Over 60 dead in migrant boat sinking off Cape Verde: UN agency

More than 60 people are believed to have died after a migrant boat from Senegal was found off West Africa's Cape Verde islands, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday
17 August 2023

WHO holds first traditional medicine summit

The World Health Organization holds its first summit on traditional medicine on Thursday, with warnings that treatments rooted in natural products can be effective alternative healthcare only if scientifically proven
17 August 2023

Cargo ship leaves Ukraine’s Odesa

Kyiv said yesterday that a civilian cargo vessel had exited its southern port of Odesa despite warnings from Russia that its navy could target any ships using Ukraine’s Black Sea export hubs.
16 August 2023

Cyprus dig reveals key trading hub in antiquity

A Swedish-led excavation on Cyprus has unearthed a wealth of artefacts suggesting an ancient port city in Larnaca on the south coast was the region’s key Bronze Age trading post, an official said yesterday.
16 August 2023

Syria doubles pay for civil servants, military personnel

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has decreed a 100-percent pay rise for civil servants and pensioners while fuel subsidies were lifted in a country ravaged by 12 years of war.
16 August 2023

US imports: WTO rules against China retaliatory tariffs

World Trade Organization experts ruled yesterday that tariffs imposed by China on billions worth of US imports in retaliation for Washington’s steel and aluminium tariffs violated international trade rules.
16 August 2023

Violence in Libya: Truce holds after rival faction clashes kill 55

Tripoli’s worst armed clashes in a year have killed 55 people and wounded 146, Libyan media reported yesterday, as a truce took hold.
16 August 2023

Arms Deals Between North Korea, Russia: US slaps sanctions on three entities

The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on three entities it accused of being tied to arms deals between North Korea and Russia as Washington cracked down on those seeking to support Russia’s war in Ukraine.
16 August 2023

Singapore seizes S$1b in cash, assets from foreigners

In one of the biggest anti-money laundering operations, the Singapore Police Force rounded up a group of foreigners who had amassed about S$1 billion worth of assets there.
16 August 2023

Chandrayaan-3 completes moon-bound manoeuvres

India's third unmanned mission to the moon Chandrayaan-3 today successfully underwent a final lunar orbit-bound orbit maneouvre, bringing it much nearer to the lunar surface, the national space agency said
16 August 2023

Clashes in Libya capital kill 27, injure more than 100

Gun battles between two leading armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli have killed 27 people and wounded 106, a toll update from the Emergency Medicine Centre said Wednesday
16 August 2023

Asian markets fall on China woes, US rate concerns

Asian markets were well in the red, with Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney all down more than 1.0 percent. Shanghai, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok and Jakarta also retreated
16 August 2023

Georgia indictment: How will Trump defend himself? Will it work?

Donald Trump is likely to claim that his right to free speech and genuine concerns about voter fraud protect him from charges that he pressured Georgia officials to change the results of the 2020 election in his favor
16 August 2023

Hawaii wildfire death toll surpasses 100: governor

The number of people known to have died in the horrific wildfire that levelled a Hawaiian town topped 100 Tuesday, the state's governor said
16 August 2023

Another local politician slain

A local politician in Ecuador was killed Monday, party officials said, less than a week after a presidential front-runner was gunned down at a campaign rally ahead of this weekend’s elections.
15 August 2023

25 bodies recovered after landslide

Rescuers have recovered 25 bodies while 14 people remain missing after a landslide at an unregulated jade mine in a remote region of Myanmar, emergency workers said yesterday.
15 August 2023

Myanmar arrests 145 fleeing Rohingyas

Myanmar authorities have arrested nearly 150 Rohingyas suspected of trying to flee the country, an official told AFP yesterday.
15 August 2023

Search on for survivors after India landslides kill 65

Rescuers yesterday searched for people feared missing in floods and landslides that have killed at least 65 in India, including 11 who died in the collapse of a popular temple.
15 August 2023

Fire at Russian fuel station kills 35

At least 35 people were killed in an explosion that created a huge fire ball at a fuel station in Russia’s remote Caucasus republic of Dagestan, spurring condolences from President Vladimir Putin yesterday.
15 August 2023

Israel troops kill two Palestinians

Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank yesterday, in the first deadly raid in the Jericho area for months.
15 August 2023