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ASEAN calls for full implementation of Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar

Hanoi, Dec. 14 -- ASEAN issued a Chair's Statement on December 13, expressing deep concern and strongly condemning the airstrike on Mrauk-U Hospital in Myanmar's Rakhine state, which killed at least 3... Read More


IDF kills senior Hezbollah terrorist, two others in southern Lebanon strikes

Tel Aviv, Dec. 14 -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed the killing of a senior Hezbollah terrorist, Zakaria Yahya al-Hajj, in an airstrike carried out in the Jwaya area of southern Lebanon... Read More


UN secretary-general calls Yunus to condole Bangladeshi peacekeepers deaths

Dhaka, Dec. 14 -- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus to express his condolences over the death of six Bangladeshi peacekeepers in a drone at... Read More


11 dead as gunmen open fire on Jewish community in Australia

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- A mass shooting in Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, has led to the death of 11 people. The state police said around 29 people were also injured in the attack targeted at the Jew... Read More


H-1B and H-4 visa holders face prudential visa revocation - What does it mean, and will it affect their stay in the US?

New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- H-1B and H-4 visa holders in the US reportedly received emails from the consulate informing them that temporary working visas had been "prudentially revoked" amid the postponemen... Read More


Indians cannot ignore indoor air quality crisis

India, Dec. 14 -- This article is authored by P GopalaKrishnan, managing director, Southeast Asia and Middle East, GBCI. Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Hindustan Times.... Read More


Underinvestment risks future oil price spikes, ExxonMobil's Joshi warns

New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- Oil companies must ramp up investment in exploration and production to meet future demand, Prasanna V. Joshi, a senior ExxonMobil executive, said, while cautioning that output in... Read More


UN Environmental Assembly drops resolution on strengthening UNEP Nairobi headquarters

India, Dec. 14 -- UNEA-7 dropped a draft resolution to strengthen UNEP's Nairobi headquarters without explanation. The proposal had aimed to consolidate future environmental treaty secretariats under... Read More


Dhaka urges stand against hatred, violence - online and offline

, Dec. 14 -- Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid, now in Riyadh, on Sunday said they must reject every incitement to hatred, including across digital platforms and stand against violence, intolerance an... Read More


United Airlines Boeing 777 engine failure sparks fire at takeoff, forces emergency return at Washington Dulles

New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- A United Airlines Boeing 777 operating a long-haul service from Washington to Tokyo was forced to return to Dulles International Airport on Saturday after suffering an engine fai... Read More