Canada suspends sale of military drone technology to Turkey
OTTAWA, Canada: The Canadian foreign affairs department announced that the country has cancelled export permits to Turkey for drone technology after a government review found...
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Japan to release one million tonnes of contaminated Fukushima water into sea
TOKYO, Japan: Japan has announced it will release more than one million tonnes of contaminated water from the ruined Fukushima nuclear power station back into...
Covid infections: India overtakes Brazil as world’s second worst-hit country
NEW DELHI, India: India has reported a record 168,912 Covid-19 infections overnight, data from the health ministry showed, overtaking Brazil to become the second-most affected...
Cyclone Seroja batters Western Australia
PERTH, Australia: Tropical cyclone Seroja has ripped across a 1,000-kilometre (621 miles) stretch of Western Australia, leaving a trail of damage. The category three storm...
Curfew imposed as protests erupt after police killing in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS, USA: Tear gas was fired and a curfew imposed amid angry protests after police fatally shot a black man in the US city of...
Death toll in Sudan’s West Darfur clashes soars to 132
KHARTOUM, Sudan: At least 132 people have been killed in days of clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur state. The governor of Sudan’s West Darfur state...
Iran releases seized South Korean tanker
TEHRAN, Iran: Iranian authorities have released a South Korean-flagged tanker it seized and the vessel’s captain amid a dispute over billions in frozen oil funds....
Myanmar’s ambassador to UK locked out of London embassy
LONDON, UK: Myanmar’s ambassador to the UK has said he has been locked out of the London embassy in what he described as another “coup”...
New Zealand bans entry of travellers from India amid Covid surge
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Entry for all travellers from India to New Zealand has suspended for about two weeks following a high number of positive coronavirus...
France opens archives on Rwanda genocide
PARIS, France: President Emmanuel Macron opened the national archives on Wednesday as part of a pledge to examine France’s role in the 1990s genocide in...