File picture of a J-15 Chinese fighter jet aboard the Shandong aircraft carrier during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) | Photo Credit: AP China sent more than 30 warplanes and a group of navy ships toward Taiwan, … Read more
File picture of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau | Photo Credit: AP An independent commission probing alleged foreign interference in Canada asked the Justin Trudeau government on Wednesday to share information about possible meddling in elections by India, a development that could aggravate already-tense Ottawa-New Delhi relations. The commission was set up by Prime Minister … Read more
After winning the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump told his supporters that it would be good if everybody could come together and straighten out the world and straighten out the problems and the death and destruction that one is witnessing. In his speech soon after his victory in the Iowa caucuses, the former US president called … Read more
Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu (2nd L), his wife Sajidha Mohamed (L), Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) and his wife Peng Liyuan posing for photos during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. | Photo Credit: AFP The Maldives may be a small island nation, but that does not allow … Read more
Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, claimed that her country’s military had detonated explosives simulating the sound of gunfire 60 times and “watched the reaction” of the South Korean forces. File | Photo Credit: AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister on January 7 denied Seoul’s claims that Pyongyang had … Read more
German-born Hollywood actor Christian Oliver was killed along with his two young daughters as their small plane plummeted into the Caribbean Sea moments after takeoff, local police said January 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters died in a plane crash near a tiny private island in the … Read more
U.S. military forces shot down more than a dozen attack drones and several missiles fired by Yemen-based Huthi rebels at shipping in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries,” the Pentagon’s Central Command said in a social media post, describing a barrage … Read more
Palestinians pull a body out of the rubble of the Al Nawasrah family building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP World Health Organization staff visited Monday a Gaza hospital receiving casualties from deadly strikes on a refugee camp, hearing distressing stories of entire families killed … Read more
Russia has the upper hand in weapons production over the West and intends to keep the rate of growth high, a top Russian minister said on Monday after both the West and Russia ramped up arms production for the Ukraine war. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the biggest conflict in Europe since World … Read more
US President Joe Bide. File | Photo Credit: AFP President Joe Biden on Saturday pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protect civilian lives in Gaza, the White House said, as the country’s forces mounted fresh military strikes in the territory. The conversation came a day after the UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding … Read more