Yemen’s Houthi rebels target Saudi Aramco’s oil facilities
On Sunday, Yemen’s Houthi rebels conducted attacks targeting Saudi Arabia’s Aramco facilities, sowing fears of new escalation in the six-year...
China’s defence budget set to rise by 6.8pc in 2021
According to the Chinese finance ministry, China’s military budget, which is the second-largest in the world after the US, is...
A crippling famine is set to become Yemen’s “reality”: UN
On Tuesday, the United Nations warned famine could become part of war-riven Yemen’s “reality” in 2021. The UN had sought...
Khalilzad calls on senior Afghan official to expedite peace process
On Monday, Zalmay Khalilzad, US special envoy to Afghanistan, held talks with a senior Afghan official in Kabul over ways...
Historic killer tornado in Texas claims 21 lives
As many as 21 people lost their lives while millions of people were left without power on Tuesday after a...
BBC World News barred from airing in China
The National Radio and Television Administration has said that British television channel BBC World News has been prohibited from airing...
China urges US to invite WHO to probe roots of COVID-19 outbreak
On Wednesday, China urged the US to invite the World Health Organization to probe origins of the coronavirus outbreak there,...
Myanmar military seizes power in a coup
On Monday, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu...
UK seeks to impose tougher border measures to fight Covid-19
The United Kingdom is planning on imposing tougher border measures to prevent new variants of the coronavirus from getting into...
Thousands of Indian farm protesters clash with police to plant flags at historic Red Fort
On Tuesday, thousands of Indian farmers protesting agricultural reforms broke barricades to storm the historic Red Fort complex in New...
