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Hegseth asks US Army chief of staff to step down as military shake-up deepens
WASHINGTON, April 3 — Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has asked General Randy George to step down as chief of staff of the US Army, an official said yesterday. George is the latest senior military officer to be ousted during
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Flotilla 2.0: 1,000 pro-Palestinian activists to relaunch Gaza mission from Barcelona on April 12
BARCELONA, April 3 — A flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists who attempted to reach Gaza last year said yesterday they would launch a new mission to the devastated territory from Barcelona on April 12. The Global Sumud Flotilla’s first weeks-long journey
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Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing elected president in parliament vote
NAYPYIDAW, April 3 — Myanmar’s parliament elected junta chief Min Aung Hlaing as president today, an AFP tally showed, with the ex-military commander set to maintain his rule in a civilian guise after snatching power by force five years ago.
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Fraudsters in Cambodia face life in prison under new anti-cyberscam law
PHNNOM PENH, April 3 — Fraudsters running cyberscam operations in Cambodia could face life in prison after the Senate approved a new law today targeting criminals involved in the multibillion-dollar illicit industry. The Southeast Asian nation has emerged as a
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Iran and allies strike US, Israel targets as month-long Middle East war shows no sign of easing
TEHRAN, April 3 — Iran and its allies traded fire with Israel and the United States, as Washington-linked assets across the Middle East were targeted alongside civilian infrastructure—with the month-long war today showing little sign of easing. Strikes have increasingly targeted
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Trump gloating over attacks on Iran sparks war crime concerns
WASHINGTON, April 3 — Threatening to destroy Iran’s electricity grid and to reduce the country of 90 million to destitution, US President Donald Trump is shattering precedent by not just accepting but gloating about acts seen as potential war crimes.
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‘AI slop’ floods Middle East war, blurring truth and fiction
WASHINGTON, April 3 — “Is Netanyahu real or AI?” an internet headline blared, pointing to a video that supposedly showed the Israeli prime minister with six fingers. But the clip was real. Speculation spiralled online that Netanyahu might be dead or
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Nepal charges 32 over fake helicopter rescues in US$19.7m trekking insurance scam
KATHMANDU, April 2 — Nepal has charged 32 people over a multi-million-dollar insurance scam involving fake helicopter rescues of trekkers, police said today, a long-running racket that has cast a shadow over the country’s vital tourism industry. The Himalayan nation
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UK to host talks with 35 countries on reopening Strait of Hormuz without US
LONDON, April 2 — Britain will host talks today aimed at forming a coalition of countries to explore ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after US President Donald Trump said securing the vital waterway was a problem for other
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Indonesia issues fresh summons to Google, Meta after under‑16s ban flouted
JAKARTA, April 2 — Indonesia issued a second round of summons letters today to Google and Meta for allegedly flouting a days-old ban on social media access for under-16s. The Communication and Digital Ministry said it had “issued a second
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