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School shooting: Teenage shooter kills 8 children, one guard in Belgrade

03 May 2023 17:01 PM IST

Eight school children and a guard were killed in central Belgrade on Wednesday after a teenage boy opened fire in a school. Six more children and a teacher were rushed to the hospital after receiving injuries. Police identified the shooter by his initials, K.K., and said that he got his

China’s foreign minister visits Myanmar en route to India

03 May 2023 15:24 PM IST

China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang stopped in Myanmar on 2nd May en route to India for the meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation that begins in Goa on 4th May. China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, visited the border area between Myanmar and China on Tuesday and emphasised

China stops Nepal’s trucks at border point

03 May 2023 14:31 PM IST

Officials cited by the Kathmandu Post have reported that Beijing has introduced a new regulation that prohibits trucks from Nepal from crossing the border with China at Tatopani. Instead, their cargo must be transferred to Chinese trucks for transportation to destinations in Tibet. Nepal’s exports through the Tatopani border point,

Rajnath Singh visits Maldives; holds talks on defence cooperation

03 May 2023 13:49 PM IST

Union Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh reached Maldivian Capital Male on May 1, 2023, on the invitation of his Maldivian Counterpart Defence Minister Mariya Didi. During his visit, Rajnath Singh and Mariya Didi held bilateral talks to enhance defence cooperation and strengthen the longstanding partnership between India and Maldives.

Pakistan: Six months after being removed from FTAF’s ‘grey list’ on terror funding

03 May 2023 12:05 PM IST

Over six months since Pakistan was removed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) from its grey list, a close look at the efforts made by Islamabad in implementing the FATF’s Action Plan has revealed a vast difference between its claims and the reality, reports InsideOver. Pakistan would still be

Sudan’s warring sides ‘agree seven-day truce’ from 4 May

03 May 2023 05:02 AM IST

The warring parties in Sudan have agreed to the seven-day truce, South Sudan’s foreign ministry in Juba said in an official statement on Tuesday (local time). In a telephonic conversation with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit, the warring parties agreed to the seven-day truce from May 4 to 11.

Ugandan minister shot dead by bodyguard

03 May 2023 00:11 AM IST

A bodyguard shot and killed a government minister in Uganda early Tuesday in an apparent private dispute, according to local media. The victim, Charles Engola, served in the government of President Yoweri Museveni as the junior minister in charge of labour. He was a retired army colonel. The attacker, who

Global renewable energy target pushed at climate talks

03 May 2023 00:10 AM IST

Germany called Tuesday for governments around the world to work on setting an ambitious target for renewable energy that would “ring in the end of the fossil fuel age” and help prevent dangerous global warming. Speaking at the start of a two-day meeting in Berlin attended by dozens of top

Japan PM Kishida to visit South Korea’s Yoon ahead of G-7 summit

03 May 2023 00:09 AM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday he is arranging a trip to South Korea for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol in return for his March visit to Tokyo, aiming to further strengthen their ties before the upcoming Group of Seven summit. Tokyo and Seoul have been working

Anti-corruption sleuths raid residence of PTI president, 12 taken into custody

03 May 2023 00:08 AM IST

Members of the anti-corruption division along with the police conducted a raid at Chaudhry Parvez Elahi’s Gujrat home, the former chief minister of Punjab and current president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Geo News reported. The raid comes two days after they conducted a similar operation at his house in

Hong Kong to cut elected seats numbers

03 May 2023 00:07 AM IST

Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday stepped up a campaign to shut down further democratic challenges by unveiling plans to eliminate most directly elected seats on local district councils, the last major political representative bodies chosen by the public. Chief Executive John Lee said the proposed overhaul will reduce the proportion

White House: No plan to expand Quad membership as of now

03 May 2023 00:05 AM IST

There is no plan to add new members to the Quad now, the White House has said, emphasising that the relatively young grouping welcomes opportunities to work with a wide range of Indo-Pacific partner countries on issues like maritime security, infrastructure and climate change. The Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue