30-04-2023 JERUSALEM: Thousands of Israelis have gathered in central Tel Aviv for the latest weekly protest against the government’s judicial reform plans just days before legislators return for a new parliament session. Opponents of the judicial reform bill have kept up demonstrations in the commercial hub and across the country …

30-04-2023 WASHINGTON/ MANILA: The United States has accused China of “harassment and intimidation of Philippine vessels” and called on Beijing to end “provocative” action in the South China Sea after a recent near-collision between a Chinese vessel and a Philippine Coast Guard boat. “We call upon Beijing to desist from …

30-04-2023 KHARTOUM: Hundreds of foreigners fleeing Sudan have arrived in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah, Saudi state media reported, as Sudan entered a third week of fighting between rival military forces despite a ceasefire. A ferry with around 1,900 evacuees arrived at a Saudi naval base in Jeddah, …

30-04-2023 ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appeared in public for the first time in three days after a stomach infection kept him off the campaign trail before key presidential and parliamentary polls on May 14. Smiling and dressed in a red windbreaker, the 69-year-old leader walked out on …

30-04-2023 TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has told Iraq’s President Abdul Latif Rashid that the presence of “even one American in Iraq is too many”. The two met in Tehran on Saturday in Rashid’s first visit to Iran as head of state since his election last October. Rashid …

30-04-2023 NEW YORK/ PRETORIA: As we mark World Immunization Week, UNICEF released last week The State of the World’s Children 2023: For Every Child, Vaccination report, sending a red alert on the steep decline in routine childhood immunization coverage after the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccines have proven to be one the …

30-04-2023 PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister has warned that a recent US-South Korean deal will lead to a “more serious danger”. Kim Yo-jong said North Korea’s nuclear deterrent “should be brought to further perfection”, state media reported. The US agreed to deploy nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea …

30-04-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL: The UN Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously condemned a ban by the Taliban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan, calling on Taliban leaders to “swiftly reverse” a crackdown on the rights of women and girls. The resolution drafted …

29-04-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: In an upsetting incident, nine (9) students committed suicide while two others attempted suicide in India after the results of grades 11 and 12 were announced, NDTV reported. As many as one million students appeared for the exam; however, only 61% passed the exam in …

29-04-2023 SAN JACINTO COUNTY, TEXAS: Five people have been killed, including an eight-year-old child, in a mass shooting that took place at a property in Cleveland, eastern Texas. The news was confirmed to Newsweek by San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office, who said the suspect is still at large and being …