Bangladeshis among 86 undocumented migrants arrested in Malaysia

More than 80 illegal immigrants, including a six-month-old baby, were arrested in a three-day operation involving three districts in Johor
23 May 2024

US reports 2nd human case of bird flu tied to dairy cow outbreak

A second case of bird flu has been found in a human, US health authorities announced Wednesday, less then two months after the first one as an outbreak of the disease circulates widely among dairy cows
23 May 2024

Show restraint in campaign

India’s election panel yesterday ordered the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition Congress to exercise restraint in their campaigns, after both had reported the other for making divisive speeches during India’s vote.
22 May 2024

Ukraine strikes Russia, occupied east

Ukraine attacked a number of villages in Russia’s Belgorod border region and the occupied eastern city of Lysychansk yesterday, killing two people, authorities and Russian media said.
22 May 2024

Half of mangrove ecosystems at risk

Half of the world’s mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse due to climate change, deforestation and pollution, according to a study published yesterday.
22 May 2024

China announces sanctions on US defence firms

China said yesterday it would impose sanctions on a number of US defence firms and several executives over Washington’s “economic coercion” against Chinese companies and its sales of arms to Taiwan.
22 May 2024

BJP will win 305 seats

The BJP will win 305 (+/- 10) seats in India’s Lok Sabha election, American political scientist and global political risk consultant Ian Bremmer told NDTV Profit in an exclusive interview Tuesday.
22 May 2024

20 people in ICU after turbulent flight

Twenty people were in intensive care in Bangkok hospitals yesterday after a terrifying high-altitude plunge on a flight from London during which an elderly passenger died and more than 100 were injured.
22 May 2024

Iranian official reveals more details of Raisi’s copter crash

Iran’s presidential chief of staff has revealed more details about a helicopter crash in northwest of the country over the weekend which led to the martyrdom of president Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and two top local officials in the province of East Azerbaijan.
22 May 2024

Nepal sherpa scales Everest for record 30th time

A Nepali sherpa guide scaled the summit of Mount Everest for a record 30th time yesterday, an official said, while two climbers went missing while descending from the world’s tallest peak.
22 May 2024

Russia ‘launched’ space weapon in path of US satellite: Pentagon

Russia has launched a likely space weapon and deployed it in the same orbit as a US government satellite, the Pentagon said.
22 May 2024

North Gaza hospitals barely operational

North Gaza’s last two functioning hospitals, Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan, are barely operational, doctors and the World Health Organization said Tuesday with the Israel’s offensive in Gaza now in its eighth month.
22 May 2024

Palestinian State: Ireland, Spain, Norway announce recognition

Ireland, Spain and Norway yesterday announced that they would recognise a Palestinian state on May 28, saying they hoped other Western countries would follow suit, prompting Israel to recall its ambassadors.
22 May 2024

Khamenei leads Raisi’s funeral prayers

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday led prayers in Tehran at the funeral of the late president Ebrahim Raisi, as the clerical establishment hurried to organise an early election that could further erode its legitimacy amid growing public discontent.
22 May 2024

Rishi Sunak calls surprise polls for July 4

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a national election yesterday, naming July 4 as the date for a vote his governing Conservatives are widely expected to lose to the opposition Labour Party after 14 years in power.
22 May 2024

Rohingyas in Rakhine: Arakan Army ‘forcibly displaced thousands’

Rohingya activists accused a Myanmar ethnic armed group on Wednesday of displacing thousands of the Rohingyas in western Rakhine state, after the United States said it was troubled by increasing violence.
22 May 2024

What is the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict?

More than seven months into the deadliest Israeli-Palestinian war yet, the US has said there is no way to solve Israel's security issues and the challenge of rebuilding Gaza without steps towards a Palestinian state
22 May 2024

Ireland, Spain, Norway announce recognition of Palestinian state

Ireland, Spain, Norway to recognise Palestinian state on May 28.Spain's Sanchez says step is to accelerate peace efforts.Norway's PM says two states the only political solution.Adds European context, Irish coalition partner, Palestinian response.Ireland, Spain and Norway
22 May 2024

Israel fumes as Ireland recognises Palestine

Following Ireland, at least two more European countries today announced they will follow recognise a Palestine state, drawing a strong response from Israel.
22 May 2024

'Thousands of Rohingyas' displaced by Arakan Army

Rohingya activists accused a Myanmar ethnic armed group on Wednesday of displacing thousands of the persecuted minority in western Rakhine state, after the United States said it was troubled by increasing violence
22 May 2024