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N Korean unit deployed to Russia’s Kursk region: Nato
Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte said yesterday he could confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region.
28 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Iran to ‘use all available tools’ to respond to attack
Tehran will “use all available tools” to respond to Israel’s weekend attack on military targets in Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said yesterday.
28 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Carbon cuts ‘miles short’ of 2030 goal
Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned yesterday, with countries falling “miles short” of what is needed to curb devastating global warming.
28 October 2024, 18:00 PM
100,000 residents trapped: Palestinians
Israeli tanks thrust deeper into two north Gaza towns and a historic refugee camp yesterday, trapping around 100,000 civilians, the Palestinian emergency service said, in what the military said were operations to root out regrouping Hamas militants.
28 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Japan PM vows to stay on
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba yesterday vowed to stay in office despite his gamble of snap elections backfiring, with his party’s ruling coalition falling short of a majority for the first time since 2009.
28 October 2024, 18:00 PM
What’s on the minds of voters across the country?
Voters in the handful of states expected to decide the US election wield outsized power in whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris becomes the next president.
28 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Iran media says Israeli strikes killed civilian
"The martyr Allahverdi Rahimpour, a civilian who was killed near Tehran during the recent attack by the Zionist regime, has been buried," the local Fars news agency reported. Tasnim news agency also reported the death.
28 October 2024, 10:38 AM
Iran foreign ministry vows to 'respond firmly' to Israeli strikes
"We are using all available means to respond firmly and effectively to the aggression of the Zionist regime," Baghaei told a regular news conference.
28 October 2024, 09:39 AM
Greenhouse gases hit new record highs in 2023: UN
The World Meteorological Organization said carbon dioxide was accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever, up more than 10 percent in two decades.
28 October 2024, 09:20 AM
Japan PM blames election result on scandal 'suspicion, mistrust and anger'
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday blamed a dire election result for his ruling coalition on "suspicion, mistrust and anger" over a funding scandal
28 October 2024, 05:36 AM
William Blake’s teenage copper plate doodles found
A series of boyhood doodles engraved on copper plates by English poet and painter William Blake around 250 years ago have been discovered by researchers using new technology capable of picking up the almost invisible etchings.
27 October 2024, 18:13 PM
Philippines death toll from Tropical Storm Trami rises to 110
Rescuers in the Philippines searched a lake and scoured isolated villages yesterday to locate dozens of missing people as the death toll from Tropical Storm Trami hit 110.
27 October 2024, 18:02 PM
Moscow will respond
President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia’s defence ministry was working on different ways to respond if the United States and its Nato allies help Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with long-range Western missiles.
27 October 2024, 18:00 PM
New Delhi’s air pollution worsens
The air quality in Delhi has further deteriorated in the national capital yesterday, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) being recorded at 352, in the ‘very poor’ category, according to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
27 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel hit Iran missile fuel-mixing facilities
An American researcher said an Israeli airstrike on Saturday hit a building that was part of Iran’s defunct nuclear weapons development program, and he and another researcher said facilities used to mix solid fuel for missiles also were struck.
27 October 2024, 18:00 PM
China holds ‘combat’ patrol after US arms sales: Taiwan
China deployed fighter jets and drones as part of a “joint combat readiness patrol” around Taiwan yesterday, Taipei said, as Beijing slammed the latest round of US arms sales to the island.
27 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Japan ruling party misses majority
Japan’s ruling LDP party yesterday fell short of a majority in snap elections for the first time since 2009, national broadcaster NHK projected, in a blow to new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
27 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Georgia thrown into political turmoil after disputed vote
Georgia plunged into political turmoil yesterday after the ruling party declared victory in parliamentary elections decried by the opposition as “falsified”.
27 October 2024, 18:00 PM
19 killed in northern Mexico truck-bus crash
Officials adjusted the death toll after initially reporting 24 deaths, citing information from first responders.
27 October 2024, 06:28 AM
Michelle Obama admits fear over vote result, slams Trump
Obama said Democratic candidate Harris would be an "extraordinary president of the United States" if elected in just 10 days.
27 October 2024, 06:24 AM