Washington: A recent collaborative media investigation has established a connection between the enigmatic symptoms known as Havana Syndrome and a Russian intelligence unit, disclosed on Monday. The onset of Havana Syndrome was initially documented in 2016 when US diplomats stationed in Cuba reported instances of sudden illness and disturbing nocturnal noises, sparking conjecture about a…
Moscow: As many as 95 people are still missing after last week’s attack near Moscow when gunmen sprayed concertgoers with automatic weapons and set the venue on fire, a Russian news outlet reported on Wednesday. The official toll from the attack on Crocus City Hall now stands at 140 dead and 182 wounded. But the Baza…
The 29th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs has been held and the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on how to achieve “complete disengagement” and resolve the remaining issues along the LAC, the MEA said on Thursday. The key meeting was held in Beijing on…
Washington: US President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday a $300 million emergency weapons package to prop up Ukraine while Congress blocks further aid, as Poland’s leaders visited the White House to warn of the growing threat from Russia. Biden said the stopgap shipment of missiles, shells and ammunition for Kyiv was “not nearly enough” and would…
BEIJING: 1 person was killed and 22 others were injured in a large suspected gas explosion in northern China’s Hebei province on Wednesday, state media reported, as social media videos showed severe damage to buildings. State broadcaster CCTV said the explosion occurred just before 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) in a residential area in the city…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Kairos, a small, solid-fuelled rocket made by Japan’s Space One, exploded shortly after its inaugural launch on Wednesday as the firm tried to become the first Japanese company to put a satellite in orbit. The 18-metre (59 ft) solid-fuel rocket exploded seconds after lifting off at 11:01 a.m. (0201 GMT), leaving behind…
Bucharest: Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania over UK sex offence charges, police said on Tuesday. Romanian authorities said in a statement they executed “two European arrest warrants issued by the UK judicial authorities for the committing of sexual offences, of exploitation of persons on the territory of the…
Moscow: Russia said on Tuesday that a military cargo plane with 15 people on board had crashed while taking off from an airfield for a scheduled flight. Moscow said the Ilyushin-76 plane crashed in the Ivanovo region, 200 kilometres (125 miles) east of Moscow after one of its engines caught fire. “An Il-76 military transport plane…
Dhaka: At least 43 people were killed and dozens injured after a fire blazed through a seven-storey building in an upscale neighbourhood in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka late Thursday, health authorities said. “So far 43 people have died from the fire,” Bangladesh’s health minister Samanta Lal Sen told AFP after visiting the Dhaka Medical College…
General elections were held in Pakistan on February 8. In this, most of the independent candidates supporting Imran Khan had won. However, no party could get the required seats to form the government. Pakistan will get a new Prime Minister on Sunday i.e. March 3. Yesterday, the Secretariat of the National Assembly of Pakistan announced…