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Riot police in Georgia fired tear gas and water cannon into crowds protesting against a bill seen by the opposition as targeting media freedoms. Thousands waving Georgian and European Union flags gathered outside parliament for a second night to protest what they see as a Russian-inspired law. MPs approved the second reading of the controversial […]
- China attacks ‘bandit logic’ of House vote on TikTok (Category: Breaking News)
- Pentagon to ‘rush’ Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package (Category: Breaking News)
- Delhi’s chief minister arrested over corruption claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition stuns Erdogan with historic victory at Turkish elections (Category: Breaking News)
Looted artefacts from the Asante kingdom are finally on display in Ghana, 150 years after British colonisers took them. Ghanaians flocked to the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, the capital of Asante region, to welcome the 32 items home. “This is a day for Asante. A day for the Black African continent. The spirit we […]
- Pakistan accused of killing eight women and children in Afghanistan air strikes (Category: Breaking News)
- Bishop stabbed during sermon in Sydney (Category: Breaking News)
- Pentagon to ‘rush’ Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package (Category: Breaking News)
- The $2bn dirty-money case that rocked Singapore (Category: Breaking News)
Rallies have taken place across Australia in response to a wave of recent violence against women. Demonstrators want gender-based violence to be declared a national emergency and stricter laws put in place to stop it. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the issue was a national crisis. In Australia, a woman has been killed on average […]
- Sydney church stabbing declared a ‘terrorist’ attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian Police say Sydney killer targeted women (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
- Princess of Wales in early stages of treatment for cancer (Category: Breaking News)
The Pentagon says it will “rush” Patriot air defence missiles and artillery ammunition to Ukraine as part of its new military aid package. The US will utilise $6bn (£4.8bn) for this purpose, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin revealed on Friday. Patriot air defence batteries are not included. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Patriots were “urgently” needed […]
- Pentagon to ‘rush’ Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan accused of killing eight women and children in Afghanistan air strikes (Category: Breaking News)
- Joe Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Ghana rejoices as ‘crown jewels’ looted by British put on display (Category: Breaking News)
The Pentagon says it will “rush” Patriot air defence missiles and artillery ammunition to Ukraine as part of its new military aid package. The US will utilise $6bn (£4.8bn) for this purpose, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin revealed on Friday. Patriot air defence batteries are not included. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Patriots were “urgently” needed […]
- Pentagon to ‘rush’ Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package (Category: Breaking News)
- US House passes crucial aid deal worth $61bn for Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel’s Netanyahu says defences are ‘ready’ as Iran attacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia says all four suspects arrested after 133 killed at concert hall (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Iran-Israeli Tit For Tat, India’s Vote Marathon & Lanka’s Long Election Eve appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Middle East on Edge, India’s Vote Marathon, and Lanka’s Long Election Eve (Category: Breaking News)
- American Chaos, Modi’s Heatwave & Ranil As Common Government Candidate (Category: Breaking News)
- The New Kurukshetra: BJP & Opposition Alliances For The 2024 Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s Election Timetable & Sri Lanka’s Deadlock Elections (Category: Breaking News)
The House of Representatives has finally approved billions of dollars in new US military aid for Ukraine as it struggles to resist Russia’s invasion. The much-delayed measure had vocal opponents in Congress and it took a fragile bipartisan deal to get the $61bn (£49bn) package through. Now the focus shifts from “whether” to “when” lethal […]
- Three suspected Chinese agents arrested in Germany (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
- Pentagon to ‘rush’ Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel military intelligence chief quits over 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
Ukraine s prime minister has told the BBC there will be a ÂThird World War if Ukraine loses its conflict with Russia, as he urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill.
