Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jäger, has warned that Russia is waging a “shadow war” against Germany, describing a confrontation that he says has moved beyond conventional military and legal categories. His
Sabah Akil, a 60-year-old woman displaced from a Lebanese border village to the southern city of Nabatieh, is busy washing, squeezing, and boiling a large quantity of tomatoes to make molasses in
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by Abdul Haleem As a symbol of pride and a means to compete in the national game buzkashi, or goat grabbing, many people in Afghanistan keep horses to vie for the traditional
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Vietnamese President To Lam has been elected as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, according to a press conference here on Saturday. Lam was unanimously supported at
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Weeks of deadly protests in Bangladesh have triggered a bold new strategy from critics, who are urging the country’s vast diaspora to halt the flow of foreign remittances. This move aims to
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s five-day visit to China is expected to open new chapters in the country’s relations with Italy, Maria Rosa Azzolina, president of the Italy-China Institute said in an
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Cambodia and China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Wednesday expressed their commitment to further boost trade and investment cooperation. The pledge was made during a meeting held at the Peace
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Among tens of millions tonnes of inorganic phosphorus fertilizers used every year in the world, only 12.6 percent is absorbed by plants, with the majority stored in soils, according to a recent
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On Wednesday, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah confirmed that Israeli forces killed a top commander, Fouad Shukur, in a rare strike on Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik. The attack, which occurred
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The death toll in Tuesday’s multiple landslides in India’s southern state of Kerala further rose to 95, with more than 110 people injured, a local police officer told Xinhua over phone. At
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A fundamental rights petition (SC/FR/221/2024) was filed in the Supreme Court today (July 30) by Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) calling for action against the procedural violations and abuse of public trust
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Hussein Ali Saeed, an 81-year-old resident, has spent his entire life in Kirkuk, a city in northern Iraq renowned for its abundant oil reserves. As this retired Iraqi oil worker sees it,
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by A Special Correspondent The University Grants Commission (UGC) emphasizes ‘Academic and Research Excellence’ and ‘Personal Integrity’ in its criteria for selecting a Vice Chancellor. However, the Council of the South Eastern
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei formally endorsed Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran’s ninth president on Sunday. During a ceremony held in the Iranian capital, Khamenei endorsed a decree issued by Interim President Mohammad
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Compared to the last two years, Sri Lanka expects to see a significant increase in the number of local and foreign tourists visiting destinations managed by the Department of Forest Conservation this
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The Chinese leadership has once again demonstrated its determination to develop economic driving forces via sci-tech innovations, according to a resolution on further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization. The resolution,
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