US-Japan Patriot missile production plan hits Boeing component roadblock
Washington, DC [US], July 20: A U.S. plan to use Japanese factories to boost production of Patriot air defense missiles - used by Ukraine to...
Israel strikes central Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], July 20: Israeli forces bombed parts of central Gaza on Friday, killing at least eight Palestinians in the Al-Nuseirat camp area, while fighting...
Russian missile strikes Ukrainian playground, killing three
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 20: A Russian missile hit a children's playground in Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv on Friday, killing a child and two...
Singapore sends rescue teams to help crew of oil tankers on fire
Singapore, July 20: Two oil tankers have caught fire about 55 km northeast of the Singaporean island of Pedra Branca, the Maritime and Port Authority...
If Joe Biden doesn't have cognitive function... how can he remain as...
Washington, DC [US], July 20: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's running mate, JD Vance, on Friday took a shot at US President Joe Biden, asking...
Biden completes fourth dose of PAXLOVID, COVID-19 symptoms have "improved meaningfully": US...
Washington, DC [US], July 20: US President Joe Biden, who was tested positive for COVID-19 early this week, has completed his fourth dose of PAXLOVID,...
US calls India its partner in key areas, urges for support to...
Washington, DC [US], July 20: Stating that America partners with India in a number of key areas, the US has urged New Delhi to support...
United Nations human rights chief condemns attacks on student protesters in Bangladesh,...
New York City [US], July 20: The United Nations human rights chief on Friday called the attacks on student protesters in Bangladesh "shocking and unacceptable,"...
40 killed in migrant boat fire off Haiti's coast: UN agency
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], July 20: At least 40 people were killed after the boat they were on board caught fire off the coast of Haiti earlier...
Pakistan: Defence forces open fire on protesters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; many injured
Bannu (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], July 20: In a shocking incident, Pakistani defense forces reportedly opened fire on peaceful Pashtun protesters who had gathered to...
Argentina aims to tame crypto market due to money-laundering
Buenos Aires [Argentina], July 19: A new law could help Argentina regulate its booming cryptocurrency market as the country aims to reduce risks such as...
Italy's Meloni and NGO Sea-Watch at loggerheads after Libya visit
Rome [Italy], July 19: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has accused a German search-and-rescue organization of ignoring the role of human traffickers in the deaths...
Namibia refuses to extend visa for Ugandan monarch
Windhoek [Namibia], July 19: The Namibian government has refused a request to extend the visa for a Ugandan king who has been getting medical treatment...
US military ends Gaza floating aid pier mission
Washington [US], July 19: The US military has ended its mission to operate a temporary floating pier to deliver more aid to the Gaza Strip,...
38,848 killed in Gaza since Oct 7
Gaza [Palestine], July 19: Gaza's Health Ministry has said Israel had killed 38,848 Palestinians since it launched its war.
Ukraine War Day 876: Russia's New Advance in Kharkiv
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 19: Major General Apti Alaudinov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry 's Main Military-Political Directorate and commander of the Akhmat special...
Israel attacks across Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], July 19: Health officials and residents in Gaza accused Israeli forces of bombing refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip and attacking Gaza...
Isolated tribe in the Amazon rainforest
London [UK], July 19: Survival International (headquartered in the UK) has just released rare images of the Mashco Piro people, an indigenous tribe in the...
Cambodia is about to break ground on the Funan-Techo Canal, with a...
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], July 19: During a meeting with representatives of all 14 district authorities and the Phnom Penh Municipal Solidarity Command (Cambodia) on July...
Mr. Obama, Ms. Pelosi worry that President Biden will lose to Mr....
Washington [US], July 19: CNN on July 18 quoted informed sources as saying that former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently had a private conversation...
Vietnamese Poisoning in Thailand: Police Investigate Cyanide Origin
Taiwan [Vietnam], July 19: Major General Witthawat Chinkham, commander of Team 5 of the Thai Metropolitan Police Department, said police are investigating whether the cyanide...
Biden Reconsiders Race Exit After Initial Defiance
Washington [US], July 19: U.S. President Joe Biden is taking calls to step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate seriously and multiple Democratic officials think...
Russia Threatens Nuclear Deployment Over US Weapons
Moscow [Russia], July 19: Russia does not rule out new deployments of nuclear missiles in response to the planned U.S. stationing of long-range conventional weapons...
US appeals court blocks all of Biden student debt relief plan
Washington [US], July 19: A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden's administration from continuing to implement a new student debt relief plan...
Thirteen killed in Bangladesh protests over job quotas
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 19: Thirteen people were killed as thousands of students armed with sticks and rocks clashed with armed police in Dhaka on Thursday,...
Biden continues to work amid 'mild' COVID symptoms, his doctor says
Washington [US], July 19: U.S. President Joe Biden is continuing to conduct official business while experiencing mild upper respiratory symptoms associated with his COVID diagnosis,...
ADB raises developing Asia and the Pacific's economic growth forecast for 2024
Manila [Philippines], July 19: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has slightly raised its economic growth forecast for developing Asia and the Pacific this year to...