Asia

Several cities in China are on red alert on Monday due to the heat wave hitting the country, where tens of millions of people have been asked to stay at home. Extreme heat waves, sometimes deadly, have affected different places on the planet in recent months, such as Western Europe …

North Korea on Sunday accused the United States of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine, echoing an accusation already made by Russia and dismissed by the United Nations in March. Washington has “installed numerous biological laboratories in dozens of countries and regions, including Ukraine, in defiance of international treaties”, the official …

Israel and Morocco cemented their military alliance during talks in Rabat on Tuesday between Israeli army chief Aviv Kochavi and senior Moroccan officials, as part of growing cooperation between the two states. General Kochavi was received by Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate in charge of Defense, for the first official visit …

Sri Lanka, in the grip of a serious economic and political crisis, declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, the PM’s office announced. “As the president left the country, an emergency has been declared to deal with the situation in the country,” …

Chinese authorities placed 1.7 million people in lockdown in eastern Anhui province after a record 300 new Covid cases on Monday. The renewed epidemic in Anhui comes at a time when the Chinese economy is slowly recovering from the containment of Shanghai, lifted in early July after several months. China …

A woman and her six-year-old daughter in India were gang-raped after accepting an offer from a strange driver to help them reach their destination faster and easier, the Daily Mail has reported. The victims were returning from the holy site of Piran Kaliyar, a holy site for Muslims and Hindus …

Sex outside marriage and homosexuality will be banned at the next FIFA World Cup which will take place from November 21 to December 18, 2022 in Qatar. For this world celebration of football, only married couples will be able to afford moments of sexual pleasure. Sexual relations for unmarried people …

Russia issued a warning to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urging him to suspend the military operation he plans to launch soon in northern Syria. For the past few months, the Turkish army has embarked on the Syrian conflict to ensure its security at its borders. Ankara plans to continue …

Egypt, Israel and the European Union on Wednesday signed a natural gas deal in Cairo as Europe scrambles to cobble together an energy strategy to replace the Russian supplies it has relied on for decades, media reported. “This will contribute to our energy security. And we are building infrastructure fit …

An Indian couple divorced after the man accused his wife of only cooking the same meal in the morning, noon and evening. Indeed, on May 27, an Indian judge named ML Raghunath spoke at a press conference in Mysuru, the second largest city in the state of Karnataka in southwestern …