S. KOREAN PRESIDENT YOON MULLING MORE SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AS N. KOREA VOWS TO BACK RUSSIA

Thu 14 November 2024: South Korea could consider more support for Ukraine in response to North Korea’s deployment of troops in Russia to support Moscow’s ongoing war, the South’s president said on Wednesday. Speaking to Spanish news agency EFE, Yoon Suk-yeol said Pyongyang has also provided weapons to Moscow. “If they both do not stop […]

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WATCH | AN INDIGENOUS LEADER BATTLES WILDFIRES IN INDONESIAN BORNEO

Wed 13 November 2024: A new fire season crackles to life in Kalimantan as 29-year-old Emmanuela Shinta monitors the air quality and distributes face masks to thousands of villagers expecting the worst. But she knows it is not enough. Each year, the region is prone to deadly fires caused by deforestation, trapping Borneo in a […]

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CHINA REASSERTS SOUTH CHINA SEA SOVEREIGNTY AMID PHILIPPINE BOUNDARY LAWS

Mon 11 November 2024: China opposes the Philippine move to define the country’s maritime entitlements in the South China Sea.  China has reasserted its territories around a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea after the Philippines defined its sea boundaries in the contested waters. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr signed two laws on Friday […]

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TALIBAN SAYS DEPORTATION OF AFGHAN MIGRANTS FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES HAS INTENSIFIED

Mon 11 November 2024: A committee of the High Commission for Addressing the Problems of Migrants said the process of forced expulsion of Afghan migrants from neighboring countries has intensified. However, members of the committee emphasized, in their meeting with the Prime Minister’s administrative deputy, that they have managed the resettlement of the returnees well […]

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EXPLOSION ROCKS QUETTA RAILWAY STATION IN PAKISTAN, KILLING 26 PEOPLE

Sat 09 November 2024: At least 26 people were killed and many others injured in a bomb explosion at Quetta city railway station in southwestern Pakistan early Saturday, police said. So far 26 people have been killed and 46 others injured, Muhammad Akram, a local police official, told Anadolu over phone. Earlier, a local senior […]

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RUPEE HITS RECORD LOW AGAINST DOLLAR AMID TRUMP’S VICTORY

Thu 07 November 2024: New Delhi: The Indian rupee fell to an all-time low of Rs 84.282 against the US dollar on Wednesday (November 6), pressured by a strengthening dollar index that reached a four-month high. The depreciation comes as Republican candidate Donald Trump won the US presidential race, sparking expectations that his inflationary policies […]

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