it takes”, as she visited Kyiv for talks on closer integration with the bloc. Her trip coincided with a meeting between […]

Putin, Xi hail ‘great power’ ties at talks defying West

Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept 15 (AFP/APP): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for their first face-to-face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine on Thursday, hailing their strategic ties in defiance of the West. Sitting across from each other at […]