Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing heads to Russia to deepen strategic ties with Moscow
Bangkok, Aug 17: The head of Myanmar's military-backed government embarked on an official visit to Russia to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin aimed...
Rescuers dig through rubble, landslides after Indonesia quake kills 51
Ruteng (Indonesia), Aug 16: Rescue teams in eastern Indonesia recovered four more bodies Sunday after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck the day before, bringing the...
Bus crash in Hungary kills 12 people
Budapest, Aug 16: A passenger bus travelling on a highway in Hungary early Sunday went off the road and into a ditch where it...
In one of its largest aerial attack, Ukraine kills at least 6 in Russia
Moscow, Aug 16: Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of...
26 more bodies recovered in Zimbabwe ferry disaster; death toll at 72
Harare (Zimbabwe), Aug 16: Eighteen children were among more than 70 killed when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe this week,...
Rescuers dig through rubble, landslides after Indonesia quake kills 47
Labuan Bajo, Aug 16: Searchers dug through collapsed buildings and landslide debris Sunday in eastern Indonesia as they searched for bodies and possible survivors...
Israel President Herzog greets India on Independence Day, hails ‘beautiful friendship’
Herzliya (Israel), Aug 15: Israeli President Isaac Herzog congratulated India and its people on the 80th Independence Day, calling for strengthening the “beautiful friendship”...
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s coast, killing at least 38 and toppling buildings
Maumere (Indonesia), Aug 15: A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 38 people, collapsing buildings...
Nigel Farage beats Count Binface to win back seat in Parliament in widely mocked election
London, Aug 14: Nigel Farage beat trash-can-wearing comic candidate Count Binface on Friday, regaining a seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to...
Heavy rain causes flooding near Tokyo that kills at least 5 and strands travellers
Tokyo, Aug 14: Record-breaking rainfall that pounded cities east of Tokyo overnight flooded roads and dozens of homes, stranded thousands of people, caused power...
Putin pays his first visit to Pacific island chain claimed by Japan, drawing protest from Tokyo
Moscow, Aug 13: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday visited the Kuril Islands, a Russian-controlled Pacific island chain also claimed by Japan, for the...
Settler siege of Palestinian homes in West Bank ‘horrific act of terror’, US ambassador says
Jerusalem, Aug 13: The US Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family...
