The World Health Organisation has raised a fresh alarm over the humanitarian toll of the ongoing military offensive by the United States and Israel against Iran, revealing that over 1,800 people have been killed and 12,500 others injured in less than two weeks. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a statement shared on his X […]
The opening week of the war against Iran cost the United States more than $11.3 billion, lawmakers were told in a Pentagon briefing, according to a New York Times report underscoring the pace at which the conflict is consuming weapons and resources. News men, citing unnamed sources familiar with Tuesday’s closed-door briefing, said members of […]
Russia today sentenced 15 men including four gunmen to life in prison over the Crocus concert hall attack that left 150 people dead, the deadliest assault in Russia in more than two decades. Relatives of some of the victims of the March 22, 2024, attack — claimed by the Islamic State group were present at […]
Chinese state-run refiners are considering resuming crude imports from the United States after a nine-month suspension, driven by the ongoing supply crisis in the Middle East, S&P Global’s Platts reported on March 9. S&P Global reports that the additional 20% tariffs on US crude remain in place, but analysts and refinery sources indicate they may […]
Russia won its first Winter Paralympic gold medal under its own flag since 2014 as skier Varvara Voronchikhina was crowned women’s super-G standing champion on Monday in Cortina. Despite Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has allowed six Russian athletes and four from their allies Belarus to represent their countries, accompanied […]
A second Iranian warship was heading towards Sri Lanka’s territorial waters today, a day after a US submarine destroyed an Iranian frigate, killing at least 87 sailors, a minister told parliament. Media minister Nalinda Jayatissa said the second Iranian warship was just outside Sri Lankan waters but gave no further details. Official sources said the […]
Global economic resilience was being tested yet again by the latest war in the Middle East, the head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, warned today. During a livestream of the “Asia in 2050” conference in Bangkok, Georgieva said that if the conflict is proven to be more prolonged, it will have obvious potential to affect […]
Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery, the Saudi Aramco facility in Ras Tanura, has gone up in flames after being hit by an Iranian drone on Monday. The incident prompted the closure of the facility. The refinery, which has a processing capacity of about 550,000 barrels per day, was said to have caught fire after a section […]
At least 169 people have been killed and buried in a mass grave in South Sudan, two local officials told AFP today, the latest incident as the country sees a dramatic increase in violence. The desperately poor country has seen a surge in violence throughout the nation, as forces loosely allied to either the opposition […]
The number of births in Japan fell for the 10th straight year in 2025, official data showed on Thursday, highlighting the challenges for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. A total of 705,809 babies were born in Japan, the preliminary health ministry data showed, down 2.1 per cent from 2024. The data includes births to Japanese nationals […]
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