Azerbaijan launches operation against Nagorno-Karabakh
BAKU – Azerbaijan’s defence ministry says it has begun “anti-terrorist” operations in its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, under Armenian control.
Tensions have been high for...
24 killed as Peru bus falls into ravine
LIMA – At least 24 people have been killed and 21 injured in a coach crash in Peru.
The inter-city coach was travelling overnight in...
Colombia deadliest country for environmentalists – report
LONDON – At least 177 environmental activists were killed across the world last year, a report by the non-governmental organisation Global Witness suggests.
Sixty of...
Taiwan tells Elon Musk it is ‘not for sale’
TAIPEI – Taiwan has told billionaire Elon Musk it is “not for sale” after he said the island was a part of China.
“Listen up,...
UAE seizes billion-dollar amphetamine haul
DUBAI – Police in the United Arab Emirates have seized 13 tonnes of amphetamine pills smuggled in furniture.
More than $1 billion worth of the...
Undocumented Filipinos in US now estimated at 309,000
MANILA – The Philippines is the sixth top source of undocumented (unauthorized) immigrants in the United States, a population estimated at 309,000 in 2021,...
North Korea’s Kim reveals nuclear attack submarine
PYONGYANG – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken part in a ceremony to reveal what Pyongyang says is its first submarine capable...
Libya declares emergency as Storm Daniel kills 150
TRIPOLI – At least 150 people have died after a powerful storm caused severe flooding in eastern Libya, an official has said.
Storm Daniel made...
Ukraine war: 2 aid workers die in Russian missile strike
KYIV – Two foreign aid volunteers have been killed and two others injured in a Russian missile attack in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv has said.
Emma...
Morocco earthquake death toll rises above 2,000
RABAT – The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck Morocco Friday night last week has soared to more than 2,000, with a...