Container ship fire rages on for the sixth day off the coast of Sri Lanka; India sends help.
MV X- Press Pearl on fire. Image Credit: Indian CG Five days ago, a Singapore-flagged container ship, MV X-Press Pearl, anchored off the coast of Sri Lanka just 9.5 nautical […]
Eurovision 2021 song contest grand final line-up confirmed.
Image Credit: Thomas Hanses / EBU The final of the Eurovision song contest 2021 will be held tonight at 9pm local time at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena. According to the […]
Russia kills more than 200 ISIS militants in an airstrike in Syria.
Image Credit: AP Photo/Alexander Kots, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Photo via AP The Russian military announced that they conducted several airtsrikes which killed around 200 Islamic State (ISIS) militants in a training […]
Russia to build a military airport in Laos in a sign of strengthening military cooperation.
Image Credit: RFA/Planet Labs Russia and Laos agreed on upgrading the current airport and train Laos armed forces. The airport which is believed to be larger, will be divided into […]
Gas pipeline explosion in Venezuela.
Image Credit: Screenshot from a video on Twitter account @wilfredo jose febres On state television, the Venezuelan oil minister Tareck El Aissami said that a section of State oil company […]
United States to send 4 million doses to Mexico and Canada.
Image Credit: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The White House announced that 4 million unused doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca will be sent to Mexico and Canada. The plan which […]
China administered 65 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine so far.
Image Credit: Reuters/ Carlos Garcia Rawlins As of Sunday, China has administered more than 65 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. In Beijing alone, 10 million doses were administered. China […]
7.1- magnitude earthquake strikes Japan.
Image Credit: Japan Meteorological Agency A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan 89 kilometres off the coast of Fukushima prefecture on Saturday night, 23:13 JMT (14:13 GMT). Back in 2011, Fukushima was […]
European leaders condemn Myanmar (Burma) coup by the military; UN security council took no immediate action.
Image Credit: Getty Images On Monday, Myanmar’s military staged a coup and ousted the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and several other politicians of her party, which are believed […]
What Now News 24 