World

Nationwide transport strike begins in Germany, causing major travel chaos

Mar 27, 2023 04:39

Germany faces a major transport disruption as workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines started a nationwide strike on Monday, demanding pay hikes amid soaring inflation.
French prosecutor decries police brutality, as protester fights for life

Mar 27, 2023 04:31

A French prosecutor has decried police brutality as a protester suffering severe head trauma during clashes with the law enforcement in a southwestern village is left fighting for his life.
North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles amid US-South drills

Mar 27, 2023 04:20

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, which is also known as the Sea of Japan, amid ongoing joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea.
Putin: US intelligence destroyed Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines

Mar 27, 2023 04:10

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that most probably the United States was behind the destruction of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September last year.
UK mulls banning Strasbourg Court orders on refugee deportations

Mar 26, 2023 11:27

The British government is locked in negotiations with up to 60 Conservative lawmakers trying to ban the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) from interfering with Britain’s controversial immigration policy.
Putin charges West with building 'new axis' similar to World War II alliance

Mar 26, 2023 10:32

Russian President Vladimir Putin has charged the United States and NATO with seeking to build a new global "axis" which he said bore some resemblance to the World War II alliance between Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, and imperial Japan.
Two shot dead in Germany's Hamburg in second deadly shooting this month

Mar 26, 2023 10:22

At least two people have been killed in a shooting in the port city of Hamburg, police said, in the second deadly shooting in the city this month.
Honduras establishes diplomatic relations with China after cutting ties with Taiwan

Mar 26, 2023 10:01

Honduras has formally established diplomatic ties with China after it cut its ties with Taiwan, dealing a new blow to the island's secessionists.
Trump calls 2024 election ‘final battle’ in first official campaign rally

Mar 26, 2023 05:44

Former US President Donald Trump has held his first official rally for his 2024 presidential campaign in Waco, Texas, promising that “2024 will be the final battle” and that he will overcome the accusations against him.
Russia set to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus amid western military support for Ukraine

Mar 26, 2023 04:54

Russia is set to deploy its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, expanding its scope of strategic influence, and increasing its deterrence power in face of the US and NATO's exceeding military support for Ukraine.