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US House advances $95 billion Ukraine-Israel package toward Saturday vote
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives advanced a $95 billion legislative package on Friday providing aid to Ukraine, Israel...
Apr 20, 20242 min read
Ukraine needs at least seven Patriot air defence systems, Zelenskiy tells NATO
KYIV - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told NATO members on Friday that Ukraine needed a minimum of seven Patriot or other high-end air...
Apr 20, 20242 min read
Solomon Islands election count underway, China critic Suidani regains seat
Daniel Suidani, a prominent Solomon Islands critic of China who was former Malaita province premier, has been reelected to the provincial...
Apr 19, 20242 min read
G7 foreign ministers seek urgent defence support for Ukraine
CAPRI, Italy - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major powers warned on Thursday that Ukraine risked being defeated by...
Apr 18, 20243 min read
Exclusive-Russia tightens officials' travel rules due to fears over secrets, sources say
MOSCOW - Russia is making overseas travel harder for some officials due to fears that foreign powers may try to gain access to state...
Apr 18, 20243 min read
Xi tells Germany's Scholz co-operation not a risk amid EU trade tension
BEIJING -Chinese President Xi Jinping said German-Chinese co-operation was an opportunity not a risk, even as German Chancellor Olaf...
Apr 16, 20243 min read
Factbox-What options does Israel have to strike back at Iran?
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his immediate war cabinet are considering what action to take following...
Apr 16, 20242 min read
Factbox-Lebanon's Hezbollah: What weapons does it have?
Lebanon's Hezbollah is one of the most heavily armed non-state groups in the world, and a formidable actor in the Iran-backed "Axis of...
Apr 16, 20243 min read
Exclusive-Russia restoring oil refining capacity knocked out by drones
MOSCOW - Russia has been able to swiftly repair some of key oil refineries hit by Ukrainian drones, reducing capacity idled by the...
Apr 16, 20242 min read
Iran says there was no pre-arranged deal on its response to Israel
DUBAI -No pre-arranged agreement was made with any country prior to Iran's retaliatory attack against Israel, Iran's Foreign Ministry...
Apr 16, 20241 min read
US military destroyed 80 drones, 6 missiles launched from Iran, Yemen, US Centcom says
CAIRO - U.S. forces, supported by U.S. European Command destroyers, on Saturday and Sunday destroyed more than 80 one-way attack...
Apr 16, 20241 min read
South Korea 'strongly' protests Japan's renewed claims to Dokdo
Seoul, April 16 - South Korea on Tuesday expressed its strong opposition towards Japan after the latter released an annual diplomatic...
Apr 16, 20242 min read
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