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Bank of Japan lifts rates to highest level since 1995

The benchmark interest rate was hiked to 1%, despite US-Iran peace agreement, as higher energy costs spread through the economy ...

Why is Starmer banning kids from social media?

The British PM says he’s protecting children, but critics say he’s building a police...

‘Most oppressed team’: Iran blasts World Cup treatment

Players say US visa problems and forced cross-border travel have left them exhausted during...

North Korea cracks down on moonshine as grain prices spike

North Korean authorities in Hyesan city have intensified a crackdown on home-brewed liquor production...

US approves amendment budget in defense to train Ukrainian pilots

The United States House of Representatives has approved an amendment to the 2023 defense budget bill to train Ukrainian pilots on F-15 and F-16...

Adani ports gets tender for privatization of Israeli port

Billionaire Gautam Adani's company Adani Ports won the tender for the privatization of the Israeli port of Haifa on July 14, along with local...

Biden’s tactics to keep Iran away from nuclear weapon

US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the US will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon and that he believes diplomacy...

Sri Lanka: prime minister Orders military to curb Protest Wave

Leaders must heed the voice of the people – the opposition MPOur World Service colleagues heard from Harini Amarasuriya, opposition MP for the National...

Ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Dead after being shot and cardiac arrest

Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe is dead after he was shot while giving a campaign speech in western Japan at about 11.30 am on Friday....

UK, US security Chiefs warn of ‘immense’ threat from China

Heads of UK and US security services have made a joint appearance that has never been the subject of ‘immense’ threat from China. FBI Director...

Drought emergency in Italy’s five regions surrounding Po River

Italy has declared a state of emergency in five northern regions surrounding the Po River amid the worst drought in 70 years. Emilia-Romagna, Friuli Venezia...

Denmark’s Copenhagen shooting: Gunman kills three in Field’s shopping mall

Copenhagen Shooting: A gunman killed three people and injured others, three of them critically, at a mall in Denmark, police said. A 22-year-old man has...

China attack on Taiwan not imminent, but US watching closely: Gen Milley

The Chinese offensive in Taiwan is imminent, says a US Gen Milley, but the US is watching "closely". China is clearly developing an offensive force...

Russia charges two Britons of being mercenaries, Andrew Hill and Dylan Healy

Two other British people arrested by Russian troops in Ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to Russian state media. Dylan Healy, a chef...

Xi Jinping Defends China’s despotic rule in Hong Kong

China's "one-world two-state solution" to rule Hong Kong has worked to protect the city and must continue for a long time, Xi Jinping said....

Zelensky calls Putin a terrorist, urges UN to expel Russia from General Assembly

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian leader Putin of turning "terrorist" two days after Russian missiles destroyed a shopping mall with more than...

At least 46 found dead in Texas abandoned truck in San Antonio

At least 46 people have been found dead in a abandoned truck on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. A fire official said 16 people,...

Busy mall attacked by Russian missile in Ukraine says Zelensky

Russia has allegedly committed war crimes by firing a missile at a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk in the Poltava region,...

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