‘US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally’
President Joe Biden said that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there. Biden, in an interview with...
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First shipment of aid to floating pier in Gaza departs from Cyprus
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Xi Jingping begins visit to Serbia
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Powerful storms bring tornadoes to Oklahoma, hail to Kansas
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Nepal’s ruling coalition party splits
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Australia accuses China of unsafe behaviour
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Govt not doing anything regarding interference by intelligence agencies in judicial affairs: SC judge
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Nawaz Sharif files plea for acquittal in corruption case
08 May 2024 | PTI
Ukraine says it foiled Russian spy agency plot to assassinate Zelenskyy
Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top military and political figures, Ukraine’s state security service said Tuesday. Two colonels in the State Guard of Ukraine, which protects top officials, were detained on suspicion of enacting the plan drawn up by Russia’s Federal...
‘Suicide bombing that killed five Chinese planned in Af’
The Pakistan Army on Tuesday said the suicide bombing that killed five Chinese nationals in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in March was planned in Afghanistan and carried out by an Afghan national. Addressing a press conference, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) chief Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif accused Afghanistan of allowing militants...
Putin starts his 5th term as president
ladimir Putin begins his fifth term as Russian president in an opulent Kremlin inauguration Tuesday, after destroying his political opponents, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and consolidating all power in his hands. Already in office for nearly a quarter-century and the longest-serving Kremlin leader since Josef Stalin, Putin’s new term...
Trump faces jail threat over gag order
Donald Trump returns to his hush money trial Tuesday facing a threat of jail time for additional gag order violations as prosecutors gear up to summon big-name witnesses in the final weeks of the case. Stormy Daniels, the porn actor who has said she had a sexual encounter with Trump, and...
Details of UK military personnel exposed in payroll data breach
(): British officials say the names and bank details of thousands of serving British soldiers, sailors and air force members have been exposed in a data breach at a payroll system. The Ministry of Defence said Defence Secretary Grant Shapps would make a statement in the House of Commons on...
Boeing calls off its first astronaut launch due to valve issue
Boeing called off its first astronaut launch because of a valve problem on the rocket Monday night. The two NASA test pilots had just strapped into Boeing’s Starliner capsule for a flight to the International Space Station when the countdown was halted, just two hours before the planned liftoff. United...
Stormy Daniels expected to appear at hush money trial
Donald Trump returns to the hush money trial Tuesday facing a threat of jail time for additional gag order violations as prosecutors gear up to summon big-name witnesses including porn actor Stormy Daniels. An attorney for Daniels, Clark Brewster, told The Associated Press that the porn actor, whose real name is...