Tankers are seen at sea on January 17, 2024 in Djibouti, Djibouti. Attacks on commercial ships by Yemen’s Houthi rebel group, who say they are acting in protest of Israel’s war in Gaza, have imperilled a vital global shipping route through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait that lies between Yemen and Djibouti and connects the Gulf of … Read more
A U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashed in South Korea on Monday while on a routine training flight. File photo. | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashed in South Korea on Monday while on a routine training flight and the pilot was rescued after ejecting when the aircraft experienced an “in-flight emergency,” the … Read more
A semitrailer is overturned by an apparent tornado on West Main Street in Hendersonville, Tennessee, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Severe storms and tornadoes in Tennessee left at least six people dead on Saturday and caused what local emergency services described as extensive damage with tens of thousands of residents without power. “At this … Read more
PM Benjamin Netanyahu floated the idea of building infrastructure projects such as a fiber optic cable linking countries in Asia and the Arabian Peninsula with Europe through Israel and Cyprus. | file photo | Photo Credit: AP Israel’s Prime Minister on Sunday floated the idea of building infrastructure projects such as a fiber optic cable … Read more
In an image from video, authorities work at the scene of a fatal shooting Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, at Cook’s Corner, a biker barin rural Trabuco Canyon, Calif., in Orange County. | Photo Credit: AP Three people were killed and five others were wounded in a shooting Wednesday at a Southern California biker bar, the Orange County … Read more
An Air Force aircraft takes part in militarydrills by the Eastern Theatre Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) around Taiwan, in this screengrab from a handout video released August 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Chinese military launched drills around Taiwan on Saturday as a “stern warning” over what it called collusion between “separatists and foreign … Read more
Home Minister Amit Shah tells Lok Sabha that the government is ready for discussion Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha on July 24 that the government was ready for a discussion on Manipur on the floor of the House as the country needs to know the truth about the sensitive situation in the State. Union … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi, right, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on June 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened a second and final day of critical meetings with senior Chinese officials as the two … Read more
As the dates for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States draw closer, officials from New Delhi and Washington are busy making the final arrangements for the strategic and defence agreements the two sides hope to sign or announce during the State visit. U.S. Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti says the visit will be … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China next week, rescheduling a visit that was cancelled in February | file photo | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China next week, rescheduling a visit that was cancelled in February after a saga over a suspected surveillance balloon, … Read more