TOKYO: Japan and South Korea announced relaxed trade controls and a return of frequent reciprocal visits on Thursday, as President Yoon Suk Yeol visits Tokyo on a trip intended to rebuild ties between the neighbours. For years, the two countries have been locked in a bitter spat over wartime forced labour. But since his election […]
An Indonesian court jailed a police officer for 18 months on Thursday over negligence contributing to one of the worst stadium disasters in the history of football. Last year’s crush in the city of Malang killed 135 people — including more than 40 children — after a 3-2 defeat for Arema FC by their fierce […]
China warned on Tuesday that Australia, Britain and the United States were treading a “path of error and danger” after they unveiled a nuclear-powered submarines deal. Australia announced on Monday it would buy up to five US nuclear-powered submarines, then build a new model with US and British technology under an ambitious plan to bulk […]
San Diego: At least eight people died after two fishing boats capsized off the coast of San Diego, California, emergency officials said on Sunday. San Diego fire rescue said in a statement that a search and recovery operation began late on Saturday night, when the department received calls about fishing boats in distress off the […]
There was a notion when the Pakistan Super League (PSL) started that has now been firmly put to bed. It was that that there can be no losers in this league. The logic going that since no matter what happens, a Pakistani team will win and hence nobody is truly losing here. Yet such is […]
More than 1,300 migrants have been rescued in three separate operations off the southern tip of Italy, the coastguard said on Saturday, two weeks after at least 74 people died when their boat hit rocks near the coast. Growing numbers of migrant arrivals have piled pressure on Italy’s conservative government, which took office last October […]
Beijin: Is the United States out to sabotage China? Chinese leaders think so. President Xi Jinping accused Washington this week of trying to isolate his country and hold back its development. That reflects the ruling Communist Party’s growing frustration that its pursuit of prosperity and global influence is threatened by U.S. restrictions on access to […]
Iran announced on Tuesday it had made the first arrests in a spate of mystery poisonings of schoolgirls that has affected more than 5,000 pupils since late November. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had called on Monday for the perpetrators of the “unforgivable crime” to be tracked down “without mercy” as public anger mounts. “Based […]
KYIV: Kyiv said on Sunday it was holding off attacks from Russian troops still attempting to surround Bakhmut, a now-destroyed eastern Ukrainian city that Moscow has been trying to capture for months. Ukraine has vowed to defend “fortress Bakhmut” but has faced Russian troops determined to take the city which has turned into a political […]
Another reflection of divisions at international fora: UN chief’s spokesperson United Nations: The failure of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting to come out with a joint communique over the Ukraine conflict is not a reflection on India’s efforts as host but of the “divisions” seen among countries in the international fora, a spokesperson for UN […]