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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in jail - military
Published On: June 24, 2022 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
June 24: Myanmar military authorities have transferred deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a prison in the capital from an undisclosed location where she had been held since she and her government were ousted in a coup last year, a military spokesman said.
EU grants Ukraine candidate status in 'historic moment'
Published On: June 24, 2022 07:52 AM NPT By: Reuters
KYIV, June 24: Ukraine became a candidate to join the European Union on Thursday, a bold geopolitical step triggered by Russia's invasion that Kyiv and Brussels hailed as an "historic moment".
Afghanistan quake kills 1,000 people, deadliest in decades
Published On: June 23, 2022 07:40 AM NPT By: Associated Press
GAYAN, Afghanistan, June 23: A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick homes and killing at least 1,000 people. The disaster posed a new test for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and relief agencies already struggling with the country’s multiple humanitarian crises.
Afghan quake kills at least 920; toll expected to rise
Published On: June 22, 2022 05:11 PM NPT By: Reuters
KABUL, June 22: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed 920 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages.
Ukraine and Russia forces entrenched, Putin to mark WWII anniversary
Published On: June 22, 2022 07:34 AM NPT By: Reuters
June 22: Ukrainian and Russian forces remained entrenched in eastern Ukrainian battlegrounds going into Wednesday, a day of commemoration in both countries to mark the anniversary of Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
Despite Western arms, Ukraine is outgunned in the east
Published On: June 21, 2022 07:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BAKHMUT, Ukraine, June 21: Holed up in a bombed-out house in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian troops keep a careful accounting of their ammunition, using a door as a sort of ledger. Scrawled in chalk on the door are figures for mortar shells, smoke shells, shrapnel shells, flares.
Ukraine president expects Russia attacks to intensify with EU summit this week
Published On: June 20, 2022 06:41 AM NPT By: Reuters
KYIV, June 20: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy predicted Russia will escalate its attacks this week as European Union leaders consider whether to back Kyiv's bid to join the bloc and Moscow presses its campaign to win control of the country's east.
Aircraft catches fire midair in India, all passengers safe
Published On: June 19, 2022 04:32 PM NPT By: Republica
NEW DELHI, June 19: An aircraft carrying 185 passengers Sunday made an emergency landing immediately after the takeoff as its left engine caught fire in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, officials said.
Protests intensify over India military recruitment plan
Published On: June 19, 2022 04:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
BHUBANESHWAR/LUCKNOW, India June 19: Protesters in India's eastern state of Bihar damaged public property and ransacked offices in a railway station on Saturday, expressing outrage at a new military recruitment plan and demanding the government reverse course.
NATO warns of long Ukraine war as Russian assaults follow EU boost for Kyiv
Published On: June 19, 2022 10:54 AM NPT By: Reuters
KYIV, June 19: The war in Ukraine could last for years, the head of NATO said on Sunday, as Russia stepped up its assaults after the European Union recommended that Kyiv become a candidate to join the bloc.
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