- Public Pressure (Category: Business)
- Sunday Observer: Ukraine to invest in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President leaves for Kiev (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka looks forward to expand trade with Ukraine - President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
As Beijing increases its repression of ethnic minorities in China to establish Han domination, the Chinese Communist Party is also devising numerous ways to ensure that the overseas media cannot expose this ongoing violation of human rights behind the bamboo curtain. The Chinese media is highly censored. To project the false image of China as […]
- Tibet’s resistance to decades of colonial suppression of China (Category: Breaking News)
- UN rights chief’s first visit to China seems to be ‘wasted historic opportunity’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Xi builds campaign to change West-led world order (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘One China’ principle and ‘One Country, Two Systems’ policy are ironical (Category: Breaking News)
On 19 April, Indians will begin choosing a new parliament for the next five years, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a third consecutive term. Opinion polls put his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies ahead. They are up against the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (India), which groups more than two dozen opposition […]
- Rahul Gandhi returns to India’s parliament as MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Key wins boost Indian PM Modi’s re-election bid (Category: Breaking News)
- Delhi’s chief minister arrested over corruption claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Rahul Gandhi sentenced to jail for Modi ‘thieves’ remark (Category: Breaking News)
Denmark’s historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire. The 17th Century Børsen is one of the city’s oldest buildings and onlookers gasped as its iconic spire collapsed in the flames. Everyone inside the building was able to leave and people rushed to rescue some of its historic […]
- Russia says all four suspects arrested after 133 killed at concert hall (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition stuns Erdogan with historic victory at Turkish elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Australians call for tougher laws on violence against women after killings (Category: Breaking News)
Donald Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial has begun with half of a group of potential jurors ruled out within minutes on impartiality grounds. Mr Trump denies falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Sixty of 96 potential jurors were quick to say in the New York court that they could […]
- Biden and Trump set for election rematch after securing party nominations (Category: Breaking News)
- Iceland violent volcanic flare-up triggers state of emergency (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel military intelligence chief quits over 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli government says it will block Al Jazeera from broadcasting (Category: Breaking News)
Somali pirates have released a Bangladesh-flagged vessel and its 23-member crew after a ransom was reportedly paid. The MV Abdullah was carrying coal from Mozambique to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) when it was hijacked off Somalia’s coast about a month ago. The pirates alleged that they received $5m (£4m), but there is no independent […]
- Iceland violent volcanic flare-up triggers state of emergency (Category: Breaking News)
- Lost power, a mayday call and the crash that brought down a Baltimore bridge (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel military intelligence chief quits over 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing plane engine cover falls off prompting investigation (Category: Breaking News)
Iran has launched aerial drones and missiles at Israel, marking a widely anticipated reprisal attack. Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said the attack was aimed at “specific targets”. Israeli military sources said more than 100 drones had been launched. The US had shot some down, CBS News reported. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said […]
- Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel accused of deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Syria (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian Police say Sydney killer targeted women (Category: Breaking News)
US President Joe Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel “sooner than later”, as fears grow of Iranian retaliation over an air strike that killed top commanders early this month. Israel has not admitted attacking an Iranian consulate in Syria but is widely believed to have been behind it. US officials have told CBS […]
- Fears for Gazans as aid groups halt work over deadly Israeli strike (Category: Breaking News)
- Bishop stabbed during sermon in Sydney (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan accused of killing eight women and children in Afghanistan air strikes (Category: Breaking News)
- US restricts travel for employees in Israel amid fears of Iran attack (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Undemocratic Rule Of Modi’s India Is A Security Threat To South Asia appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Postponing Elections & Inviting The Dragon: Sri Lankan President’s China Tilt (Category: Breaking News)
- Rise Of Ultranationalism & Elections, Tamil Nationalism & Resurrection Of LTTE Ideology In Sri L... (Category: Breaking News)
- Destination Delhi: Roving President’s Next Port Of Call (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka Asymptomatic; US At ICU; India Near Morgue; Deadly Everywhere: Can The Authoritarian Pande... (Category: Breaking News)
US President Joe Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel “sooner than later”, as fears grow of Iranian retaliation over an air strike that killed top commanders early this month. Israel has not admitted attacking an Iranian consulate in Syria but is widely believed to have been behind it. US officials have told CBS […]
- Israel’s Netanyahu says defences are ‘ready’ as Iran attacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel accused of deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Syria (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
- Sydney church stabbing declared a ‘terrorist’ attack (Category: Breaking News)
A Singaporean court has begun handing out sentences in a sensational case, which saw 10 Chinese nationals charged for laundering $2.2bn (£1.8bn) earned from criminal activities abroad. The scandal embroiled multiple banks, property agents, precious metal traders and a top golf club. It led to extensive raids in some of the most affluent neighbourhoods, where […]
- Ghana rejoices as ‘crown jewels’ looted by British put on display (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan accused of killing eight women and children in Afghanistan air strikes (Category: Breaking News)
- Pentagon to ‘rush’ Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package (Category: Breaking News)
- Bishop stabbed during sermon in Sydney (Category: Breaking News)
The United States has restricted travel for its employees in Israel amid fears of an attack by Iran. The US embassy said staff had been told not to travel outside the greater Jerusalem, Tel Aviv or Beersheba areas “out of an abundance of caution”. Iran has vowed to retaliate, blaming Israel for a strike on […]
