US Supreme Court allows execution with nitrogen to go ahead

Jan 26, 2024

Washington [US], January 26: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday did not move to stop the planned execution, using nitrogen, of a criminal in the...

US support for Taiwan 'firm', lawmakers tell president-elect Lai

Jan 26, 2024

Taipei [Taiwan], January 26: Two US lawmakers met Taiwanese president-elect Lai Ching-te on Thursday to reaffirm Washington's support for the self-ruled island, which China claims...

Russia jails nationalist critic Girkin for 4 years

Jan 26, 2024

Moscow [Russia], January 26: Russian nationalist and ex-rebel commander Igor Girkin, whose pro-Moscow militants sparked a decade-long armed conflict in east Ukraine, was jailed for...

S Korean ruling party MP attacked in street: Yonhap

Jan 26, 2024

Seoul [South Korea], January 26: A South Korean ruling party lawmaker was struck on the head with a rock by an unidentified assailant on a...

Florida lawmakers vote to restrict children's access to social media

Jan 26, 2024

Florida [US], January 26: The Florida House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a bill aimed at barring children aged 16 and younger from social media...

Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch many Americans don't want

Jan 26, 2024

Washington [US], January 26: Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Americans are unhappy about...

Russia says Ukraine had 15-minute warning on PoW flight

Jan 26, 2024

Moscow [Russia], January 26: A senior Russian lawmaker said Ukrainian military intelligence had been given a 15-minute warning before a Russian military transport plane carrying...

Gaza starves as Israel presses war on Hamas

Jan 26, 2024

Gaza [Palestine], January 26: In battered, hard-to-reach north Gaza, rare aid deliveries get mobbed by desperate, hungry Palestinians and aid workers report seeing people thin...

Cyprus rescues 60 migrants lost at sea

Jan 25, 2024

Nicosia [Cyprus], January 25: Sixty migrants were rescued from a small boat off Cyprus on Wednesday after being stranded at sea for days, the country's...