Russian barrage on Ukraine kills 9, wounds dozens
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KILLINGS, TORTURE / Syria sentences Assad to death in absentia
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Myanmar military ramps up aerial attacks on civilians
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Indonesia races to contain forest, land fires
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US peace plan for Gaza still operative
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Syria court sentences in absentia ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad to death
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US State Dept revokes over 175,000 visas
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Trump says would be 'terrible mistake' to replace FIFA's Infantino
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Trump order pushes for overhaul of childhood vaccine schedule
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19 dead in Russian missile attack on residential buildings in Ukraine
Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 19 people, authorities reported, a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island.
1 July 2022
Russia pulls out troops from Snake Island
Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island yesterday, in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian ports.
30 June 2022
Israel set for Nov 1 polls
Israeli lawmakers dissolved parliament yesterday, forcing the country’s fifth election in less than four years, with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid set to take over as
30 June 2022
Not enough support for Scottish independence
Scottish voters remain divided over independence with those against breaking away from the United Kingdom having “the narrowest of leads” over those in
30 June 2022
Paris 2015 terror attack: Maximum life term for sole surviving attacker
The sole surviving member of an Islamic State terror cell that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015 was handed a whole-life sentence on Wednesday at
30 June 2022
First Black woman gets sworn in as Supreme Court justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.
30 June 2022
Biden announces $800 million more military aid to Ukraine
US President Joe Biden says his administration will soon provide another $800 million in security assistance for Ukraine to fight Russia’s invasion.
30 June 2022
Russia will respond in kind if NATO sets up base in Finland, Sweden: Putin
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would respond in kind if NATO deployed troops and infrastructure in Finland and Sweden after they join the U.S.-led military alliance.
30 June 2022
Saudi Arabia sets July 9 as Eid ul-Azha following moon sighting
The first day of Eid-ul-Azha would fall on July 9 in Saudi Arabia after the crescent moon was sighted at the Tamir observatory, reports Al Arabiya English.
29 June 2022
EU agrees to end sales of combustion engine by 2035
The European Union approved a plan to end the sale of vehicles with combustion engines by 2035 in Europe, the 27-member bloc announced early yesterday, in a bid to reduce CO2 emissions to zero.
29 June 2022
Trump tried to join Capitol riot
Former US president Donald Trump angrily lunged at his Secret Service driver and grabbed at the steering wheel of his limousine in a bid to join the crowd as it marched on the Capitol on the day of the deadly insurrection, an aide testified Tuesday.
29 June 2022
Greece picks up 172 migrants in difficulty in Aegean
Greek coastguards said yesterday 172 migrants had been picked up from a wooden fishing vessel that was struggling in heavy seas as it sought to reach Italy.
29 June 2022
US must ditch ‘Trump method’ in nuke talks: Iran
Iran warned the US to abandon the “Trump method” yesterday after the two sides opened indirect talks to revive a nuclear deal that was torpedoed by the former American president.
29 June 2022
Israel faces snap polls
Israel’s parliament is expected to dissolve yesterday, ending PM Naftali Bennett’s year-long tenure and triggering a fifth election in less than four
29 June 2022
Palestinian killed by Israel army in West Bank
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian early yesterday during clashes in the hotspot town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.
29 June 2022
Russian invasion: Nato vows to modernise Ukraine’s military
Nato yesterday branded Russia the most “direct threat” to allied security after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and vowed to modernise the beleaguered Ukrainian military, saying it stood four-square with Kyiv in “the heroic defence of their country”.
29 June 2022
Scotland sets October 2023 for new independence vote
Scotland’s government on Tuesday drew the battle lines for a historic tussle with London as it announced plans to hold a second independence referendum on October 19, 2023.
29 June 2022
NATO invites Finland, Sweden to join
NATO invited Sweden and Finland on Wednesday to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed Helsinki and Stockholm to drop their traditional of neutrality.
29 June 2022
India's biggest cement producer using Chinese yuan to import Russian coal
India's biggest cement producer, UltraTech Cement, is importing a cargo of Russian coal and paying using Chinese yuan, according to an Indian customs document reviewed by Reuters, a rare payment method that traders say could become more common.
29 June 2022
$68bn UK firm CEO quits job to “just sit at the beach, do nothing”
After announcing his resignation as CEO of Jupiter Fund Management Plc, a $67.9 billion asset management company, Andrew Formica caught everyone off guard.
29 June 2022