Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts, prompting alert level to be raised
The Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia erupted three times into Friday, sending an ash column 8,000 metres (26,200 feet) high and prompting authorities to expand the danger zone around the volcano. The volcano on the remote island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara province has had hundreds of...
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Sudan military says it has retaken Khartoum’s Republican Palace
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Travel disrupted as fire shuts down Heathrow Airport
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Canada in talks with the EU to reduce US defense reliance
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Malaysia approves new search for MH370
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‘Positive momentum’ in ties with US: Pak
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Canada says China executed four Canadians this year
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Hong Kong’s richest man in hot water over Panama Ports deal
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French citizen freed after 880 days in Iran prison
A French citizen imprisoned in Iran for over 880 days has been freed, French officials said Thursday. The release of Olivier Grondeau comes as France and the rest of Europe try to pursue negotiations with Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program. US President Donald Trump meanwhile has sent his own letter...
Nawaz Sharif gets new job in Maryam govt
Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has got a new job in the government of his daughter Maryam Nawaz in Punjab province. From three-time former prime minister to patron-in-chief of the Lahore Authority for Heritage Revival (LAHR), Nawaz will now look after the restoration of scores of colonial-era buildings in...
Trump threatens Houthi rebels with ‘completely annihilation’
US President Donald Trump threatened Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday that they’ll be “completely annihilated” as American airstrikes pounded locations under their control, while further pressuring the group’s main benefactor Iran. Strikes hit Sanaa, Yemen’s rebel-held capital, as well as their stronghold of Saada in the country’s northwest on Wednesday...
Military leaders to discuss Ukraine peacekeeping force as partial ceasefire plans are worked out
Senior officers from countries across Europe and beyond will meet Thursday at a military headquarters on the outskirts of London to flesh out plans for an international peacekeeping force for Ukraine as details of a partial ceasefire are worked out. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the “coalition of the willing”...
Indian student detained in US for opposing America’s foreign policy towards Israel
An Indian national enrolled as a postdoctoral fellow in the US has been detained by immigration authorities, said a media report, less than a week after a Columbia student from India self-deported following allegations of activities supporting Hamas. Badar Khan Suri’s lawyer claimed that he is being punished “because of the...
No bail for Sri Lankan police chief
Deshabandu Tennakoon, the suspended Sri Lankan inspector general of police, was on Thursday refused bail in a case related to a shooting incident in 2023 and will now spend time in remand custody till April 3. Tennakoon surrendered to the court on Wednesday after evading arrest for over two weeks. The magistrate’s...
Turkiye detains 37 over ‘provocative’ social media posts following arrest of Istanbul mayor
Turkish authorities detained 37 people for sharing “provocative” content on social media, the interior minister said Thursday, pressing ahead with a crackdown on dissenting voices that escalated with the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, a potential challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested after a dawn...
