Putin Hails North Korea For Support In Ukraine War
Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in North Korea early Wednesday, the Kremlin said, kicking off a visit set to boost defence ties between the two nuclear-armed countries as Moscow pursues its war in Ukraine. Just after the pre-dawn touchdown, Russian TV showed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un greeting Putin in the dark, on a red carpet at Pyongyang’s airport,...
Thailand Passes Bill To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
Thailand has approved same-sex marriage, becoming the first country in the Southeast Asian region to do so. The development followed the nation’s Senate passing a marriage equality bill on Tuesday, June 18. Al Jazeera reports that the upper house gave a final approval — by 130 votes to four, with 18 abstentions — allowing same-sex couples to get married. The new legislation...
Train Collision Kills At Least Eight In Eastern India
Eight people have died and around 60 have been injured in a train crash in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The accident occurred when a goods train hit a stationary passenger train, the Kanchenjungha Express, in the New Jalpaiguri area on Monday morning. Dramatic visuals from the accident site showed one wagon of the express train suspended in the...
At Least 14 Hajj Pilgrims Die In Intense Heat
At least 14 Jordanian citizens have died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia due to intense heat, officials have said. Jordan's foreign ministry said 14 of its nationals had died "after suffering sun stroke due to the extreme heat wave" and a further 17 had been reported missing. According to the AFP news agency, the Iranian Red Crescent confirmed that...
Gaza: No One Has Idea How Many Israeli Hostages Still Alive – Hamas Official
A senior Hamas official has said that “no one has an idea” how many of the remaining 120 hostages in Gaza are still alive. Hamas spokesperson and political bureau member, Osama Hamdan, told CNN that any deal to release them must include guarantees of a permanent ceasefire and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza. The fate of the 120...
Elon Musk Threatens To Ban Apple Devices If OpenAI Is Integrated At OS Level
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has threatened to ban Apple Inc. devices from his companies if OpenAI’s artificial intelligence software is integrated into its operating system. On Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company will integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT into iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Reacting via X, Musk described the plan as an “unacceptable security violation,” and threatened to ban the...
Fears As Plane Carrying Malawi’s Vice President Goes Missing
An aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice-President, Saulos Chilima, and nine others has gone missing, a statement from the presidential office has announced. “All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the Aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,” Malawi’s Office of the President and Cabinet said in a statement. The statement said President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered...
Trump To Sit For Probation Interview On Monday
Donald Trump will sit for a virtual interview with a probation officer from his home in Florida on Monday, part of the sentencing process for his felony conviction in the New York hush-money case. The first former US president criminally convicted, Trump will appear from Mar-a-Lago and will be seated alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche, a source with knowledge of...
Ten Hindu Pilgrims Killed In Bus Attack In India’s Jammu
At least 10 people have died and 33 injured after suspected militants fired on a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims in the Indian federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir, police officials said. The driver lost control, causing the bus to plunge into a gorge in Reasi district of Jammu, they added. While rescue operations have concluded, a search operation by the Indian...
Over 62 Dead In Israeli Attacks On Central Gaza
Medical sources in the Palestinian territory have confirmed that Israeli attack on central Gaza killed no fewer than 62 people including women and children. The Israel Defence Forces, IDF, said they were investigating. Earlier, the IDF said it began targeted operations on al-Bureij in central Gaza and areas in the east of Deir al-Balah on Tuesday. The IDF carried out airstrikes targeting...
