North Korea sounds warning as US, South Korea begin naval drills

Seoul, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):South Korea and the United States began their first combined naval exercise near the peninsula in five years on Monday, leading to a warning by North Korea that the allies risked triggering war. South Korea’s hawkish President Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office […]

Five dead in western Libya clashes

Tripoli, Sept 26 (AFP/APP): Five people were killed and 13 wounded in gun battles in the western Libyan town of Zawiyah, the latest unrest in the troubled North African nation, medics said Monday. Fighting late Sunday broke out between rival forces equipped with heavy weapons, […]

Super Typhoon Noru slams into the Philippines

Manila, Sept 25 (AFP/APP):Super Typhoon Noru slammed into the Philippines Sunday, battering the heavily populated main island of Luzon with strong winds and heavy rain that have forced thousands of people to flee their homes. The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometres […]

Rwanda genocide ‘financier’ trial to open in The Hague

The Hague, Sept 25 (AFP/APP): Alleged Rwandan genocide financier Felicien Kabuga will go on trial in The Hague on Thursday, one of the last key suspects in the 1994 ethnic slaughter that devastated the small central African nation. Kabuga’s trial will open at 0800 GMT […]

In retort to Wagner, ‘Mozart’ wants to save lives in Ukraine

Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sept 25 (AFP/APP): A volunteer organisation run by ex-soldiers, Mozart says it wants to save lives in Ukraine by offering aid and military training — choosing its name as a “tongue in cheek” nod to the notorious Russian paramilitary group Wagner. The […]

6.4 magnitude quake jolts western Indonesia, no casualty reported

JAKARTA, Sept. 24 (Xinhua/APP): A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s western province of Aceh on Saturday morning, but did not leave casualties or damages, an agency and an official said. The country’s meteorology and geophysics agency did not issue a tsunami warning. The quake jolted […]

At least 34 dead after migrant boat sink off Syria

Damascus, Sept 22 (AFP/APP): At least 34 migrants died when the boat they were travelling in sank off Syria’s coast after departing from neighbouring Lebanon, the government in Damascus said on Thursday. Lebanon, a country which hosts more than a million refugees from Syria’s civil […]

PTI should play its role in parliament: CJP

ISLAMABAD, SEP 22 (Online): Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial has remarked PTI should play its role in parliament. He further observed millions of people have been rendered homeless in floods at present. Neither drinking water is available nor food to eat. People […]

EU ministers to consider new Russia sanctions in emergency meeting

United Nations, United States, Sept 21 (AFP/APP): Top European Union diplomats will hold an emergency meeting late Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations to discuss potential new sanctions against Russia after Moscow called up reservists to fight its war in Ukraine. EU foreign […]