PATNA, India: Indian officials have acknowledged that the police are hunting members of a gang who dismantled a 60-foot iron bridge and likely sold it as scrap metal. Posing as government officials attached with the irrigation department in the eastern state of Bihar, the thieves used gas cutters and earthmoving machinery to dismantle and steal […]

TOKYO, Japan: Amidst regional tensions and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Japan and the Philippines have agreed to further expand their defense cooperation. During a meeting in Tokyo between their foreign and defense ministers, Japan and the Philippines said they will look at expanding cooperative activity and sharing resources, according to Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi. […]

WASHINGTON D.C.: The U.S. Justice Department has reported that a Chinese national, Xiang Haitao, 44, was sentenced to 29 months in prison after pleading guilty in January to conspiring to steal trade secrets from agricultural company Monsanto. Xiang, who was employed by Monsanto and a subsidiary from 2008 to 2017, pleaded guilty in Missouri federal […]

MOSCOW, Russia: After new U.S. sanctions targeted Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters and other family members of prominent Russians, a Kremlin spokesman has lashed out at the West. In a newly released list of prominent Russians being sanctioned in response to the war in Ukraine, Putin’s daughters, Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, were included in […]

SANA’A, Yemen: President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi of Yemen has turned over power to a presidential council and dismissed his deputy, as Saudi Arabia moved to strengthen an anti-Houthi alliance in line with efforts led by the United Nations to revive negotiations to end the seven-year war. After Hadi’s announcement, Riyadh announced $3 billion in financial […]

NEW DELHI, India: India has announced that it would accelerate its manufacturing of military equipment, including helicopters, tank engines and missiles, to offset any potential shortfall from its main supplier, Russia. India depends on Russia for nearly 60 percent of its defense equipment, and the war in Ukraine has caused uncertainty about future supplies. Defense […]

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador: After some 6,000 people were arrested in an unprecedented security crackdown over the past week, distraught families across El Salvador are searching for information on their relatives. Since the government declared a state of emergency on 27th March after suspending constitutional rights, including the presumption of innocence, men, women and children […]

PARIS, France: President Emmanuel Macron is comfortably leading 11 other candidates in the French presidential polls, ahead of April 10’s first-round vote. However, Macron’s main challenger, far-right leader Marine Le Pen, has been gaining strength in recent days. Both are favorites to reach the runoff on 24th April, which would be a replay of the […]

WASHINGTON D.C.: Animal control officers have captured a wild fox after it followed or attacked several people near the chambers of Congress, according to U.S. Capitol Police. Earlier, Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) told reporters that he was bitten this week outside the Senate. “I did not see it and all of a sudden I felt […]

KHARKIV, Ukraine: Russian shelling has destroyed the Feldman Ecopark in Kharkiv and sent its volunteers scurrying. Officials at the Ukrainian zoo said it would be forced to put down thousands of its animals, including bears and lions, as there is no means of moving them to safety. Oleksandr Feldman, the founder of the park and […]