‘Gaza Strip pier project completed, aid to flow soon’
The US military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. The final, overnight construction sets up a complicated delivery process more than...
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Violence rages in New Caledonia
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UN’s top court opens hearings on military incursion into Rafah
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US to send an unofficial delegation as Taiwan’s president is sworn in
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Lanka’s minority Tamil-dominated regions on alert
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‘Radical Saudi Arabia scholar held for years should be tried or released’
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Russia prepared to negotiate over Ukraine
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Pak HC grants bail to Imran in corruption case
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Blinken announces USD 2 bn arms deal for Ukraine
(): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced a USD 2 billion arms package arms deal for Ukraine — most of the money coming from a package approved last month. The announcement came Wednesday as Blinken was in Kyiv to reassure Ukraine of the US support as it attempts...
Zelenskyy postpones foreign visits as Ukraine faces new Russian offensive
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy postponed all his upcoming foreign trips as Ukraine’s army battled to contain a front-line push by the Kremlin’s forces, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday visited a drone manufacturing facility in Kyiv on the second day of a visit meant to reassure Ukrainians...
Pak conducts successful training launch of ‘Fatah-II rocket system
(): Pakistan on Wednesday conducted a successful training launch of guided multi-launch rocket system ‘Fatah-II’, which is capable of engaging targets with high precision up to a range of 400 kilometres, the army said.The launch of Fatah-II Guided Rocket System was aimed at perfecting the launch drills and procedures, the...
Wong sworn in as Singapore’s new Prime Minister
Economist Lawrence Wong was on Wednesday sworn in as Singapore’s fourth prime minister in a planned political transition for the island state. Wong, 51, succeeded Lee Hsien Loong, 72, who relinquished his position after two decades; both belong to the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) that has been driving Singapore’s...
Jurors in Trump’s hush money trial are getting front row seat to history
A gag order. The House Speaker turning up outside court. Angry denouncements of the judge overseeing the case. Some of the most explosive moments in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have played out for most of the world to see — except for the people who are actually deciding his...
French President mulls state of emergency in New Caledonia
French President Emmanuel Macron is considering imposing state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia to curb spiraling violence, the presidency said Wednesday. At least three people were killed and four others, including a gendarme, were seriously injured, according to officials in the territory and French media...
Protesters throng streets of Georgia’s capital
Huge throngs of protesters blocked streets in the capital of Georgia and milled angrily outside the parliament building after lawmakers on Tuesday approved a “foreign influence” bill that critics call a Russian-style threat to free speech and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union. Soon after the 84-30 vote,...
