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Israel launches attack on Iran
International —26 October, 2024 11:34
Israel announced the launch of ‘precise strikes’ on military targets in Iran on Saturday, in retaliation for attacks against it, as Iranian…
Putin says Middle East 'on brink of full-scale war'
Russian President Vladimir Putin told a BRICS summit on Thursday…
Explosion outside Turkish aerospace HQ near Ankara
An explosion took place in front of the headquarters of Turkish…
It could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade: UN
United Nations agencies have long warned that it could take decades to rebuild Gaza after Israel's offensive against Hamas, one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns…
Harris and Trump push for every vote with just 14 days to go
One of the tightest US election races of modern times enters its final, two-week stretch Tuesday, with Republican Donald Trump making a special pitch to Latino voters as Democratic…
Taiwan rejects South African demand to move its representative office from capital
Taiwan has rejected South Africa's demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of Johannesburg, in the latest…
Erdogan rival Gulen dies in exile at 83
US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who was accused by Ankara of organising a failed 2016 coup, has died in exile in the United States aged 83, his movement and the Turkish government…
S Korea calls for immediate withdrawal of N Korean troops allegedly in Russia
South Korea on Monday demanded the immediate pullout of North Korean troops allegedly deployed in Russia as it summoned the Russian ambassador to protest deepening military cooperation…
US defense chief visits Kyiv for Ukraine support talks
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit Monday, hours after a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital and as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
Musk to give away $1m per day to Pennsylvania voters
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said he will give away $1m (£766,000) a day to a registered voter in the key swing state of Pennsylvania until the US presidential election in…
Trump says China respects him because Xi knows he is 'crazy'
Donald Trump has said that if he returns to the White House China would not dare provoke him because President Xi Jinping knows the Republican is "crazy". Speaking to the Wall Street…
Gaza war, settler attacks ruin Palestinian olive harvest
After a year of relentless war, Gaza's olive harvest is set to suffer, while in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian farmers fear to tend their groves due to settler attacks. For generations,…
Japan's ruling party headquarters is attacked with firebombs
A man threw several firebombs into the headquarters of Japan’s ruling party in Tokyo Saturday, then crashed his car into the fencing of the prime minister's residence, Tokyo…
Israeli strike kills 33 in Jabalia
Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli strike near Jabalia in the territory's north killed 33 people at a refugee camp overnight from Friday to Saturday. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal announced "33 deaths and dozens of wounded", while a medical source at the Al-Awda hospital told AFP that it had registered 22 dead and 70 wounded after the strike on the Tal al-Zaatar camp for Palestinian refugees.
Harris targets Trump's age after report of exhaustion
Kamala Harris questioned Donald Trump's fitness for office Friday as the oldest major-party White House candidate in history faced speculation that he is "exhausted" after backing…
India denies Canadian allegation that it uses mobsters to target Sikh separatists
India's government on Thursday denied it was working with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged publicly this week by Canadian officials in an escalating diplomatic…
15 killed in Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in northern Gaza
An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in northern Gaza on Thursday killed at least 15 people, including five children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The…