Fighting broke out in Manipur in May 2023, between the predominantly Hindu Meitei majority and the mainly Christian Kuki community, an ethnic conflict that has since killed at least 200 people. Since then, communities have splintered into rival groups across swaths of the northeastern state, which borders war-torn Myanmar. After months of relative calm, fresh […]
Washington and Beijing have verbally sparred over China’s increasingly assertive approach in disputed maritime regions, including the South China Sea. In recent months, Chinese vessels have engaged in a series of high-profile confrontations with Philippine ships in the waters, which Beijing claims almost in their entirety despite an international court ruling that its assertion has […]
The suspected assailant was “neutralized” by Israeli forces “and an armed civilian” at the scene of the attack near the Jewish settlement of Givat Assaf, north of Ramallah, an army statement said. It later identified the dead soldier as 24-year-old Staff Sergeant Geri Gideon Hanghal. The West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967 and […]
The European Commission, which oversees the bloc’s trade policy, announced last month that it planned to levy five-year import duties of up to 36 percent on electric vehicles imported from China. The following day, Beijing said it would launch a probe into EU subsidies of some dairy products exported to China. “I have to be […]
The inauguration took place on Tuesday and was attended by a range of high-profile officials, including Prince Dr. Bandar bin Abdullah, Assistant Minister of Interior for Technology Affairs; Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghamdi, President of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA); Lt. Gen. Sulaiman Al-Yahya, Director General of Passports; Dr. Esam Al-Wagait, Director of the […]
Russia, the world’s biggest nuclear power, said it had destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian attack drones as they swarmed over the Moscow region, which has a population of more than 21 million, and 124 more over eight other regions. At least one person was killed near Moscow, Russian authorities said. Three of Moscow’s four airports […]
Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese announced that the government plans to trial age verification technology, aiming to ban children under 16 from opening social media accounts. The Australian government has committed to introducing legislation this year to enforce a minimum age for social media access, said the prime minister. However, the specifics of how […]
The convoy, which included both national and international staff, was en route to northern Gaza to launch a polio vaccination campaign for children when it was stopped at gunpoint near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint. Lazzarini reported that Israeli forces threatened to detain the UN staff, and bulldozers caused significant damage to the convoy’s armored vehicles. […]
A Turkish news agency reported that diplomatic sources informed it that Ankara received an invitation to join the 162nd session of the Arab Foreign Ministers conference, which would take place in the Arab bloc centered in Cairo. According to the sources, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will speak at the meeting’s opening session about regional […]
Civil defense official Mohammed Al-Mughair told AFP that “40 martyrs and 60 injured were recovered and transferred” to nearby hospitals following the strike. “Our crews are still working to recover 15 missing people as a result of targeting the tents of the displaced in Mawasi, Khan Yunis,” Mughair added. Civil defense sources said separately that […]
