The US has lifted bounties on three Taliban figures, including the interior minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, who also heads a powerful network blamed for attacks against Afghanistan’s former Western-backed government. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani today said the US government had also revoked the bounties placed on Abdul Aziz...
Foreign Ministers from Japan, China and South Korea held a meeting in Tokyo today to seek common ground on areas like low birth rates, natural disasters and cultural exchanges at a time of growing tensions.
The meeting also focused on plans for a trilateral summit later this year. The three-way...
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) test-fired the latest anti-aircraft missile system Thursday “to examine the comprehensive performance of the system which was put into full-scale production at the munitions industry enterprise concerned,
The test proved that the combat fast response of the latest anti-aircraft missile system is advantageous...
Israel has said that it has hit dozens of Hezbollah rocket launchers and a command centre in southern Lebanon after rockets were fired from there into Israel for the first time since November’s ceasefire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israel Defense Forces were directed to act forcefully...
Japan’s Astroscale, a company specialised in removing orbital junk, has agreed with Bengaluru-based space companies Digantara and Bellatrix Aerospace to collaborate on technology and services, it said on Friday.
The tie-ups will “hopefully” result in an orbital services bid for Indian clients “in one to two years”, which would mark...
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Istanbul on Thursday following the arrest of the city’s Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu
İmamoğlu, who belongs to the opposition party, is seen as a key rival to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Several roads had been closed, some social media platforms were restricted, and...
Britain’s Heathrow Airport said it would be closed all of Friday after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out power, disrupting flight schedules around the world.
The London Fire Brigade said around 70 firefighters were tackling the blaze in the west of London, which caused a mass...
South Korea’s national space agency, the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA), unveiled a comprehensive plan on Wednesday to establish a cross-sectoral education system aimed at nurturing 30,000 aerospace professionals by 2045. This initiative is part of South Korea’s long-term strategy to position itself as a global leader in space exploration...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed on Wednesday to work together to end Russia’s war with Ukraine, in what the White House described as a “fantastic” one-hour phone call.
In their first conversation since an Oval Office shouting match on February 28, Zelenskiy thanked Trump for...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to temporarily halt attacks on energy and infrastructure targets in Ukraine after a lengthy telephone call with US President Donald Trump yesterday. The White House and the Kremlin both have confirmed this.
The White House said the highly anticipated phone call between the two...
