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Ukrainian drone attacks overnight into Saturday killed three people, Russian officials said Saturday. Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses intercepted or destroyed 112 drones across eight Russian regions and the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula. A drone attack on the Rostov region, on the border with Ukraine, killed one person, acting
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Angolan President Joao Lourenco praised security forces Friday for quelling unrest that claimed 30 lives over two days but rights groups accused them of killing “defenseless people.” Dozens of shops and warehouses in Luanda were looted and vehicles attacked on Monday and Tuesday when a strike against a fuel price
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At least two vessels loaded with Russian oil bound for refiners in India have diverted to other destinations following new US sanctions, trade sources said, and LSEG trade flows showed. The US Treasury Department this week imposed sanctions on more than 115 Iran-linked individuals, entities, and ships, some of which
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Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto pardoned two political rivals, a former trade minister and a senior politician from an opposition party a few weeks after both were sentenced to jail, officials said. Prabowo granted amnesty to Hasto Kristiyanto, the secretary general of parliament’s largest party, the Indonesian Democratic Party
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Khader Qassis traveled 32 hours from the West Bank, passing military checkpoints across three countries, to join hundreds of thousands of other young Catholics in Rome for a week-long pilgrimage. While Rome thronged with singing pilgrims, the 20-year-old from Bethlehem said he felt some guilt that he was in the
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At least one worker was killed and five others were missing after a copper mine collapse in Chile triggered by an earthquake on Thursday, state-owned operator Codelco said. Nine others were injured — none critically — after the magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck at 5:34 p.m. (2134 GMT) in the
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The opposition leader in Pakistan's parliament was among more than 100 people convicted Thursday over nationwide protests in support of Imran Khan in 2023, his party said. A statement from Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) said six members of parliament, a senator, and a provincial MP,
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday he had a good first call with Polish president-elect Karol Nawrocki, who is due to assume his role next week. “We trust that Poland will continue to be our reliable partner and ally,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram, emphasising the importance of continued military,
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Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least six people including a 6-year-old boy, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday. Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said at least 52 other people were injured in the attacks, and that the number was likely to rise. A
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A South Korean court on Thursday issued a fresh arrest warrant for former president Yoon Suk Yeol, enabling prosecutors to forcibly bring him in for questioning after he refused to appear at his summons multiple times. The special counsel investigating Yoon and his wife, former first lady Kim Keon Hee,
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Myanmar’s junta ended the country’s state of emergency on Thursday, ramping up preparations for a December election being boycotted by opposition groups and criticized by international monitors. The military declared a state of emergency in February 2021 as it deposed the civilian government of democracy icon Aung San
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At least 16 flights to and from London’s Heathrow Airport were canceled on Thursday, a day after technical problems with Britain’s air traffic control system caused widespread disruption across the country’s airports. National Air Traffic Services (NATS), which provides air traffic control services for planes flying in
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A Syrian ministerial delegation headed by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani is expected to travel to Russia soon, sources told Al Arabiya on Wednesday. Russia was a strong backer of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Moscow played a vital role in consolidating al-Assad's rule in Syria in the aftermath of
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Unrest in Angola following protests against a fuel price hike has killed 22 people since Monday, the interior minister said, as calm returned to the capital. Sporadic gunfire was heard across Luanda and several other cities on Monday and Tuesday as people looted shops and clashed with police when violence
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Sirens sounded in several Israeli cities, including Jerusalem, on Tuesday as the military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, with Houthi militants later claiming the attack. “Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by
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At least nine people died and two others were injured in a fireworks factory explosion in central Thailand on Wednesday, police told AFP, as officers continued to search for casualties. The factory ignited around 11:00 am (0400 GMT) in Mueang district of Suphan Buri province, north of Bangkok, where