CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia signed a strategic agreement with Turkish defence firm Baykar Tech to localise the manufacturing of drones in the kingdom, state-owned Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI)posted on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday.
A US soldier may have falsely reported a US raid in Afghanistan while attempting to secure the adoption of a baby he found in the rubble
The child was found after a raid by US soldiers. Afghan villagers say the father was an innocent farmer killed in the raid and that the child belongs with the family.
Turkish drone strikes hit PKK targets in northern Iraq, kill two
Turkish drone strikes on Sunday killed two Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants and wounded two in Iraq’s northern provinces of Sulaimaniya and Dahuk, Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service and a security source said.
Families in Turkey’s quake cities battle dust and rubble six months on
Hulya Yesiloglu gazes just beyond her temporary tent city towards a cemetery and says she often wonders if she would have been better off ending up there rather than surviving Turkey’s twin earthquakes.
Japan to start Fukushima water release as early as late August, Asahi Shimbun reports
Japan plans to start releasing treated radioactive water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean as early as late August, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun daily reported on Monday,
Bangladesh grapples with record outbreak of dengue fever
THE nation is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals struggling to make space for patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely-populated country. At least 293 people have died so far in 2023 and nearly 61,500 …
Bangladesh: 8 People Including 3 Children Killed As Trawler Capsizes In Padma River
A trawler carrying 46 passengers capsized in the Padma River killing eight passengers including three children. The ones who survived were able to swim to shore.
Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan goes from high office to high-security prison after sentencing
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has spent the night in a high-security prison after a court handed him a three-year sentence Saturday for corruption, a development that could end his future in politics.
Guarding society: The call to regulate financial planners in Indonesia
By establishing clear boundaries between these two regulatory bodies, the P2PK can create specialized standards for licensing, certification and conduct for financial planners.
Veteran Honors Fallen: Afghanistan Tribute
An area Air Force veteran knew three of those men. This morning, he’s paying tribute in his own special way. Copyright 2022 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,