Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 673 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 673 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 673rd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, December 28, 2023. Fighting Two people were killed and four others injured in the southern Odesa region after Russian forces sent dozens of attack drones over Ukraine in a nighttime air raid….

When death metal becomes one of 84,000 ways to practise Buddhism | Music

When death metal becomes one of 84,000 ways to practise Buddhism | Music

Taipei, Taiwan – In the past few years, many of Taiwan’s largest music festivals have seen the unlikely ensemble of a shaven Buddhist nun introducing a band of five black-clad musicians whose faces are smeared blood red. When the first riffs break through the sound system, their hard yet atmospheric…

In bid to counter China, US ramps up effort to boost military ties in Asia | Politics News

In bid to counter China, US ramps up effort to boost military ties in Asia | Politics News

On May 30, the United States accused China of intercepting one of its spy planes in an “unnecessarily aggressive manoeuvre” over the South China Sea. The American RC-135 plane, according to the US military, was conducting routine operations over the sensitive waterway when the Chinese fighter jet flew directly in…

Displaced Palestinian mother in Gaza gives birth to quadruplets | Israel-Palestine conflict

Displaced Palestinian mother in Gaza gives birth to quadruplets | Israel-Palestine conflict

Iman al-Masry is simply exhausted after giving birth to quadruplets in a hospital in southern Gaza, miles away from her home in the north of the war-torn Palestinian territory. In mid-October, days into the Israel-Hamas war, the young woman fled her family home in Beit Hanoon on foot with her…

Israeli minister Gantz says situation on Lebanon border ‘demands change’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli minister Gantz says situation on Lebanon border ‘demands change’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Comments from the Israeli war cabinet member are the latest to hint at the possibility of an escalation with Hezbollah. Senior Israeli minister Benny Gantz says the situation on the country’s border with Lebanon “must change”, hinting at the possibility of military escalation with the armed group Hezbollah. Gantz, a…

Indonesian students demand deportation of Rohingya refugees | Rohingya News

Indonesian students demand deportation of Rohingya refugees | Rohingya News

NewsFeed Indonesian students are demanding Rohingya refugees from Myanmar be deported. A large crowd of students descended on a building being used as a refugee shelter. When police managed to restore order, the refugees, many in tears, were relocated by truck to an alternate location. A surge in arrivals of…

Jacques Delors, founding father of EU’s single currency project, dies at 98 | European Union News

Jacques Delors, founding father of EU’s single currency project, dies at 98 | European Union News

Delors had a high-profile political career in France, where he also served as finance minister under Francois Mitterrand. Jacques Delors, former European Commission chief and a founding father of the European Union’s (EU) historic single currency project, has died. He was 98. The French socialist and ardent advocate of post-war…

Pro-Palestine activists block entrance to JFK airport | Israel-Palestine conflict

Pro-Palestine activists block entrance to JFK airport | Israel-Palestine conflict

NewsFeed A group of pro-Palestine protesters demanding a ceasefire in Gaza blocked access to one of the entrances to New York’s JFK International Airport during the busiest travel week of the year. Later footage showed police arresting some of the demonstrators. Published On 27 Dec 202327 Dec 2023 Check out…

Why has Nigeria failed to deal with recurrent violence in Plateau state? | TV Shows

Why has Nigeria failed to deal with recurrent violence in Plateau state? | TV Shows

Hundreds of people have been killed and injured in attacks by armed groups. The Nigerian government says at least 160 people were killed in attacks by armed groups on remote farming communities at the weekend. It’s the worst violence in the central Plateau state in more than five years. No…