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Russian authorities raid Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Moscow office
Published On: December 26, 2019 07:45 PM NPT By: Reuters
MOSCOW, Dec 26: Russian authorities raided the Moscow headquarters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Thursday, using power tools to gain entry before dragging Navalny out by force and confiscating technical equipment such as laptops.
Turkey to send troops to Libya at Tripoli's request - Erdogan
Published On: December 26, 2019 06:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
ANKARA, Dec 26: Turkey will send troops to Libya at the request of Tripoli as soon as next month, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, putting the north African country’s conflict at the centre of wider regional frictions.
'Ring of fire' eclipse enthrals skywatchers in Middle East, Asia
Published On: December 26, 2019 06:01 PM NPT By: Reuters
SINGAPORE, Dec 26: Thousands of skywatchers gathered across parts of the Middle East and Asia on Thursday to glimpse the sun forming a ring of fire around the moon in a rare annular solar eclipse.
Rwanda avoids US-style opioids crisis by making own morphine
Published On: December 26, 2019 06:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BUSHEKELI, Rwanda, Dec 26: It was something, the silence. Nothing but the puff of her breath and the scuff of her slip-on shoes as Madeleine Mukantagara walked through the fields to her first patient of the day. Piercing cries once echoed down the hill to the road below. What she carried in her bag had calmed them.
China, Russia, Iran to hold joint naval drills starting Friday
Published On: December 26, 2019 05:20 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Dec 26: China, Iran and Russia will hold joint naval drills starting on Friday in the Indian Ocean and Sea of Oman, China’s defense ministry said on Thursday，amid heightened tension in the region between Iran and the United States.
Israeli lawmaker aims to oust Netanyahu in Likud primary
Published On: December 26, 2019 05:01 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JERUSALEM, DEC 26: Israel’s governing Likud party was holding primaries on Thursday, in the first serious internal challenge to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his more than a decade in power.
Thousands in Indonesia pray on 15th anniversary of tsunami
Published On: December 26, 2019 03:31 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, DEC 26: Thousands of people knelt in prayer in Indonesia’s Aceh province at ceremonies Thursday marking the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history’s worst natural disasters.
Blindspot to backlash: Modi and BJP misread the mood
Published On: December 26, 2019 03:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
MUMBAI, Dec 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government did not anticipate the protests against a new citizenship law that have raged across the country and is now scrambling to control the damage, members of his ruling party said.
'We're all family now': Protesters gather for free Christmas dinner in Hong Kong
Published On: December 26, 2019 01:55 PM NPT By: Reuters
HONG KONG, DEC 26: Hundreds of anti-government protesters and their supporters gathered outside a tiny restaurant in Hong Kong for an unconventional Christmas dinner, sharing paper plates piled high with food under neon street signs.
UN declares Malala Yousafzai 'most famous teenager of the decade'
Published On: December 26, 2019 01:25 PM NPT By: Kamal Subedi
KATHMANDU, Dec 26: The United Nations (UN) has declared Nobel laureate and Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai as ‘the most famous teenager in the world’ in its "Decade in Review" published on Monday.
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