First female PM of DR Congo sworn in
KINSHASA, JUNE 12 : Judith Suminwa Tuluka was sworn in early Wednesday as the first female prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).Before the National Assembly, the lower house of the DRC…
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41 people died in the Kuwaiti fire, including several Indian laborers. Jaishankar is shocked.
KUWAIT CITY, JUNE 12 : A devastating fire in a residential building housing workers in Mangaf, in southern Kuwait, early on Wednesday, killed at least 41 people as per reports so far, including several Indians,…
The shipping canal in Baltimore reopens following the fatal bridge collapse in March.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 11 : U.S. authorities have completely reopened the primary shipping route to the Port of Baltimore on Monday following an extensive cleanup endeavor, a few months after the collapse of the Francis Scott…
Due to worries about eavesdropping, Amsterdam will no longer use Chinese CCTV or traffic cameras.
AMSTERDAM, JUNE 11 : The municipality of the Dutch capital of Amsterdam will stop using cameras made in China over concerns about human rights violations and spying, Dutch newspaper NL Times reported, citing city council…
Malawi’s vice president is on a plane, but it disappears.
LILONGWE, JUNE 10 : A Malawi Defense Force plane carrying the country's Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others went missing Monday, the country's Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Colleen Zamba, announced in a…
Social media: China’s Jilin City saw four tourists stabbed.
BEIJING, JUNE 10 : Four tourists, including from the West, were stabbed in Beishan Park, in China’s Jilin City, according to a viral video on social media showing the four people lying on the ground…
Elections to the European Parliament are won by the ruling alliance in Hungary.
BUDAPEST, JUNE 10 : Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the ruling alliance Fidesz-Christian Democratic People's Party has won in the elections to the European Parliament and local elections in Hungary."Today we held elections…
Gantz, an Israeli military cabinet member, left Netanyahu’s emergency government.
JERUSALEM, JUNE 10 : Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz said that he had decided to quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's emergency government over its handling of the Gaza conflict."Netanyahu is preventing us from advancing…
Hamas faces threats from Qatar and Egypt if a cease-fire agreement is not achieved.
DOHA, JUNE 9 : Qatar and Egypt, at the direction of the US administration, have threatened the leaders of Palestinian movement Hamas with possible arrests, asset freezes, sanctions and expulsion from their refuge in Doha…
Iran calls on Islamic nations to sever ties with Israel
TEHRAN, JUNE 9 : Islamic countries should stop political, economic cooperation with Israel and boycott imports, acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri said on Saturday."In our opinion, the most effective initiative Islamic countries can undertake…