Pakistani Taliban claimed attack in which militants wearing suicide vests stormed remote police base. Police shot dead all 5 attackers.
An unprecedented 123 million people are already displaced by conflicts, persecution, poverty and climate change, says refugee agency chief.
The award concludes a week of prizes including medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and the coveted peace prize.
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The advance of Moscow’s forces in Ukraine has underlined Russia’s vast superiority in men and materiel.
Pakistani separatist group BLA claimed responsibility, saying it had ‘targeted a high-level convoy of Chinese engineers and investors’.
Ildar Dadin was hailed as a ‘fearless and determined fighter’ after he died on combat.
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‘Israeli enemy warplanes carried out four very violent strikes on [Beirut’s] southern suburbs,’ Lebanon’s National News Agency said.
Hashem Safieddine is the man widely regarded as the heir of slain militant leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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Malaysian solar equipment shipped to the US will include a 9.13 per cent duty while two Malaysia-based foreign firms also face higher duties.
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Michael Kovrig and fellow Canadian Michael Spavor were taken into custody in 2018 after Canadian police detained Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou.
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The conspiracy theorist was called out for her comments by both the White House and Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Cashless betting will allow players at gaming tables and machines to use virtual credits, but not cryptocurrencies, from e-wallets.
11 Sep 2024 - 12:23PM videocam
Top American diplomat Blinken says the US will ‘look and to listen’ to Kyiv’s request to lift restrictions on its use of the missiles.
Despite an ICC warrant, Putin received a warm welcome in Ulaanbaatar, highlighting Mongolia’s delicate balancing act between its powerful neighbours, Russia and China, as well as the West.
Putin arrived in Mongolia on Monday despite arrest warrant issued by International Criminal Court alleging war crimes in Ukraine.
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Foreign Minister David Lammy said there is a risk equipment could be used to commit violations of international humanitarian law.
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Israel’s main labour union has ordered a nationwide general strike after soldiers recovered the bodies of six dead hostages.
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Denmark is opening embassies in Senegal, Tunisia and Rwanda as part of its new orientation in Africa.
27 Aug 2024 - 2:20PM videocam
Ryan Evans, who was working as a safety adviser for Reuters, was killed after a missile struck hotel in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.
Kamala Harris took her surging US presidential campaign to the swing state of Pennsylvania to push her case against Donald Trump.
19 Aug 2024 - 7:49AM videocam
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said sufficient police would be on the streets to handle anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant riots in the coming days, as he sought to reassure communities braced for more unrest.
Crews from 14 fire trucks took two hours to control the morning blaze in Manila’s Binondo district.
UK police brace for more violence after knife attack on children sparks riots; suspect also charged with 10 counts of attempted murder.
CrowdStrike said a bug in a quality-assurance tool the company uses to check updates for mistakes allowed flawed data to go out to customers, causing last week’s meltdown.
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His remarks came after the Philippines and China agreed to a “provisional arrangement” for resupply missions to Filipino troops stationed at Second Thomas Shoal.
22 Jul 2024 - 7:43PM videocam
Thailand has been left reeling after six Vietnamese were found dead in a luxury hotel suite – with a seventh guest nowhere to be found.
17 Jul 2024 - 6:24PM videocam
Keir Starmer pledged ‘change begins now’ after leading Britain’s Labour Party to a historic election victory.
The stampede in Mughalghari village took place as hundreds of people gathered for a Hindu prayer meeting were leaving the venue.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted the Conservatives can still win Thursday’s UK election despite multiple polls pointing to a commanding victory by the opposition Labour Party.
US President Joe Biden, sounding hoarse and tentative at times, stumbled over his words, while Donald Trump rattled off one attack after another that included several well-worn falsehoods.
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