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US withdraws from WHO
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Russia hits energy system in 5 regions of Ukraine
20 January 2026, 00:00 AM
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18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
US approves $1.5bn deal for Peru naval base
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
UK govt retreats on mandatory digital ID to work
15 January 2026, 04:34 AM
kill two near Russian border
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Trump says US will deal with Greenland 'easy way' or 'hard way'
10 January 2026, 09:17 AM
Two Armenian soldiers killed in clashes with Azerbaijan
Two Armenian soldiers were killed in border clashes with Azerbaijani forces on Monday, Yerevan said, in the latest military incident between the Caucasus rivals since last year’s war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
17 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Russian military aircraft crashes during test flight
An Il-112 light military transport aircraft, developed by the Russian army, suffered an “accident” during a test flight, its developer told AFP yesterday.
17 August 2021, 18:00 PM
US invasion of Afghanistan was a ‘bad idea’: Gorbachev
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev who ended the USSR’S decade-long war in Afghanistan in 1989, on Tuesday warned against repeating the mistakes of the US invasion of the country.
17 August 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Nato should learn lessons’
Germany’s defence minister yesterday urged Nato to learn lessons from its Afghanistan mission – slammed as a “debacle” by critics.
17 August 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Shameful’ for West
Germany’s president yesterday criticised Western powers over chaotic scenes at Kabul airport where thousands of Afghans gathered in a bid to flee the country after the Taliban swept back to power.
17 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Militants must never attack West from Afghanistan: UK
Britain yesterday cautioned the Taliban that Afghanistan must never be used to launch terror attacks but added that the West must try to positively influence the insurgents who have grabbed power after the United States withdrew its forces.
17 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Ghani fled with 4 cars, helicopter full of cash
Russia’s embassy in Kabul said yesterday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and had to leave some money behind as it would not all fit in, the RIA news agency reported.
16 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia says eight aboard crashed water-bomber plane in Turkey
Russia yesterday said a water-dropping plane carrying eight people had crashed in Turkey during a firefighting mission.
14 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Deaths soar in Russia
Russia yesterday recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll for a third day running, as the country continues to struggle with the Delta variant amid sluggish vaccination rates.
14 August 2021, 18:00 PM
The 11-year-old British boy walking to save the earth
Jude Walker, an 11-year-old boy, is on an odyssey he hopes will help save the planet: he is walking to London from northern England in a bid to garner support for a carbon tax to tackle carbon emissions.
13 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia asks BBC journo to leave
Russia has asked a BBC journalist working in Moscow to leave the country by the end of the month when her visa expires in retaliation for what it views as British discrimination against Russian journalists, state TV reported late on Thursday.
13 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid Pandemic: Russia posts record daily death toll
Russia yesterday reported its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic, as rising cases in parts of world fuelled by the Delta variant continued to cause havoc.
12 August 2021, 18:00 PM
UK judge backs US appeal in Assange extradition case
A British judge on Wednesday gave the US government extra grounds to appeal a refusal to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, after it argued the initial ruling relied on a witness who misled court.
12 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Belarus tells US to cut diplomatic presence after sanctions
Belarus on Wednesday ordered the United States to reduce its embassy staff after Washington imposed a fresh round of sanctions on the regime of President Alexander Lukashenko.
12 August 2021, 18:00 PM
UN experts urge moratorium on sales of surveillance tech
UN experts yesterday called for an international moratorium on the sale of surveillance technology until regulations are implemented to protect human rights following an Israeli spyware scandal.
12 August 2021, 18:00 PM
French rescue 108 migrants in Channel
French authorities rescued more than 100 migrants Wednesday seeking to sail to England in four separate boats that officials said got into trouble in the Channel.
12 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Global infections spike as Delta variant spreads
Australia’s second-biggest city Melbourne yesterday extended lockdown despite growing anger among people as world struggles on to stamp out infections caused by the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus.
11 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Germany arrests British man suspected of spying for Russia
German police have arrested a British man who worked at the British embassy in Berlin on suspicion of passing documents to the Russian intelligence service in exchange for cash, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
11 August 2021, 11:29 AM
Navalny allies face fresh criminal charges in Russia
Two exiled aides of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were slapped with new criminal charges for helping to finance organisations that have recently been labelled “extremist”, Russian investigators said yesterday.
10 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Putin orders reinforcements to fight Siberia wildfires
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday ordered officials to send in reinforcements to fight forest fires that continue to tear through Siberia.
10 August 2021, 18:00 PM