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Kim invites Putin to North Korea
Kim Jong Un invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit North Korea during a rare summit, stoking US concerns that a revived Moscow-Pyongyang axis could bolster Russia's military in Ukraine and provide Kim sensitive missile technology.
14 September 2023, 07:34 AM
Nasa to publish long-awaited UFO report
Nasa is set to release today the findings of a long-awaited study on unexplained flying objects in Earth's skies
14 September 2023, 07:22 AM
Iran on alert ahead of Mahsa Amini's death anniversary
Iran's government has warned it will not tolerate any signs of "instability" as the first anniversary nears of the death of Mahsa Amini and the months-long protests it sparked
14 September 2023, 04:54 AM
Putin, Kim discuss sending North Korean into space
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un discussed the possibility of sending a North Korean into space, Russian news agencies quoted Putin's spokesman as saying
14 September 2023, 04:54 AM
Alleged bodies of 'non-human beings' shown in Mexican Congress
The alleged bodies of two "non-human beings" were presented during a congressional hearing in Mexico, generating a mixture of surprise, disbelief and ridicule on social media on Wednesday
14 September 2023, 04:29 AM
Post-coup myanmar: Junta, Russia agree on polls ‘cooperation’
Myanmar’s junta and Russia have signed a memorandum on “cooperation in election activities”, state media reported yesterday, as both governments plan for polls that critics say will be neither free nor fair.
13 September 2023, 18:00 PM
UN special envoy to Sudan to step down
The United Nations special envoy to Sudan is stepping down, more than three months after Sudan declared him unwelcome after disagreements between rival factions erupted into war.
13 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Gunmen kill 10 in central Nigeria flashpoint
Gunmen have killed at least 10 people in a central Nigeria state that has become a flashpoint for intercommunal clashes, the military said.
13 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Russia will win great victory over enemies: Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Un told President Vladimir Putin today he was sure Russia would win a "great victory" over its enemies, as Ukraine's Western allies warned of a possible Russian arms agreement with North Korea
13 September 2023, 12:42 PM
Fire at Vietnam apartment block kills 56
A fire at an apartment block in Vietnam's capital Hanoi has killed 56 people, among them children, and injured 37, police said today
13 September 2023, 11:41 AM
North Korea's Kim tells Putin deepening ties is 'number one priority'
North Korea's leader vowed closer ties with Moscow on Wednesday, saying his isolated country would "always be with Russia" as President Vladimir Putin hosted Kim Jong Un at a Far East spaceport.
13 September 2023, 09:09 AM
Putin, Kim begin talks at Russia's Vostochny spaceport
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday began talks at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East after touring space rocket assembly and launch facilities at the spaceport
13 September 2023, 05:54 AM
More than 330m children still in extreme poverty: Unicef
The Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp slowdown in the fight to end child poverty, with 333 million children still living in extreme poverty, according to a report published Wednesday
13 September 2023, 04:49 AM
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles as Kim visits Russia
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles, the South Korean military said Wednesday, with leader Kim Jong Un in Russia ahead of a summit with President Vladimir Putin
13 September 2023, 04:21 AM
Dozens dead in Vietnam apartment block fire
Dozens of people have been killed after a huge fire at an apartment block in Vietnamese capital Hanoi, state media said Wednesday
13 September 2023, 04:02 AM
Colombia deadliest country for green activists in 2022: report
Environmental activist murders doubled in Colombia last year, making it the most dangerous country in the world for those trying to protect the planet, a watchdog said Tuesday
13 September 2023, 02:48 AM
It could push 24m to brink of famine: WFP
The World Food Programme said yesterday that shrinking funding was forcing it to drastically slash rations in many operations, warning that 24 million more people risked being pushed to the brink of starvation.
12 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Nawaz to return to Pakistan on Oct 21: Shehbaz
PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif is set to return to Pakistan on October 21, ending his four-year exile in the UK, his brother and party president Shehbaz Sharif confirmed yesterday.
12 September 2023, 18:00 PM
10,000 feared missing
About a quarter of Libya’s eastern city of Derna was wiped out after dams burst in a storm, the administration in the area said yesterday, and the Red Cross said 10,000 people were feared to be missing across the country in floods.
12 September 2023, 18:00 PM
G20 summit: US, China call it ‘success’
Days after the conclusion of the G20 Summit in New Delhi, the United States on Monday affirmed that the global meet was a “success” despite the absence of the Chinese and Russian presidents and the joint declaration not explicitly condemning Russia’s role in the ongoing war in Ukraine.
12 September 2023, 18:00 PM