Ta’ang National Liberation Army officers. File. | Photo Credit: AP An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on the town of Mogok, the centre of the Southeast Asian country’s lucrative gem-mining industry, has killed at least 21 people including a pregnant woman, an armed opposition group, local residents and Myanmar’s online media said on Saturday (August 16, … Read more
First lady Melania Trump, left, watches as President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin welcome each other. | Photo Credit: AP Melania Trump took the unique step of crafting a letter that calls for peace in Ukraine, having her husband President Donald Trump hand-deliver it to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Friday (August … Read more
Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in Atlantic waters just north of the Caribbean on Saturday (August 16, 2025), rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Centre said. While the compact hurricane’s centre was not expected to strike land, it threatened to dump flooding … Read more
Israel announced on Saturday (August 16, 2025) that it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat zones to southern Gaza as plans move ahead for a military offensive in some of the territory’s most populated areas. The Israeli military body in charge of humanitarian aid to Gaza, COGAT, said the supply of tents to the … Read more
The story so far: Around 180 countries have failed to find consensus on an internationally binding legal agreement that sought to restrict plastic pollution. Talks in Geneva remained deadlocked on the issue late this week. While there is already a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)-backed resolution on the need for such a move, only a … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage in Alaska on August 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI On August 15, U.S President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin concluded a historic summit in Alaska. After friendly greetings and two-and-a-half-hour-long talks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, … Read more
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she wanted to consider “political pressure, sanctions, whether against settlers, Ministers, or even Israel as a whole”, referring to trade or research sanctions. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Saturday (August 16, 2025) that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has become a “problem”, adding … Read more
Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’ greetings came amid widespread concerns over repeated incidents of alleged attacks on members of the Hindu community and their places of worship after he came to power in August last year. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Saturday (August 16, 2025) greeted the country’s Hindu … Read more
People hold placards as demonstrators from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign call for an arms embargo on Britain’s weapons exports to Israel, as part of the group’s Summer of Action for Gaza, at RAF High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, Britain August 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. State Department on Saturday (August 16, 2025) said … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with South Korea Foreign Affairs Minister Cho Hyun, during a meeting, in New Delhi. Photo credit: X/@DrSJaishankar India and South Korea on Saturday (August 16, 2025) resolved to expand their strategic partnership by boosting cooperation in the areas of semiconductor, clean energy, defence and artificial intelligence. Ways to ramp up … Read more
