LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – More than 4,600 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain on small boats so far in 2024, a record total for the first three months of the year and giving Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a fresh … Read More
Brazil is building a submarine fleet with France’s help. SAO PAULO — France is beefing up its defense ties with Brazil — shored up by President Emmanuel Macron’s first state visit to the country. The cooperation between the two was … Read More
QUITO, ECUADOR — An Ecuadoran mayor was found shot to death Sunday, police said, as the South American country approaches its third month of a state of emergency decreed by the government to crack down on soaring gang violence. Brigitte Garcia, … Read More
NEW DELHI, March 27 (Reuters) – India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km (1,000-mile) porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other … Read More
Five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver killed while en route from Islamabad to dam construction site Six people have been killed after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project … Read More
Nicaragua’s communist regime authorized the establishment of a Russian-made “Instruction Center” for the “reengineering” of the Nicaraguan police, authorities confirmed last week. Local media and experts have denounced the center as a possible “cover-up” for a prospective Russian spy agency … Read More
March 26 (UPI) — Authorities said six people were still unaccounted for after a cargo ship struck and collapsed the busy Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, early Tuesday morning. Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Widefield confirmed during a press conference … Read More
The UN Security Council has called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, after the US did not veto the measure in a shift from its previous position. The resolution also demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. The … Read More
Four suspects from Tajikistan appear in court as IS releases new footage corroborating its claim to be behind atrocity The Kremlin has declined to comment on growing evidence that the Afghan branch of Islamic State (IS), known as Islamic State … Read More
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit a remote part of western Papua New Guinea killing at least three people and causing extensive damage to around 1,000 homes, officials said. The quake rocked the … Read More