North Korea poised to admit first known tourists since 2020

Jan 12, 2024

Seoul [South Korea], January 12: A group from Russia is poised to be the first known tourists allowed into North Korea since anti-pandemic border lockdowns...

UN spokesperson highlights dire humanitarian situation in northern Gaza

Jan 12, 2024

New York [US], January 12: A UN spokesperson on Thursday highlighted the worsening humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza, emphasizing significant obstacles to relief efforts.

Myanmar navy seizes 1.45 tons of narcotic drugs

Jan 12, 2024

Yangon [Myanmar], January 12: Myanmar navy has seized 1.45 tons of Methamphetamine (ICE) in its territorial waters, according to the country's Central Committee for Drug...

Gaza hospitals cut off from UN aid as Israel intensifies bombing

Jan 12, 2024

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 12: Repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to allow UN aid teams to deliver the desperately needed humanitarian relief inside Gaza have...

Blinken sees 'concrete steps forward' as he ends Middle East trip

Jan 12, 2024

Washington [US], January 12: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said the war in Gaza "is not escalating" as he wrapped up a...

Sheikh Hasina sworn in for fifth term as Bangladesh's premier

Jan 12, 2024

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 12: Sheikh Hasina was sworn in for a another term as Bangladesh's prime minister on Thursday, less than a week after her...

Zelensky says ceasefire would allow Russia to regroup and rearm

Jan 12, 2024

Kyiv [Russia], January 12: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has firmly rejected the idea of a ceasefire with Russia, saying it would only benefit Moscow by...

Azerbaijan demands land corridor through Armenia

Jan 12, 2024

Moscow [Russia], January 12: The Caucasus republic of Azerbaijan is demanding that neighbouring Armenia establish a land corridor free of control to the Azerbaijani exclave...

Trump attends closing arguments in NYC fraud trial

Jan 12, 2024

New York [US], January 12: The last day of Donald Trump's months-long Manhattan fraud trial started on time Thursday despite an early-morning bogus bomb threat...