MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia could respond with nuclear weapons if it were attacked with conventional arms in the latest changes to the country’s nuclear doctrine. In a televised meeting of Russia’s Security Council, Putin announced that under the planned revisions, an attack against the country by a non-nuclear power with […]
TOKYO: Japan has sent a destroyer through the Taiwan Strait for the first time, Japanese media reported, amid increasing military activity around Japan by China. The Sazanami entered the strait from the East China Sea on Wednesday morning, spending more than 10 hours sailing south to complete the passage, public broadcaster NHK and the Yomiuri […]
NEW DELHI: Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on September 11, 2024, marking another year of significant ice loss in the Northern Hemisphere. According to researchers at Nasa and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), this year’s minimum extent was 4.28 million square kilometers, continuing the decades-long trend of shrinking and […]
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s armed group Hezbollah has announced the death of one of its top commanders amid Israel’s intense bombardment of the country. Hezbollah confirmed that Ibrahim Muhammad Qubaisi had been killed in a post on Telegram early on Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military said he had been “eliminated” in an air strike on Ghobeiri […]
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the world leaders, gathered for the annual high-level meeting, that the world is edging towards the unimaginable – a powder keg – which risks engulfing the world. He said that the solutions to the crises require the reform of the international institutions, including the Security Council, and commitment […]
NEW YORK: Chief Advisor to the Bangladesh interim government, Muhammad Yunus, met US President Joe Biden on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly. President Biden congratulated Yunus on his recent appointment as the head of the interim government. The two leaders affirmed the “close partnership” between the United States and […]
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed a new Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday evening, with Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, lawmaker Vijitha Herath and himself taking on Cabinet portfolios. Dissanayake will now oversee defence, finance, economic development, policy formulation, planning, tourism, energy, agriculture, lands, livestock, irrigation, fisheries and aquatic resources, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
DUBAI: The death toll in Lebanon has risen to at least 558 after a series of Israeli airstrikes on the country, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. The strikes have also left over 1,800 people injured, including 50 children. The IDF has continued to strike Hezbollah positions in Lebanon, while the Iran-backed terror group has […]
UNITED NATIONS: The ”Group of Four” countries, which includes India, Germany, Japan, and Brazil, have again called for an urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council through text-based negotiations. The four countries, which are all claimants for permanent seats in the UNSC, stressed a comprehensive reform of the Security Council as an essential part […]
NEW YORK: The US Department of Commerce proposed a new national security initiative on Monday that would ban China-derived software in internet-connected cars in the United States. If enacted, the rule would focus on vehicles that can collect data from drivers and passengers and information on US infrastructure. The rule would prohibit importing or selling […]