Tel Aviv, Mar 17 : Thousands of protesters have gathered in the center of Tel Aviv demanding early elections in Israel and the immediate conclusion of a deal to free hostages held by Palestinian movement Hamas from the Gaza Strip, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The protests are taking place near the complex of government buildings,...
Kandahar, Mar 17: At least 21 commuters were killed and 11 others injured in a road accident in south Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Sunday, spokesman for provincial government Mawlawi Mohammad Qasim Riaz said. The deadly accident took place on a road in Gereshk district early Sunday morning when a Herat-bound passenger bus collided with a...
Ramallah, Mar 16: The Palestinian presidency warned against the Israeli government’s decision to carry out a military operation in the city of Rafah, a city in southern Gaza. In a statement published by the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), the presidency called for the urgent intervention of the international community to prevent such “dangerous aggression,” which...
United Nations, Mar 16 : Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council are negotiating a US-drafted resolution on Gaza, but the text downplays calls for an immediate ceasefire, Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy told Sputnik. The US has used its veto power at the Security Council three times over the past...
Bratislava, Mar 16 : About 15,000 people took part in an anti-government rally organised by the opposition in Slovakia’s capital Bratislava, Slovak portal dennikn.sk reported Friday. The report said the opposition returned to protests against the government of Robert Fico. It said the protest was organised by two opposition parties represented in parliament: Progresivne Slovensko...
United Nations, Mar 16: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called out social media for the spread of Islamophobia and other forms of bigotry. “Around the world, we see a rising tide of anti-Muslim hate and bigotry,” said Guterres. “We must call this what it is: hate — plain and simple.” Guterres said on Friday that purveyors...
Vladivostok, Mar 15 : Russian voters started to hit the polls for the 2024 presidential election in the Far East region, including Kamchatka, Chukotka and other areas at 8 a.m. Friday local time. Four candidates will vie for the top position: Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party, Nikolai Kharitonov of the Russian Communist Party,...
Moscow, Mar 15 : North Korea and Russia are jointly countering shared military challenges and threats, North Korean Ambassador to Russia Sin Hong Chol said Thursday. “Korean-Russian relations have constantly moved forward along the path of friendship, solidarity and good neighborliness, overcoming all the trials and tests of history. And today they are constantly developing...
Seoul, Mar 14 : Three sailors were confirmed dead, and one other remained missing, as a fishing boat sank off South Korea’s southern coast, Yonhap news agency said Thursday. The 139-ton trawler with 11 crew members on board, including four South Koreans, six Indonesians and one Vietnamese, sank in waters off an island in Tongyeong,...
Jakarta, Mar 14 : An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia early Thursday, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The epicenter of the quake was located 128 km southeast of East Bolaang Mongondow Regency with a depth of 10 km under the seabed, the agency...
Jakarta, Mar 13 : The death toll from floods and landslides in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra has risen to 32, the country’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency reported on Tuesday. According to the agency, five of the province’s 12 regencies had declared a state of disaster emergency as more than 1,500 houses, over 50...
Islamabad, Mar 10: Asif Ali Zardari took oath as the 14th president of Pakistan during a ceremony held at the President’s House on Sunday, according to a statement from the President’s Office. Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa administered the oath of office to the newly-elected president at the ceremony attended by the outgoing...
Gaza, Mar 10 : At least 13 women and children were killed in an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera broadcaster reported on Sunday. On October 7, 2023, Palestinian movement Hamas launched a large-scale rocket attack against Israel from Gaza and breached the border, killing 1,200 people...
Washington, Mar 10: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with his actions regarding Gaza, is harming Israel more than helping it, turning the whole world against the Jewish state, US President Joe Biden said. “He [Netanyahu] has the right to defend Israel, the right to continue to pursue Hamas, but he must, he must, he must...
Islamabad, Mar 9: Ruling coalition candidate Asif Ali Zardari won the presidential election of Pakistan with an overwhelming lead on Saturday, the Election Commission of Pakistan announced. Zardari won the election by taking 411 votes from all the electoral colleges, including parliament and four provincial assemblies, the commission said. Zardari got 255 votes in the...
Gaza, Mar 8: The delegation of Palestinian movement Hamas may return to Cairo on March 9 to continue talks on a possible ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after it has left the Egyptian capital for consultations with its leadership, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing Egyptian officials familiar with the matter. On Thursday,...
Washington, Mar 8 : Former US President Donald Trump praised the Chinese TikTok company on Thursday over Facebook. “If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck will double their business,” Trump said on Truth Social. Trump said that Facebook “cheated” in the last election and stressed that he does not want it to do...
Sanaa, Mar 7 : At least two sailors were killed on Wednesday by a Yemeni Houthi missile attack against a U.S. cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, the British embassy in Yemen said on the social media platform X. “At least two innocent sailors have died. This was the sad but inevitable consequence of...
Tehran, Mar 6 : Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi welcomed further improvement of relations and exchanges between his country and Pakistan, said a statement published on the Iranian presidency’s website on Tuesday. Raisi made the remarks in a phone call with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif late Monday congratulating him on his election as Pakistan’s prime...
Washington, Mar 6 : US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are leading in “Super Tuesday” wins in their respective party’s primaries of the 2024 presidential election. Biden, challenged by American author Marianne Williamson and Congressman Dean Phillips, has won Alabama’s, Massachusetts’s, Maine’s, North Carolina’s, Oklahoma’s, Tennessee’s, Virginia’s, and Vermont’s Democratic primaries and...
Lima, Mar 6 : The Prime Minister of Peru, Alberto Otarola, announced on Tuesday his resignation from the post after an audio linking him to alleged irregular hiring of a young woman in the public sector was released. “After conversations with the President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte, I have taken the decision to submit...