Share this page KIZILTEPE, Turkey (Reuters) – Cihan Sincar clings to hope that Turkey’s bid to end a decades-old Kurdish insurgency brings the peace her lawmaker husband sought before his assassination – one of hundreds of political killings at the height of the conflict. Read full story Source: The Star : News Feed
Share this page GAZA CITY: Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip have killed 33 Palestinians, including 13 children, and injured several since early Sunday (March 30) on the first day of Aidilfitri, Anadolu Ajansi reported. Read full story Source: The Star : News Feed
Share this page DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey’s crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year conflict with Kurdish militants are stoking distrust among Kurds anxious to see what a fragile peace process may bring. Read full story Source: The Star : News Feed
Share this page (Reuters) – Russia bombed the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine for the second night in row, injuring two people, sparking fires and damaging a kindergarten and private houses, Ukrainian officials said early on Monday. Read full story Source: The Star : News Feed
Share this page MANILA (Reuters) – The bloodied body of Sheerah Escudero’s 18-year-old brother was found in 2017 with hands bound and head wrapped in packaging tape, a suspected victim of the Philippines’ then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” that left thousands dead. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/31/after-duterte039s-arrest-philippine-drug-war-victims-face-abuse-and-online-falsehoods
Share this page PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panama’s police said on Sunday they had rejected a request by the judiciary branch to seek a red notice by Interpol for former President Ricardo Martinelli, on the grounds that this is prohibited for refugees or political asylum seekers. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/31/panama-rejects-interpol-request-for-former-president-martinelli
Share this page NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s main opposition party has warned of instability and “strong resentment within the people” if elections are not held by December, after the country’s de facto prime minister said the poll could be delayed until 2026. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/31/bangladesh039s-main-opposition-warns-of-instability-if-elections-delayed-beyond-december
Share this page PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces one of the defining days of her political career on Monday, when a court rules whether she is guilty of embezzlement in a trial that could see her barred from the 2027 presidential race. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/31/france039s-le-pen-faces-crunch-day-in-graft-trial-that-could-kill-her-presidential-hopes
Share this page ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wants to back out of a critical minerals deal, warning the Ukrainian leader would face big problems if he did. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/31/trump-says-zelenskiy-wants-to-back-out-of-critical-minerals-deal
Share this page SANAA — At least one person was killed and five others wounded in fresh U.S. airstrikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday evening, Houthi-run health authorities said in a statement. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/31/xinhua-middle-east-news-summary-at-2200-gmt-march-30