- Water’s Edge to be given back to Sumal after ignoring SC order (Category: Breaking News)
- Romney debuts SC ad, so does DNC (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Is Speaker’s announcement consistent with SC determination? (Category: Breaking News)
- SC On 22A – Part II: Enhancing The Constitution’s Rigidity (Category: Breaking News)
Australia’s foreign minister has suggested the country could recognise Palestinian statehood, to increase momentum towards peace. However Hamas could have no role in its governance, Penny Wong said. Both Australia’s opposition and the Zionist Federation of Australia say such a move would be premature. Canberra has long said that recognition of a Palestinian nation could […]
- Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian Police say Sydney killer targeted women (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel’s Netanyahu says defences are ‘ready’ as Iran attacks (Category: Breaking News)
The Israeli parliament has approved a law giving the government the power to ban broadcasts of TV channels including Al Jazeera, the Qatari-owned network. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would “act immediately” to close the network’s local office. The US expressed concern over the move. With foreign journalists banned from entering Gaza, Al Jazeera […]
- Israel accused of deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Syria (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel military intelligence chief quits over 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel’s Netanyahu says defences are ‘ready’ as Iran attacks (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards says seven officers have been killed in an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate building in Syria’s capital, Damascus. Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the elite Quds Force, and Brig-Gen Mohammad Hadi Haji-Rahimi, his deputy, were named among the dead. Iran and Syria’s governments condemned the attack, which destroyed […]
- Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel’s Netanyahu says defences are ‘ready’ as Iran attacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Joe Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli missile hits Iran, with blasts heard in centre of country (Category: Breaking News)
The Indian government has so far rescued 250 citizens in Cambodia who were forced to run online scams. They were promised jobs but “forced to undertake illegal cyber work”, India’s foreign ministry said. Recent reports have said more than 5,000 Indians stuck in Cambodia were forced to operate cyber-fraud schemes. Hundreds of thousands of people […]
- Avalanche leaves two dead in Austrian Alps (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel accused of deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Syria (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli government says it will block Al Jazeera from broadcasting (Category: Breaking News)
- US House passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide (Category: Breaking News)
Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of the failed crypto exchange FTX, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding customers and investors of his now-bankrupt firm. The ruling cements the downfall of the former billionaire, who emerged as a high profile champion of crypto before his firm’s dramatic collapse in 2022. He was found to […]
- Convicted ‘Crypto King’ will not face second trial (Category: Breaking News)
- Princess of Wales in early stages of treatment for cancer (Category: Breaking News)
- China attacks ‘bandit logic’ of House vote on TikTok (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
The bodies of two people have been recovered from a red pickup truck, which was under water where the Baltimore bridge collapsed. Eight construction workers were on the bridge when a ship struck it, plunging them into the waters below. Two of the workers were rescued on the day, but the search continues for the […]
- Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Lost power, a mayday call and the crash that brought down a Baltimore bridge (Category: Breaking News)
- Sydney church stabbing declared a ‘terrorist’ attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Four officers shot dead, four wounded, in North Carolina home siege (Category: Breaking News)
Millions of Americans’ online accounts have been caught up in a “sinister” Chinese hacking plot that targeted US officials, the justice department and FBI said on Monday. Seven Chinese nationals have been charged with enacting a widespread cyber-attack campaign. They are accused of ties to a hacking operation that ran for 14 years. The US […]
- China attacks ‘bandit logic’ of House vote on TikTok (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel accused of deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Syria (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian Police say Sydney killer targeted women (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
The first ship towing a barge of humanitarian aid to Gaza has unloaded supplies onto the shore. The Spanish ship Open Arms left Cyprus on Tuesday with 200 tonnes of food desperately needed for Gaza, which the UN says is on the brink of famine. Videos posted online show a crane moving crates from the […]
- Israel military intelligence chief quits over 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli government says it will block Al Jazeera from broadcasting (Category: Breaking News)
China has attacked a bill going through Congress that could ultimately see TikTok banned in the US, accusing it of “unjustly” behaving like a “bandit”. The bill passed by the House of Representatives would give TikTok’s parent company six months to divest from the firm or face a ban on the app. It still faces […]
- US House passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide (Category: Breaking News)
- TikTok profits from livestreams of families begging (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
- Princess of Wales in early stages of treatment for cancer (Category: Breaking News)
The US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It would give the social media giant’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, six months to sell its controlling stake or the app would be blocked in the US. While the bill passed overwhelmingly in a bipartisan vote, it still […]
- China attacks ‘bandit logic’ of House vote on TikTok (Category: Breaking News)
- China hits out at US over TikTok ban on federal devices (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli government says it will block Al Jazeera from broadcasting (Category: Breaking News)
- Three suspected Chinese agents arrested in Germany (Category: Breaking News)
US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump have both passed the delegate thresholds to clinch their parties’ nominations for the election in November. Four states, one American territory and Democrats living abroad held their primaries on Tuesday. The result means US voters face a rematch of the 2020 presidential election in eight months’ […]
- Trump trial: Dozens of jurors rejected as they say they cannot be impartial (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition stuns Erdogan with historic victory at Turkish elections (Category: Breaking News)
- US House passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide (Category: Breaking News)
- Lost power, a mayday call and the crash that brought down a Baltimore bridge (Category: Breaking News)
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