As nations grapple with BRI fallout, Italy’s withdrawal deals another blow

New Delhi (IANS) Italy’s withdrawal would deal another blow to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which has already been scaled back as recipient countries grapple with debt distress, Chinese banks seek to reduce their exposure to risky loans, and…

Pak ISI chief Nadeem Anjum granted extension

Islamabad (IANS) Director General (DG) of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum, has been granted extension in service, media reports said.

A summary in this respect was approved late on Thursday, The News reported.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam sworn in as Singapore's president

Singapore (IANS) Tharman Shanmugaratnam took the oath as Singapore's ninth president at Istana, the country's presidential palace.

In the inauguration speech, Tharman said on Thursday evening that he was honoured and humbled to have…

US judge blocks order halting right to carry guns in Albuquerque

Washington (IANS) A US federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order against an executive order by New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, who suspended the right to carry firearms in public in and around the state's largest city,…

40 killed in South Darfur airstrikes

Khartoum (IANS) At least 40 civilians were killed in Nyala, the capital city of southwestern Sudan's South Darfur State, in airstrikes that targeted a market and civilian neighbourhoods, according to witnesses and medical sources.

"Warplanes…

Violent clashes in Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camp kills 7

Beirut (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 24 others injured after violent armed clashes broke out in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, state media reported on Thursday.

The Ain Al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp near…

Dozens dead, over 50 injured in Hanoi apartment fire

Hanoi (IANS) At least a dozen people were dead and more than 50 others injured due to a fire that erupted at a nine-storey apartment building in Hanoi, officials in the Vietnamese capital said on Wednesday.

According to preliminary statistics,…

PM Modi 'doing the right thing' by promoting Make in India: Putin

Moscow (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again lauded the 'Make in India' initiative and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "doing the right thing" by promoting the policy.

In his address to the plenary session…

UFO expert presents 'non human' bodies at Mexican Congress: Report

Mexico City (IANS) A UFO expert has presented two allegedly "non human" bodies with three fingered hands and feet and said to be 1,000 years old, at the Mexican Congress, the media reported.

Jaime Maussan, who has led investigations into alien…

Australian outback town under emergency due to threat from major bushfire

Canberra (IANS) Authorities in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) on Tuesday declared an emergency situation for an outback town as a major out-of-control bushfire continues to grow.

NT acting Chief Minister Nicole Manison, Emergency Services…