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Officials said an improvised explosive device struck a vehicle carrying coal miners in the country’s southwest. At least 10 people have been killed and others wounded after a bomb struck a vehicle carrying labourers in southwestern Pakistan. An improvised explosive device (IED) hit the truck when it was travelling in the Harnai area of Balochistan…
Here are the key developments on the 1,086th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Friday, February 14: Fighting Russia’s Defence Ministry announced that its forces have captured Ukraine’s Vodyane Druhe settlement in the Donetsk region. Moscow claimed it launched a coordinated overnight attack on Ukraine’s military airfields, ports and…
US president says Washington’s existing nuclear arsenal could destroy the world ‘100 times over’. United States President Donald Trump has floated talks with China and Russia to discuss reducing all three countries’ nuclear stockpiles and slashing their defence budgets in half. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Thursday, Trump said he hoped to…
Here are the key developments on the 1,085th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source link
The US Navy described its patrol as a ‘routine’ exercise through the international waterway. China’s military has accused the United States of engaging in risky behaviour in the Taiwan Strait after two US naval ships transited the international waterway. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said it had monitored the movements of the USS Ralph…
Fighters continue advancing on South Kivu province despite ceasefire calls from regional leaders. The M23 rebels have resumed attacks on armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a two-day lull in fighting. Rebel fighters struck at dawn on Tuesday near the village of Ihusi, located 40km (25 miles) from a strategic military airport…
‘Many arrived without even winter clothes’ “The majority of Lebanese that are living in Cyprus are settled around Larnaca, all along the gulf until Paralimni,” explains Father Akl Abou Nader, who is sitting at his desk in the rectory of Saint Joseph Church on St Lazarus Square in Larnaca, a city in the south of…
US President Donald Trump has slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing the body of attacking Israel and the United States. In an executive order issued late on Thursday, Trump called the court “illegitimate” and placed financial and US visa restrictions on ICC staff and anyone assisting ICC investigations against the US and…
‘Worst may be yet to come’ says UN human rights chief as DR Congo and Rwanda deny responsibility and blame one another. The United Nations has called for efforts to prevent the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from spreading across the region. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk…
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has issued an international arrest warrant for the leader of the Congo River Alliance, which includes the M23, for war crimes and treason. State media reported on Thursday that the warrant was issued on Tuesday against Corneille Nangaa for massacres it claimed he committed in eastern…
