[RFI] Cairo (AFP) - When Sudanese nurse Asmaa returned to the Darfur city of El-Fasher, she found only bodies where her neighbours once lived and no sign of the family she had come to save.

[This Day] State forces, coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), have successfully secured the release of the remaining students and teachers abducted from St. Mary's Catholic School, Papiri, in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, sources familiar with the operation, have said.

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India's supersonic prowess is taking flight from Lucknow with the inauguration of a state-of-the-art BrahMos Aerospace Integration and Testing Facility. This 200-acre complex is set to become the epicentre for producing the formidable BrahMos cruise missile, catering to surging domestic and international demand, including significant export orders.

Mid air scare: Air India flight returns to Delhi after 'one engine shutdown'

A 'small slide of mud, rocks, and vegetation' has caused a section of Vancouver's iconic Stanley Park Seawall to close Sunday.

After Bill Staubi was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, he was determined to find a home for his life's work: a 1,300-piece art collection, four decades in the making. But now that the cancer is in remission, he's starting anew.

A 26-year-old Singaporean man who was arrested on Sunday (Dec 21) for allegedly staging a fake improvised explosive device incident at St Joseph's Church in Bukit Timah was charged in court on Monday morning (Dec 22). Kokulananthan Mohan was charged under the United Nations (Anti-terrorism Measures) Regulations.Charge sheets seen by AsiaOne show that he is accused of making a false terrorist threat by placing three cardboard rolls «filled with stone pebbles and sporting protruding red wires, held together using black and yellow adhesive tapes» in the church at about 7.10am on Sunday. He is alleged to have done so with the intention of inducing another person to falsely believe that the article would explode, thereby causing personal injury or damage to property.The police said that Mohan is believed to have acted alone.«There is currently no evidence to suggest that it was a religiously motivated attack or an act of terror,» added the police.Mohan has been remanded for three weeks for psychiatric evaluation.If found guilty, he could be jailed for up to 10 years, fined up to $500,000, or both.

Parliament will not only debate Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh's convictions when it sits in January next year, but also a parliamentary committee's findings in 2022 that Workers' Party's (WP) Sylvia Lim and Faisal Manap had lied under oath, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Rajah on Monday (Dec 22). In a follow-up statement issued in her capacity as Leader of the House, Indranee said that the court's judgements on Pritam Singh «have implications» for both Lim and Faisal, adding that the Committee of Privileges' (COP) findings have now been «borne out» by the judgements.«The COP found that Ms Lim and Mr Faisal (Manap) had both lied under oath when they denied that, at the meeting in August 2021 which they attended, Ms Raeesah Khan was told to hide her untruth. »The COP's findings have been borne out by the court judgements," Indranee added.She was responding to media's query on whether Parliament would also be discussing follow-up actions with regard to WP chair Sylvia Lim and then-WP MP Faisal Manap.

It was a long night for one Porsche owner after he unwittingly ran over a drive shaft that had fallen on an expressway.The incident occurred just after midnight on Saturday (Dec 20) along the Seletar Expressway towards the Central Expressway, reported Shin Min Daily News.The Porsche owner, surnamed Lin, told the Chinese evening daily that he did not have time to avoid the accident.«I wasn't driving very fast, at about 90kmh, but because it was so sudden, I couldn't avoid it,» said the 61-year-old.When he pulled over, Lin saw two cars stopped along the road shoulder ahead. He added that three or four more vehicles similarly ran over the drive shaft.The car's right tyres were punctured, and the rims damaged.According to a photo taken by Lin, the drive shaft was later moved to the side of the road and his car towed to the nearest carpark.The man added that an affected car owner had spoken to a lorry driver at the carpark, who reportedly admitted that the drive shaft had fallen off the lorry.

Russia remains “fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine,” President Donald Trump’s confidant said after the talks with Kirill Dmitriev Read Full Article at RT.com

FAA records allegedly show SpaceX’s test-flight failure forced three passenger planes to make emergency decisions Read Full Article at RT.com

Michael Flynn has alleged collusion between the CIA and European intelligence services to undermine President Donald Trump Read Full Article at RT.com

Google, Apple and Microsoft have internally warned H-1B visa holders they could get stuck abroad for months, Business Insider reported Read Full Article at RT.com

The police in St Catherine are investigating an incident in which a woman was robbed on Saturday by men posing as a taxi driver and a passenger. According to a police report, the 63-year-old woman was robbed of almost $40,000. Reports are that...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Some 130 schoolchildren and staff abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month by gunmen have been released, police said Sunday. Gunmen seized at least 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in Nigeria’s north-central...

At least 15 people died when an inter-province passenger bus veered off a toll road on Java, Indonesia, early Monday. The bus, en route from Jakarta to Yogyakarta with 34 passengers, struck a barrier and overturned. The cause of the crash and the condition of the injured are still being investigated.

[Ayin Network] For much of Sudan's modern history, control of the air has marked the boundary between state power and insurgency. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) held aircraft, radars, and air defences. Armed groups moved on the ground, fast and lightly equipped, compensating for their vulnerability with mobility and brutality. That division has now collapsed.

[Ayin Network] A recruiter involved in enlisting young Sudanese men to fight in the Russian army told Ayin that only 15% of those recruited by Russia are actually fighting in Ukraine. Another recruiter, speaking about the risks, said that the probability of death or injury reaches 80%, with no opportunities to change their minds and return to Sudan.

The body of a 28-year-old man was recovered from the waters off East Coast Park on Sunday (Dec 21) evening.Videos of the search and rescue efforts posted on social media show a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) disaster and rescue team (Dart) vehicle, an ambulance and two police fast response cars at the incident site.A SCDF marine rescue vessel is also seen plying the waters off the beach.In response to AsiaOne's queries, SCDF said that they received a call for water rescue assistance at about 12pm on Sunday.«Upon arrival, SCDF deployed firefighters to conduct a visual search from the shore. Divers from Dart also conducted underwater search at the area where the person was last seen, while SCDF's marine firefighters on board a marine rescue vessel plied the nearby waters,» SCDF added.He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.Following preliminary investigations, police said the man is believed to have drowned and do not suspect foul play.Investigations are ongoing.[[nid:725336]]editor@asiaone.com 

Police intervened to prevent communal tension in Jabalpur after a prayer meeting was disrupted by a group alleging religious conversion. Organizers denied the allegations, stating they were assaulted and the venue vandalized. A similar incident occurred the previous day, with police investigating both events.

[UN News] The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another year, as fighting in the country's east intensified amid renewed offensives by the M23 rebel group.

Valery Gergiev, general director of the Bolshoi Theatre and artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre, presented the medal and diploma to the presidents

Law enforcement officers filed a report on the death of a person, finding no signs of foul play

F‑16 intercepted an aircraft that entered restricted airspace over Palm Beach, NORAD reported

Hungarian Prime Minister emphasized that Europeans deserve better, because Europe needs peace

Moscow highly values Washington's efforts to settle the conflict and strengthen global security, he added

BJP secured the Kamptee municipal council president post for the first time in 40 years, with Ajay Agrawal winning by a narrow margin of 103 votes. The close contest saw allegations of malpractice from the runner-up, Congress' Shakur Nagani, who claimed a suspicious late shift in results.