June 3, 2025 9:06 PM

Nigeria: 200 killed, 1000 reported missing in floods

Around 200 people have been killed and over one thousand are reportedly missing in Nigeria's north-central Niger State due to devastating floods triggered by heavy rains over the past week. The torrential downpours wreaked havoc across Mokwa, a bustling market and farming town in Niger, submerging...

June 3, 2025 8:53 PM

Exit polls predicts Democrat Lee Jae-myung​ as next President of South Korea

  ​ In South Korea, Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung​ is projected to become the next president. As per​ exit polls released by the country’s​ leading broadcasters​, ​ Lee Jae-myung is expected to ​w​in following a closely watched snap election today.​ The exit polls sh...

June 3, 2025 5:04 PM

US withdraws about 500 troops from Syria as directed by Pentagon

    The United States has withdrawn about 500 troops from Syria  following the fall of the Assad regime and a shift in its Middle East policy.  The US has vacated three bases in Syria.   In April, the Pentagon announced its plans to decrease its military troops in Syria from two thousand  ...

June 3, 2025 3:52 PM

Mt. Kanchanjungha joint expedition gives new heights to Nepal-India relations, says Nepal’s Def Min

    Nepal's Defence Minister Man Bir Rai has expressed confidence that the Nepal-India Joint Mt. Kanchanjungha expedition will help further strengthen and take the relations between the two countries to a new height. The expedition team members handed over the expedition flag to Defence Minister...

June 3, 2025 3:44 PM

Sri Lanka, Australia to strengthen maritime security

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles in Colombo today to strengthen bilateral ties, with maritime security high on the agenda. President Dissanayake thanked Australia for its support in recent operations targetin...

June 3, 2025 12:18 PM

Mount Etna erupts in Italy, spews ash & lava; no immediate threat to population

Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna in Italy, erupted yesterday, spewing ash and smoke into the Sicilian sky and triggering panic among tourists. Sicily’s president, Renato Schifani, said lava flows emitted in the eruption had not passed the natural containment area and posed no danger to t...

June 3, 2025 9:47 AM

Over 17.8 million pay respects as Buddha’s sacred relics tour Vietnam in historic display of unity, faith

Over 17.8 million devotees have visited in Historic Nationwide Veneration of Buddha’s Sacred Relics in Vietnam, which had been sent from India. The Ministry of Culture said that the sacred tour spans multiple revered locations from the south to the north of the country. Buddhists and spiritual se...

June 3, 2025 8:53 AM

Twin earthquakes shake Greece and Turkey; 7 injured in Marmaris escape efforts

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Dodecanese Islands in Greece near the Turkey border early this morning. Around the same time, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit the coastal town of Marmaris, Turkey. It struck at 2:17 a.m. and was felt in nearby areas, including the Greek island of Rhodes. Seven pe...

June 3, 2025 8:25 AM

Germany’s former foreign minister Baerbock elected UNGA President with strong support despite Russian opposition

Germany’s former foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock elected as the next president of the United Nations General Assembly with strong support, winning 167 votes out of 193 in a secret ballot demanded by Russia.   Baerbock replaces Cameroon’s Philemon Yang and will begin her one-year term ...

June 3, 2025 8:03 AM

Polling underway in South Korea to elect a new President

Polling is underway in South Korea to elect a new President to succeed conservative Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted over his brief but shocking imposition of martial law. Surveys suggested liberal Lee Jae-myung is heavily favoured to win the snap election, riding on a wave of public disappointment ove...