Tue 28 October 2023: North Korea said on Tuesday that its military spy satellite photographed different US facilities and installations, including the White House and Pentagon. On November 25-28, the National Aerospace Technology Administration briefed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the operations of the spy satellite. Last week, North Korea said it “successfully” launched […]
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Mon 27 October 2023: Twenty four people have been killed in lightning strikes in different parts of Gujarat during widespread unseasonal rainfall in the state, an official said Monday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah condoled the deaths due to bad weather and lightning in various cities of Gujarat on Sunday and said the local administration […]
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FILE PHOTO Sun 26 October 2023: The Chinese health ministry on Sunday (Nov 26) urged local authorities to increase the number of fever clinics amid a surge in respiratory illnesses across the country. Addressing a press conference, National Health Commission spokesperson Mi Feng said that the surge in acute respiratory illnesses was linked to the […]
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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwar-ul-haq Kakar, who was in Beijing, China, for the third Belt and Road Forum on October 19, 2023 Sat 25 October 2023: The grouping, which criticised Israel for the Gaza war this week, is increasingly seen as the leading voice of the Global South. […]
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Fri 24 October 2023: Prominent Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah has been freed from jail after more than 600 days of confinement after a court granted him bail, saying there was “not enough evidence” to try him for terrorism. Shah, 34, was released from Kot Bhalwal Jail in the region’s southern city of Jammu on Thursday, […]
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Thu 23 October 2023: A plot to kill a Sikh separatist in the US was foiled by authorities, and they have warned India that they may have been linked with the administration in New Delhi, the Financial Times has reported. The FT on Wednesday named Gurpatwant Singh Pannun as the intended victim of the allegedly […]
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Thu 23 October 2023: The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked Beijing for more information on an outbreak of mysterious pneumonia in northern China that appears mostly to be affecting children. The WHO made “an official request for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children,” the United […]
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Wed 22 October 2023: New Delhi: India has resumed e-visa applications for Canadian nationals, two months after all visa services were stopped after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had accused India of involvement in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. While there is no announcement, official sources said that e-visa services have been resumed […]
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More than 150 children have died of dengue in Bangladesh this year [Nazmul Islam/Al Jazeera] Tue 21 October 2023: Dhaka, Bangladesh – Every time Mosammat Mayna enters the dengue ward at Mugda Hospital in Bangladesh’s capital, sorrow and fear grip her mind. The 23-year-old has been working as a cleaner in the hospital for just […]
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Mon 20 October 2023: A volcanic eruption on a remote island of Papua New Guinea has pushed some residents to begin evacuating and the island’s airport to cancel flights. Ulawun, the South Pacific nation’s most active volcano, spewed smoke up to 15km (9.3 miles) in the air on Monday afternoon, the country’s Geohazards Management Division […]
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