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Putin says Ukraine's attack on Russia is aimed at ceasefire negotiations
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Ukraine's biggest attack on Russian territory since the start of the war was aimed...
Aug 13, 20244 min read
China trials cargo drones, air taxis as low-altitude economy gains speed
BEIJING - Engineers sent China's biggest-yet cargo drone on a test run over the weekend while a helicopter taxi took to the skies on a...
Aug 12, 20242 min read
Exclusive-Turkey pleased with F-16 jets deal with US, defence minister says
ANKARA - Turkey is pleased with its deal with the United States regarding the procurement of Block-70 F-16 fighter jets and modernisation...
Aug 12, 20241 min read
South Korea, US to stage annual drills over North's missile, cyber threats
SEOUL - South Korea and the United States will begin annual summertime military drills next week to ramp up their capability to counter...
Aug 12, 20241 min read
Ukraine boosts grain exports despite intensified Russian attacks
KYIV/LONDON - Ukraine is scrambling to ship as much grain as it can this summer, taking advantage of military gains it has made in the...
Aug 12, 20244 min read
Russia evacuates another border region amid growing threat from Ukrainian units
MOSCOW - Russia on Monday evacuated parts of another region next to Ukraine after Kyiv sharply increased military activity near the...
Aug 12, 20242 min read
Russia battles Ukrainian troops for third day after shock incursion
MOSCOW - Russian forces were battling Ukrainian troops for a third day on Thursday after they smashed through the Russian border in the...
Aug 9, 20243 min read
Nobel laureate Yunus takes charge of Bangladesh, hopes to heal strife-torn country
DHAKA - Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge of Bangladesh's caretaker government on Thursday, hoping to help heal the country...
Aug 9, 20243 min read
Nobel laureate Yunus makes emotional return to Bangladesh to lead caretaker government
DHAKA - Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus made an emotional return home to Bangladesh on Thursday to lead a new interim government...
Aug 8, 20243 min read
Bangladesh new interim leader Yunus heads home, government to be sworn in on Thursday
DHAKA - The Nobel Peace laureate tapped to lead an interim government in Bangladesh called for calm and boarded a flight on Wednesday to...
Aug 8, 20244 min read
Hindu homes, temples targeted in Bangladesh after Hasina ouster, minority group says
DHAKA - Hundreds of Hindu houses, businesses and temples have been vandalised since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a...
Aug 7, 20242 min read
Protesters force four Bangladesh cenbank deputies to resign, bank sources say
DHAKA - Four deputy governors of Bangladesh's central bank were forced to resign on Wednesday after about 300-400 officials protested...
Aug 7, 20242 min read
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