01-01-2026 BANGKOK: Thailand’s army has accused Cambodia of breaching a newly signed ceasefire deal reached after weeks of deadly clashes that forced nearly one million people from their homes. In a statement, the Thai army said more than 250 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were detected flying from the Cambodian side …

01-01-2026 BEIJING/ TAIPEI: China launched its most extensive war games around Taiwan on Monday to showcase Beijing’s ability to cut off the island from outside support in a conflict, testing Taipei’s resolve to defend itself and its arsenal of US-made weapons. The Eastern Theatre Command said it had deployed troops, …

01-01-2026 DAMASCUS/ TARTOUS: Syrian government troops have been deployed to the coastal cities of Latakia and Tartous after demonstrations led to deadly clashes in which at least four people were killed and 108 were injured. It’s the latest turmoil to challenge President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s fledgling government, which has been pushing …

Hyderabad, Dec.31 (PMI): Governor Jishnu Dev Varma has extended his warmest congratulations and best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year 2026 to all Indians, and particularly to the people of Telangana. In a statement here on Wednesday, the Governor hoped that the year 2026 would bring everyone good …

31-12-2025 NAYPYIDAW: Polls have closed in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government in a 2021 coup. The heavily restricted election took place in about a third of the Southeast Asian nation’s 330 townships, with large areas inaccessible amid …

31-12-2025 ANKARA: Turkiye has held a military ceremony to honour a group of Libyan officials, including military chief Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, who were killed in a plane crash over Turkish territory earlier this week. The ceremony, held on Sunday at Murted airbase outside the capital, Ankara, honored al-Haddad and …

31-12-2025 TEHRAN: On the streets of Iran’s capital, Tehran, young women are increasingly flouting the compulsory hijab laws, posting videos online that show them walking the streets unveiled. Their defiance comes more than three years after the killing of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman taken into custody by the …

31-12-2025 LONDON: Teenagers in the United Kingdom will be offered paid “gap years” with the armed forces under a new “whole of society” approach to national defence that aims to increase recruitment among young people, according to reports. The London-based i Paper reported on Friday that the UK’s Ministry of …

31-12-2025 PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that his country’s ties with Russia had been strengthened through “sharing blood, life and death in the same trench” in the Ukraine war, as he sent a New Year’s greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kim’s message followed President Putin’s own …

31-12-2025 NEW YORK: Thousands of flights have been cancelled and delayed in the United States due to winter storm Devin, airline monitoring website FlightAware reports, dealing a blow to air travel during peak holiday time. A total of 1,581 flights “within, into or out of the” US were cancelled and …