North Korea nuclear test would prompt wide-ranging response: US military
North Korea Nuclear Test: North Korea, which has carried out four ballistic missile launches this week, appears to be preparing for a nuclear test. North Korea, which has carried out…
Nobel Prize season arrives amid war, nuclear fears, hunger
The secretive Nobel committees never hint who will win the prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics or peace. It’s anyone’s guess who might win the awards being announced starting…
US announces ‘severe’ sanctions on Russia as Putin annexes Ukraine’s 4 regions
The White House has announced the decision on sanctions on Russia amid Kremlin’s declaration that it has annexed four areas of neighboring Ukraine. The United States on Friday announced “severe”…
5.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Myanmar
According to the data by National Centre for Seismology, the quake struck about 162km NW of Burma, Myanmar. An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolted Myanmar on Friday, according to the…
Blast in Shiite area of Kabul, says Taliban official
The Islamic State group — a top rival of the Taliban — has previously targeted mosques and worshippers, especially members of Afghanistan’s Shiite community in attacks. There was a blast…
Ukraine-Russia War: US Army Doctor and Wife Accused of Russian Spying
A US army major doctor and her wife, a civilian doctor, have been charged with a plot to leak information to the Russian government. Jamie Lee Henry and Anna Gabrielian…
Harjot Kaur Bhamra: Bihar IAS officer mocks schoolgirl’s request for sanitary pads
A female civil servant’s response to a schoolgirl’s request for free sanitary pads has sparked backlash in India. The teenager made the request at a workshop organised with Unicef in…
Kamala Harris’s visit to North Korea’s missile barrage
North Korea carried out another banned missile test, just hours after a visit by US Vice-President Kamala Harris, South Korea’s military says. Two short-range ballistic missiles were fired into the…
Ukraine war: Finland closes borders to Russian tourists
Finland is closing its border to Russian tourists from Friday – the last of Moscow’s EU neighbours to do so. Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania all closed their borders to…
Russia will officially annex four more regions of Ukraine
Russia’s Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony on Friday to annex four more areas of Ukraine after self-styled referendums condemned by Ukraine and the West as a sham. Russian-backed…