Turkey won’t back Swedish Nato bid

Sweden should not expect a change of attitude from Ankara on its Nato membership bid at the Western alliance’s summit next month unless it prevents anti-Turkey protests in Stockholm,
14 June 2023

Russian strikes kill 6 in Ukraine

Russian missile attacks killed three people in the Black Sea city of Odesa and three in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine yesterday,
14 June 2023

EU lawmakers approve plan

EU lawmakers yesterday voted to adopt a key text forming the basis of a future law regulating artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT,
14 June 2023

Death toll rises to 106 in Nigeria boat disaster

The death toll from a Nigeria riverboat disaster has risen to 106 people as rescue teams continued to search for more survivors, police said yesterday.
14 June 2023

Blinken to seek to ‘responsibly manage’ ties

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will seek to reduce the chances of miscalculation on a rare visit to Beijing, officials said, but both sides expect long-term tensions to fester.
14 June 2023

Dozens drown in deadliest migrant shipwreck off Greece this year

At least 59 migrants drowned early today and more were feared missing when their boat capsized and sank off Greece, the country's coast guard said.
14 June 2023

Influencers overtaking journalists as news source: report

TikTok influencers and celebrities are increasingly taking over from journalists as the main source of news for young people, according to a report published Wednesday by the Britain-based Reuters Institute
14 June 2023

Malaysia seeks Interpol help to track US comedian over MH370 joke

Malaysia will on Wednesday ask Interpol to help track down a US comedian, local media reported, after her joke about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 sparked fury and even an apology from Singapore
14 June 2023

Record 110 million people now forcibly displaced: UN

A record 110 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced from their homes, the United Nations said Wednesday, branding the huge upsurge an "indictment" of the world
14 June 2023

Trump pleads not guilty in federal documents case

Former US President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them
14 June 2023

Extreme weather killed 195,000 in Europe since 1980

Extreme weather conditions in Europe have killed almost 195,000 people and caused economic losses of more than 560 billion euros since 1980, the European Environment Agency said Wednesday.
14 June 2023

Over 100 dead in Nigeria river boat accident

More than 100 people have drowned in north central Nigeria after a boat carrying families returning from a wedding sank in a river, police and local authorities said on Tuesday
14 June 2023

Cambodian leader orders election law change

Cambodian leader Hun Sen yesterday ordered election laws to be changed to ban anyone who fails to vote in an upcoming poll from ever running for office -- a move that will affect exiled rivals.
13 June 2023

Over 6,000 killed in first 20 months: report

More than 6,000 civilians were killed in Myanmar in the first 20 months after the February 2021 military coup, a report published yesterday by the Peace Research Institute of Oslo said.
13 June 2023

Trump pleads not guilty in federal documents case

Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty early today to federal criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them.
13 June 2023

Russian missile strike kills 11 in Ukraine

A Russian missile strike killed at least 11 people in an apartment building and a warehouse in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town yesterday, while Moscow’s forces yielded ground in the early stages of a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
13 June 2023

Sudan army chief won’t meet enemy general: govt official

Sudan’s army chief is not ready to meet the enemy general he’s been at war with for eight weeks, a government official said yesterday after a regional bloc proposed a face-to-face encounter between the two.
13 June 2023

UN chief proposes code to tackle ‘grave’ misinfo

Alarm over advancements in artificial intelligence must not obscure the “grave” harm already being done by digital platforms rife with misinformation, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday, as he proposed an international code of conduct.
13 June 2023

Ethnic Serbs clash with police

Police and ethnic Serbs clashed in the flashpoint city of Mitrovica in north Kosovo yesterday, as Prime Minister Albin Kurti introduced a new plan to defuse weeks of tensions.
13 June 2023

Seven die as cyclone barrels towards India, Pakistan

Four boys drowned in rough seas off the western Indian financial hub of Mumbai yesterday as India and Pakistan began evacuating people from coastal areas, two days before a cyclone is expected to make landfall.
13 June 2023