India on Saturday accorded former premier Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country’s economic liberalisation in the early 1990s, a state funeral with full military honours, complete with a gun salute.Singh, who held office from 2004 to 2014, died at the age of 92 on Thursday, after which seven days of state mourning …
Indian state funeral for former PM Manmohan Singh Read More »
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Saturday, a day after the Huthi-held capital Sanaa was hit by fresh air strikes. Sirens sounded in areas of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea on Saturday as “a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted… prior to crossing into Israeli territory”, the Israeli military said. The …
Israel says intercepted missile from Yemen, day after Sanaa hit with strikes Read More »
Montenegro said Friday it will extradite to the United States the South Korean cryptocurrency specialist Do Kwon, who is also wanted by Seoul for the multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy of his company, Terraform Labs.His lawyers denounced the decision as contrary to European conventions on extradition, and said they will appeal to the country’s constitutional court and to …
Montenegro to extradite crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon to US Read More »
South Korean lawmakers impeached acting president Han Duck-soo on Friday, sinking the country even deeper into political crisis two weeks after his predecessor was suspended over a martial law declaration that shocked the world.Han, a career bureaucrat who was serving as prime minister, took over from President Yoon Suk Yeol on December 14 after parliament …
South Korean lawmakers impeach second president in two weeks Read More »
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that “several” wounded North Korean soldiers died after being captured by Ukrainian forces, as he accused Russia of throwing them into battle with “minimal protection”.Ukraine and its western allies say North Korea has sent thousands of soldiers to support Russia’s army, in what is seen as a major escalation …
Several wounded N.Korean soldiers died after being captured by Ukraine: Zelensky Read More »
A fresh air strike hit Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa on Friday, the Iran-backed Huthis said, after they claimed to have carried out new attacks on Israel amid mounting hostilities.The strike comes a day after Israeli air raids hit Sanaa international airport and other targets in Yemen, as the head of the UN’s World Health Organization …
Montenegro said Friday it will extradite to the United States the South Korean cryptocurrency specialist Do Kwon, who is also wanted by Seoul for the multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy of his company, Terraform Labs.His lawyers denounced the decision as illegal and contrary to European conventions on extradition.For months, Seoul and Washington have been seeking the South Korean’s …
Montenegro to extradite crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon to US Read More »
The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan this week suffered physical “external interference”, the airline and Azerbaijan’s transport minister said Friday, citing preliminary results of an investigation, adding to speculation it was hit by a Russian air defence system.The jet crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, killing 38 of the 67 …
Probe suggests Azerbaijan plane crashed due to ‘physical external interference’ Read More »
A man who killed 35 people in a car attack in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last month was sentenced to death on Friday, state media reported. On November 11, 62-year-old Fan Weiqiu deliberately drove through people exercising outside a sports complex in his small SUV, the worst attack in China since 2014. He was detained …
Driver who killed 35 in China car ramming sentenced to death Read More »
NATO will bolster its military presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage of an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia this week, the Western military alliance’s chief Mark Rutte said on Friday.On Christmas Day, the Estlink 2 submarine cable that carries electricity from Finland to Estonia was disconnected from the grid, just …
NATO to boost military presence in Baltic after cables ‘sabotage’ Read More »
