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Islamic State claims Afghanistan airport checkpoint bombing

Wednesday 04-01-2023 02:56 PM

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bombing near a checkpoint at the Afghan capital’s military airport that killed and wounded several people. IS said in a statement ...

Iran president vows vengeance 3 years after general’s death

Wednesday 04-01-2023 02:25 PM

Iran’s president on Tuesday vowed to avenge the killing of the country’s top general on the third anniversary of his death, as the government rallied its supporters in mourning amid months of ...

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 ...

Ukrainian brings her ‘kidnapped’ daughter home from Russia

Tuesday 03-01-2023 02:31 PM

There came a time when Lyudmila Kozyr thought she would never see her daughter again. Taken to Russia as fighting engulfed her village in the northeast of Ukraine, Veronika, 13, was just one of ...

‘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 ...

Pakistan says it won’t allow countries to shelter militants

Tuesday 03-01-2023 01:03 PM

Pakistan’s political and military leadership on Monday vowed that no nation will be allowed to shelter militants who stage attacks against the country — an apparent reference to neighboring ...

‘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 ...

Fight to save boy’s leg as Russia launches new blitz on Kherson

Monday 02-01-2023 05:51 PM

The clocks had just struck midnight in Kherson when blasts echoed through its deserted streets, as the Russian and Ukrainian armies saw in the new year with an exchange of artillery fire. ...

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 ...

Russia’s War on Ukraine Worsens Global Starvation

Monday 02-01-2023 04:22 PM

Hulking ships carrying Ukrainian wheat and other grains are backed up along the Bosporus here in Istanbul as they await inspections before moving on to ports around the world. The number ...

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. ...