Indian police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18 in a northeastern state, officials said Saturday. Many cases of child marriage in Assam, a state of 35 million people, go unreported. Only 155 cases of child marriages in the state were registered in 2021, and 138 in 2020, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.

By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Indian police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18 in a northeastern state, officials said Saturday. Those arrested this week included more than 50 Hindu priests and Muslim clerics for allegedly performing marriages
Brazil sank a decommissioned aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean off its northeast coast, the Brazilian Navy said, despite warnings from environmentalists that the rusting 1960s French-built ship would pollute the sea and the marine food chain. The 32,000-tonne carrier had been floating offshore for three months since Turkey refused it entry to be scrapped there because it was an environmental hazard and the ship was towed back to Brazil. The carrier was scuttled in…

TOKYO (AP) — A senior aide to Japan’s prime minister is being dismissed after making discriminatory remarks about LGBTQ people. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters Saturday that Masayoshi Arai, a secretary at his office, was being dismissed after Arai recently told Japanese media he did not like seeing LGBTQ people.

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union governments tentatively agreed Friday to set a $100-per-barrel price cap on sales of Russian diesel to coincide with an EU embargo on the fuel — steps aimed at ending the bloc's energy dependence on Russia and limiting the money Moscow makes to fund its war in Ukraine .
A senior aide to Japan’s prime minister is being dismissed after making discriminatory remarks about LGBTQ people. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters Saturday that Masayoshi Arai, a secretary at his office, was being dismissed after Arai recently told Japanese media he did not like seeing LGBTQ people. Arai had retracted his comments and apologized on Friday.

(군산=국제뉴스) 조판철 기자= 군산시는 3일 코로나19 발생 신규 확진자 통계 재난문자 발송을 중단한다고 밝혔다.이에 따라 4일부터 시는 코로나19 신규 확진자 통계재난문자 발송을 하지 않는다.시 따르면 행안부는 지난달 18일 '단순한 확진자 수는 재난문자로 발송하지 말라'고 권고하는 내용의 공문을 전국 시·도에 보냈다.행안부는 공문에서 확진자 수 위주의 재난문자 반복 송출로 이용자가 피로감을 느끼는 데다 재난문자의 효과도 떨어질 우려가 있다고 지적했다.시도 코로나19 신규확진자 재난문자를 중단하기로 결정했다. 하지만 확진자 통계
By Clement Manirabarusha BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - East African regional leaders on Saturday renewed their call for an immediate ceasefire by all sides in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that pits the country's military against a rebel group it has accused Rwanda of supporting. At a ...

Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Saturday (February 4) that Portugal will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. He did not specify how many exactly would be shipped. He added that Portugal was in talks with Germany to obtain parts needed for the repair of number of inoperable tanks with Portugal. "We are currently working to be able to dispense some of our tanks," Costa told Lusa news agency during a trip to the…

European Union member states along with G7 countries and Australia have reached an agreement on the price caps for Russian Petroleum products. The move is the latest part of a push to limit Russian President Vladimir Putin's war chest.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Saturday said that a serious accident took place at a high-voltage substation which led to widespread power outages in and around Odesa, the southern port city of Ukraine. Adani Enterprises Ltd's plan of the first-ever public sale of bonds for raising around Rs10 billion ($122 million) was shelved.
By Alexander Villegas and Brendan O'Boyle LIMA (Reuters) - As deadly protests rage across Peru, a political battle is unfolding inside the halls of Congress, walled off from the streets by hundreds of police, armored vehicles and a maze of gates. Lawmakers are at loggerheads over whether to hold a ...

A massive fire broke out after a train derailed on Friday night in northeastern Ohio. The fire broke out when the train was reportedly near the Pennsylvania state border, following which the evacuation and shelter-in-place orders for nearby residents were issued. So far, there are no reports of casualties either due to derailment or the fire that ensued soon after. There was no immediate information about what caused the derailment or what the train carried.
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Evgeniy Maloletka, an Ukrainian photojournalist, about what it's been like documenting a year of war in his country.
KYIV (Reuters) - A serious accident at a high-voltage substation in Ukraine's Odesa region has caused emergency power outages in the regional capital, Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Saturday. "The situation is difficult, the scale of the accident is significant, it is impossible to ...

Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home after a swap between the two countries who have been at war for almost a year now. The officials on both sides confirmed the prisoners-of-war swap on Saturday. A total of 116 Ukrainians were released, according to Andriy Yermak, an aide to the Ukrainian President. Also Read | China bans Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Damus, here's why

Damus, one of the Twitter alternatives, has been prohibited in mainland China due to worries that the app contains content that is illegal in the country. The application launched in the Apple's AppStore on 1 February after receiving many rejections. The smartphone app's user base soared past 45,000 within 24 hours after its introduction, making it China's second-most popular social network.
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Saturday, without specifying how many will be shipped. Costa added that Portugal is in talks with Germany to obtain parts needed for the repair of a number of inoperable Leopard tanks in Portugal's ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a visit to China after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was tracked flying across the United States in what Washington called a 'clear violation' of U.S. sovereignty. Military leaders considered shooting down the high-altitude surveillance balloon on Wednesday but eventually recommended against this to President Joe Biden because of the safety risk from debris, officials said.

Executive Director of the National Training Academy of Egypt (NTA) Rascha Ragheb discussed with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) means of boosting bilateral cooperation in the fields of modern technology and advanced applied scientific research that serve the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).

Korea Foundation and the ASEAN Foundation are inviting five contemporary Korean artists to take part in the inaugural "Konnect ASEAN – Chiang Mai Print Residency for Korean artists," which will take place in northern Thailand's Chiang Mai. The monthlong program that will start in July is to provide access to print studios, public programs and other promotional activities for print artists while t...

MR PRICE: The Secretary and Foreign Minister Park are now signing the protocol to amend and extend the U.S.-Republic of Korea Science and Technology Agreement. The first iteration of the agreement was signed in 1992. A new one was signed in 1999 and has been renewed since then. However, this amended version adds important new components […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin said after meeting U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken on Friday that Seoul and Washington were committed to strengthening "extended deterrence" in relation to North Korea. South Korea has sought assurances over extended deterrence, referring ...

South Korea faces a geo-political dilemma as it is pressured by the US to curb its semiconductor exports to China.
The United States and South Korea staged drills for the second time in a week on Friday with some of their latest warplanes, despite North Korean complaints that the exercises were increasing tensions on the peninsula. The two countries conducted a joint air exercise over the sea to the west of the Korean Peninsula on Friday, with warplanes such as South Korea's F35A, and United States' F-22 and F-35B participating, the South Korean military said…