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South Korea-U.S. Military Drills Could Use Nuclear Assets, President Yoon Suk-yeol Says

Tuesday 03-01-2023 03:21 PM

South Korea’s president said the country is discussing conducting joint exercises with the U.S. using nuclear assets, although President Biden played down the claim. Yoon Suk-yeol told a ...

Russia, shaken by Ukrainian strike, said mulling more drones

Tuesday 03-01-2023 02:46 PM

Russia is preparing to step up its attacks on Ukraine using Iranian-made exploding drones, according to Ukraine’s president, as Moscow looks for ways to keep up the pressure on Kyiv after at least ...

‘400 Russian recruits killed’ in Donetsk missile strike

Tuesday 03-01-2023 02:03 PM

Some 400 newly mobilised Russian army recruits were killed by a strike on a facility in occupied eastern Ukraine over new year, the Ukrainian armed forces have claimed. “Santa packed close ...

Extreme-right Israeli minister visits al-Aqsa mosque compound

Tuesday 03-01-2023 01:34 PM

The extreme-right Israeli firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir has visited Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound for the first time since becoming a minister, his spokesperson has said, angering Palestinians ...

South Korea: Talks with US on management of nukes underway

Tuesday 03-01-2023 01:24 PM

South Korea confirmed Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in U.S. nuclear weapons management in the face of intensifying North Korean nuclear threats, after President ...

‘Vileness and brutality’: Mother in Iran jail for 13 years shares letter from inside ‘hell’ prison

Monday 02-01-2023 06:25 PM

A mother jailed in Iran for 13 years has shared a letter from inside her “hell-like” prison. Maryam Akbari Monfared was detained in 2009 on the charge of being a supporter of the ...

Nato chief calls for more support for Ukraine as Russia launches more missile strikes

Monday 02-01-2023 06:14 PM

Western countries need to “ramp up” their military support to Ukraine – and be prepared to provide long-term assistance – Nato’s secretary general has said, as Russia began the new year with ...

The jumper that highlights plight of Afghan girls

Monday 02-01-2023 04:54 PM

Richard Pohle was in a remote mountain village in Afghanistan taking pictures of a businesswoman for our Christmas charity appeal when a small girl wandered into the shot. It was only when ...

China’s warplane incursions into Taiwan air defence zone doubled in 2022

Monday 02-01-2023 03:52 PM

China’s warplane incursions into Taiwan’s air defence zone nearly doubled in 2022, with a surge in fighter jet and bomber sorties as Beijing intensified threats towards the island democracy. ...

Iranian police detain top footballers at New Year’s Eve party

Monday 02-01-2023 03:36 PM

Iranian police briefly detained several top-tier football players in a raid on a New Year’s Eve party east of Tehran, where men and women allegedly mingled and alcohol was served in violation of ...

Attack on Oil Workers in Eastern Syria Kills at Least 10

Sunday 01-01-2023 08:20 PM

Assailants attacked a convoy of buses transporting oil workers on Friday in an area of eastern Syria where the terrorist group Islamic State has been active, killing at least 10 people, according to ...

Putin toasts the war with champagne as his missiles rock Kyiv

Sunday 01-01-2023 06:01 PM

President Putin has accused the West of using Ukraine as a tool to destroy Russia in an inflammatory new year address defending the ten-month war. “They are cynically using Ukraine and its people to ...

Britain must be clearer who its friends and enemies are

Sunday 01-01-2023 05:56 PM

As 2023 arrives, it is encouraging to hear the Government putting British national interest and security back at the heart of its foreign policy objectives, adopting a more realistic and pragmatic ...

NKorea’s Kim orders ‘exponential’ expansion of nuke arsenal

Sunday 01-01-2023 05:02 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the “exponential” expansion of his country’s nuclear arsenal and the development of a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reported ...

Pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95

Saturday 31-12-2022 02:27 PM

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, almost ten years after resigning from the papacy because of his declining health. A pope for eight years and a former pope for ten, he will be ...