Houthis claim attack on ‘Israeli’ ship in Arabian Sea

Houthis claim attack on ‘Israeli’ ship in Arabian Sea

Sanaa, June 26 - Yemen's Houthi group has claimed responsibility for launching a missile attack against an "Israeli" ship in the Arabian Sea.

Read More
Kenyan President terms street protests ‘treasonous’ after 5 killed in police firing

Kenyan President terms street protests ‘treasonous’ after 5 killed in police firing

Nairobi, June 26 - Kenyan President William Ruto termed Tuesday's street protests against proposed tax hikes in the East African nation as treasonous, noting that his government will soon provide an expeditious response to the situation.

Read More
Iran’s supreme leader calls for high turnout in upcoming presidential poll

Iran’s supreme leader calls for high turnout in upcoming presidential poll

Tehran, June 26 - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has emphasised the significance of a strong turnout in the country's upcoming presidential election, scheduled for Friday.

Read More
UK running out of jail space

UK running out of jail space

London, June 26 - Prisons are expected to reach full capacity within days, the association for prison governors in England and Wales has warned.

Read More
Sri Lankan cabinet clears proposal to turn military airbase into civil airport

Sri Lankan cabinet clears proposal to turn military airbase into civil airport

Colombo, June 25 - Sri Lankan cabinet approved a proposal to make preparations to develop the Hingurakgoda airport in the North Central Province as a complete airport for civilian use, the government's information department said on Tuesday.

Read More
EU charges Microsoft over possibly abusive tying practices regarding Teams

EU charges Microsoft over possibly abusive tying practices regarding Teams

San Francisco, June 25 - The European Union (EU) on Tuesday accused Microsoft of breaching antitrust rules with the 'abusive' bundling of its Teams and Office products.

Read More
Death toll rises to 23 in South Korea battery plant fire

Death toll rises to 23 in South Korea battery plant fire

Seoul, June 25 - Rescue workers retrieved one more body on Tuesday after a fire at a lithium battery plant in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, one of the worst chemical plant accidents in the country.

Read More
China: Torrential rain continues to lash middle, lower reaches of Yangtze River

China: Torrential rain continues to lash middle, lower reaches of Yangtze River

Beijing, June 25 - Heavy rainfall will continue to batter a large portion of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China, weather forecasters said on Tuesday, with floods occurring in several rivers.

Read More
New Kuwaiti Ambassador meets EAM Jaishankar, discusses bilateral ties

New Kuwaiti Ambassador meets EAM Jaishankar, discusses bilateral ties

New Delhi, June 25 - Meshal Mustafa Jasim Alshemali, the newly appointed Ambassador of Kuwait to India, met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday, marking his first meeting with the EAM after assuming his new post.

Read More
Lithuanian President, Spanish King visit air force base

Lithuanian President, Spanish King visit air force base

Vilnius, June 25 - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Spanish King Felipe VI visited a Lithuanian air force base and met with the Spanish troops participating in the Baltic air policing mission.

Read More
Record-breaking heat wave hits Russia’s Siberia

Record-breaking heat wave hits Russia’s Siberia

Moscow, June 25 - Russia's western Siberia is experiencing an unprecedented heatwave, with temperatures in several regions shattering records over the past 50 years or so, local weather authorities said on Tuesday.

Read More
Australian PM welcomes news of WikiLeaks founder’s release

Australian PM welcomes news of WikiLeaks founder’s release

Canberra, June 25 - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed the news that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to be released by US authorities.

Read More
South Korean President visits aircraft carrier ahead of trilateral drills US, Japan

South Korean President visits aircraft carrier ahead of trilateral drills US, Japan

Seoul, June 25 - President Yoon Suk Yeol boarded a visiting US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on Tuesday ahead of joint drills between South Korea, the United States and Japan aimed at enhancing their responses against rising threats from North Korea.

Read More
Russia hopes South Korea ‘calmly’ accepts treaty with North Korea

Russia hopes South Korea ‘calmly’ accepts treaty with North Korea

Seoul, June 25 - Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister on Tuesday expressed hope that South Korea would "calmly" accept Moscow's new partnership treaty with North Korea, a news report said, amid condemnation over deepening military cooperation between the two countries.

Read More
WikiLeaks founder Assange walks out of court as a ‘free man’

WikiLeaks founder Assange walks out of court as a ‘free man’

Washington, June 26 - A US federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, on Wednesday ordered that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who pleaded guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act, should be released immediately.

Read More
India asks its citizens in Kenya to restrict ‘non-essential’ movement

India asks its citizens in Kenya to restrict ‘non-essential’ movement

New Delhi, June 26 - India has advised its citizens in Kenya to exercise utmost caution and restrict non-essential movement amid violent protests in the East African nation against the government's proposed tax hikes.

Read More
Pakistan does not believe in perpetual hostility with India, says Deputy PM Ishaq Dar

Pakistan does not believe in perpetual hostility with India, says Deputy PM Ishaq Dar

Islamabad, June 25 - Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday called on the Modi 3.0 regime to work towards a sober reflection on the future of bilateral relations between the two nuclear-powered neighbours.

Read More
US moots one-stop screening with India at aviation summit

US moots one-stop screening with India at aviation summit

Washington, June 25 - A top US aviation security official on Tuesday called for a one-stop security screening arrangement with India to reduce duplication of efforts at both ends for passengers as part of a broader cooperation between the two countries in civil

Read More
South Korea, US stage joint logistics drills

South Korea, US stage joint logistics drills

Seoul, June 25 - South Korea and the US kicked off joint drills aimed at strengthening their combined logistics capabilities earlier this week, Seoul's military said Tuesday.

Read More
Australian govt welcomes UNESCO Great Barrier Reef report

Australian govt welcomes UNESCO Great Barrier Reef report

Canberra, June 25 - The Australian government has welcomed UNESCO's recommendation that the Great Barrier Reef remain off the World Heritage in-danger list.

Read More