South Korea says Russia sent North Korea missiles in exchange for troops
Russia has provided North Korea with anti-air missiles and air defence equipment in return for sending soldiers to support its war against Ukraine, according to…
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Gaza hospital director says Israel ‘deliberately hit’ the facility, injuring doctor
Kamal Adwan Hospital director Hossam Abu Safia said that the hospital in Gaza was “deliberately hit by Israeli stelling for the second day” and that…
10 killed in attack on Sufi shrine in Afghanistan: interior ministry
Ten people were killed when a gunman opened fire on a Sufi shrine in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, an interior ministry spokesman told AFP on…
Putin says Ukraine war is going global
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Ukraine war was escalating towards a global conflict after the United States and Britain allowed Ukraine to…
Trump attorney general pick Matt Gaetz drops bid in face of Senate opposition
Hardline Republican Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, in the face of opposition from the Senate Republicans whose…
Ukraine says Russia struck it with ‘new’ missile; claims of ICBM launch disputed
Ukraine said Russia fired a new kind of missile at the city of Dnipro on Thursday and while there was debate over what kind, it…
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant over war in Gaza
Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief Yoav Gallant, as well…
US Senate votes down effort to withhold weapons to Israel amid Gaza war
The United States Senate has rejected a bill that aimed to block a US weapons sale to Israel amid the country’s war on Gaza, an…
Trump taps former WWE CEO Linda McMahon as education secretary
US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Linda McMahon as education secretary, putting the former pro-wrestling mogul at the helm of a department Trump has proposed…
Bangladesh ex-police chief faces crimes against humanity charges
Bangladesh’s former police chief appeared in court on Wednesday, accused of overseeing a deadly crackdown in a failed bid to suppress the August revolution that…