
Putin leading in presidential election
MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin is leading in the presidential election in Russia with 87.15 per cent of the votes, after processing 80 per cent of ballots,

MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin is leading in the presidential election in Russia with 87.15 per cent of the votes, after processing 80 per cent of ballots,

TOKYO: Despite opposition and concern from at home and abroad, Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has finished its initial year of discharging nuclear-contaminated

BUDAPEST: Tens of thousands of people rallied behind an emerging critic of Prime Minister Viktor Orban in central Budapest on Friday, as politicians gave fiery

HONG KONG: Twelve Hong Kongers were jailed Saturday for up to seven years over the storming of the city’s legislature in 2019 at the height

PORT-AU-PRINCE: Gunfire rang out on Thursday in Haiti’s capital and “bandits” set a police official’s house ablaze, ending three days of relative calm as politicians

CHIANG MAI (Thailand): Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai was blanketed by hazy smog on Friday, as residents and visitors to the usually picturesque northern city

MANILA: Hundreds of people forced to work in an online scam centre in the Philippines were rescued in a raid on Thursday that also saw

GAZA STRIP (Palestinian Territories): Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said on Friday that Israeli fire killed 20 people and wounded 155 waiting to receive desperately needed

SINGAPORE: Singapore will be conducting humanitarian airdrop operations to deliver aid supplies to Gaza. Singapore will be delivering its third tranche of humanitarian assistance to

LONDON: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday that there will not be a general election on May 2, ending months-long speculation that he