Kishida vows to push rules-based order as Japan’s defence chief visits Yasukuni 79 years after WWII
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to step up his country’s effort to defend a rules-based international order in a peace pledge made Thursday on the 79th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II. “We will never again repeat the tragedy of war” and will stick to the country’s postwar...
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Ukrainian drone attack damages 2 hangars, satellite images show, as fighting in Russia grinds on
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I-Day celebrated in Israel virtually due to escalating tensions
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Mediators set to hold new Gaza cease-fire talks
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More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza: Territory’s Health Ministry
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Calmer winds, reinforcements help battle scattered fires in Athens suburbs
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NZ food bank distributes candy made from potentially lethal Methamphetamine
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‘Americans give Harris an advantage over Trump on honesty, discipline’
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Judge rejects Trump’s latest demand in hush money case
Donald Trump has lost his latest bid for a new judge in his New York hush money criminal case as it heads toward a key ruling and potential sentencing next month. In a decision posted Wednesday, Judge Juan M Merchan declined to step aside and said Trump’s demand was a rehash...
‘Weakening military is weakening nation,’ says Pak Army chief
Pakistan’s Army chief General Asim Munir has said that any attempt to undermine the nation’s powerful military is equivalent to weakening the country. Addressing the Azadi Parade at the Pakistan Military Academy on the eve of the country’s 78th Independence Day, he also underscored the importance of maintaining national unity...
Shehbaz Sharif to unveil 5-year plan for Pakistan’s economic stability
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday announced that he would soon unveil a new five-year plan to bring cash-strapped Pakistan out of the economic crisis and asked countrymen to undertake self-introspection to correct mistakes of the past. Sharif’s remarks came as the nation commemorated the 78th Independence Day of Pakistan. The Prime Minister...
Students still managing roads in Bangladesh
Several Bangladeshi students, who were behind the ouster of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, are still controlling traffic on the roads in the country despite traffic police personnel rejoining their workplaces. A wave of violence, including revenge killings and arson, persisted after Hasina fled to India on August 5. Almost all of...
House of Hindu family targeted in fresh arson
Arsonists torched a house belonging to a Hindu family with no political affiliation in northwest Bangladesh, a media report said on Wednesday, in the latest incident of targeted attacks on the minority community after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government. The incident in Farabari Mandirpara village in Akcha union under...
Kishida not to seek re-election, paves way for new Japanese PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a surprise move Wednesday, announced he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, paving the way for Japan to have a new prime minister. Kishida was elected president of his governing Liberal Democratic Party in 2021 and his three-year term expires...
Complaint filed against Hasina, others at International Tribunal
A complaint was filed on Wednesday with the investigation agency of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and several others, accusing them of committing genocide and crimes against humanity during the mass movement of the students against her government. “The complaint was filed by the father of...
