Gangs in Haiti open fire, hit UN helicopter mid-air
Gangs on Thursday opened fire and hit a UN helicopter as it prepared to land in Port-au-Prince, marking the latest attack in Haiti’s capital as violence surges once again. No one was injured as several rounds of gunfire hit the helicopter that was carrying three crew members and 15 passengers, according...
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Trudeau vows to lead his Liberal Party into next election
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King Charles says past can’t be changed
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Israeli strikes kill 38 people in Gaza’s Khan Younis, 3 journalists in Lebanon
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Jailed Malaysian leader apologises, pleads innocence
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Afghan province bans all media from showing images of living things to comply with Taliban laws
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Two held in Sri Lanka for planning attack on Israelis
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Singapore rolls out passport-less immigration at Changi Airport
25 October 2024 | PTI
Russia, North Korea ratify pact for military assistance
Russian lawmakers on Thursday ratified a pact with North Korea envisioning mutual military assistance, a move that comes as the US confirmed the deployment of 3,000 North Korean troops to Russia. The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, voted quickly to endorse the “comprehensive strategic partnership” treaty that...
N Korean trash balloons reach presidential compound in Seoul
Trash carried by a North Korean balloon fell on the presidential compound in central Seoul on Thursday in a second case raising concerns about the vulnerability of key South Korean sites during potential North Korean aggression. The incident comes after the rival Koreas ramped up threats and rhetoric against each other...
Lebanon’s caretaker PM calls for immediate truce
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister is calling for an immediate cease-fire, the full implementation of the UN resolution that ended the last Israel-Hezbollah war and the deployment of 8,000 Lebanese troops to a buffer zone along the border with Israel. Najib Mikati spoke Thursday at a conference in Paris in support...
Blinken in Doha to discuss Gaza cease-fire with Qatari officials
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Doha on Thursday to meet with Qatari officials who have been key mediators for Hamas, as the US struggles to break the logjam of cease-fire negotiations between Israel and the militant group. Blinken is on his 11th trip to the Middle East since...
Turkiye strikes Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for second day
Turkiye struck suspected Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day on Thursday following an attack on the premises of a key defense company which killed at least five people, the state-run news agency reported. The National Intelligence Organization targeted numerous “strategic locations” used by the Kurdistan Workers’...
Jinping asks BRICS Plus countries for common security
Global South marching together is monumental in world history and unprecedented in human civilisation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday and called on BRICS Plus countries to firmly uphold peace and strive for common security. Addressing the BRICS Outreach/BRICS Plus meeting, Xi said the ‘BRICS Plus’ countries should be a...
Putin presides over BRICS summit seeking to expand Russia’s clout
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday presided at the closing session of a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, praising its role as a counterbalance to what he called the West’s “perverse methods.” The three-day summit in the city of Kazan covered the deepening of financial cooperation, including the...
