North Korea’s Kim wants to speed up becoming a nuclear superpower
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward becoming a military superpower with nuclear weapons and would not rule out using them if it ...
German court clears Madeleine McCann suspect of unrelated sex crimes
The main suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann was acquitted of unrelated sexual abuse charges by a court in the German city of Brunswick on Tuesday, raising ...
Russia: emergency hotlines with US and NATO remain as nuclear risks rise
Russia said on Tuesday that it still had an emergency hotline with the United States and the NATO military alliance to deflate crises as nuclear risks rise amid the gravest ...
Israel: senior Hezbollah official probably dead, Hezbollah backs truce efforts
Hezbollah left the door open to a negotiated ceasefire on Tuesday after Israeli forces made new incursions in Lebanon, and Israel’s defence minister said another senior official from the ...
Vardy challenges Rooney’s legal bill after losing ‘WAGatha Christie’ libel case
Coleen Rooney, wife of ex-England soccer captain Wayne Rooney, spent more than 1.8 million pounds on a high-profile libel case brought against her by Rebekah Vardy, wife of her husband’s ...
Hamas will rise ‘like a phoenix’ from the ashes, leader-in-exile says
Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal said the Palestinian group would rise “like a phoenix” from the ashes despite heavy losses during a year of war with Israel, and that it continues ...
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Israel begins ground operations in southwest Lebanon as Iran sends warning
Israel’s military said on Tuesday it had begun ground operations in southwest Lebanon, expanding its incursions to a new zone a year after exchanges of fire began with armed ...
Russian forces reach another key frontline city, Ukraine’s military says
Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukraine frontline city of Toretsk, Ukraine’s military said late on Monday, less than a week after the fall of the ...
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‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Milton heads to Florida Gulf Coast
Hurricane Milton tore towards Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday, leaving residents with one final day to evacuate or hunker down before the “catastrophic” Category 5 storm is predicted to hit, ...
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Hezbollah missiles hit Haifa, Israel steps up bombings in south Lebanon
Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel’s third largest city Haifa on Monday as Israeli forces looked poised to expand ground raids into south Lebanon on the first anniversary of the ...
Mexican mayor assassinated days after taking office
The mayor of the capital of Mexico’s violence-plagued state of Guerrero was killed on Sunday less than a week after he took office, the state’s governor confirmed.
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British doctor admits trying to kill mother’s partner with fake Covid jab
A British doctor on Monday pleaded guilty to an audacious but unsuccessful plot to kill his mother’s partner with a fake Covid-19 vaccine, which involved him forging medical documents ...
How the world is marking October 7 attack on Israel
People around the world were holding vigils, ceremonies and protests to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, as fighting raged ...
Nobel prize for medicine goes to US duo
US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its crucial role in how multicellular organisms grow and live, the ...
Pope Francis slams world’s ‘shameful inability’ to stop Israel-Hamas war
Pope Francis criticised on Monday what he called the “shameful inability” of the international community to end the war in the Middle East, one year after Hamas’ devastating attack on ...
‘God save the Tsar!’: Putin receives wishes for 72nd birthday
“God save the Tsar!” was one of the first public birthday wishes for President Vladimir Putin who turns 72 on Monday and who has been Russia’s paramount leader for nearly ...
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Russian state media company hit by unprecedented cyberattack, Kremlin says
Russian state media company VGTRK has been targeted in an unprecedented cyberattack, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, saying that specialists were working hard to determine who was responsible.
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One year on: Deadliest conflict for reporters
Palestinian journalist Islam al-Zaanoun was so determined to cover the war in Gaza that she went back to work two months after giving birth. But, like all journalists in Gaza, ...
Pakistan
‘Terrorist attack’ near Karachi airport kills two Chinese nationals, embassy says
Two Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Sunday night, the Chinese embassy in Pakistan said, in what ...
One year on: a Gaza woman haunted by memories
The Reuters photograph of Inas Abu Maamar, face buried in the shrouded body of her dead five-year-old niece Saly, was taken days after Israel began its military offensive on Gaza.
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One year on: Israel marks Oct. 7 anniversary under shadow of escalating war
Israelis on Monday marked the first anniversary of the devastating Hamas attack that triggered a war which has sparked protest worldwide and risks igniting a far wider conflict in the ...
Flights from all Iran’s airports cancelled from late on Sunday
Flights from all Iran’s airports will be cancelled until 6am local time (5.30am Cyprus time) on Monday from 9pm local time (8.30pm Cyprus time( on Sunday, Iran’s state ...
Israeli strikes batter Beirut in heaviest bombardment so far, witnesses say
Israeli air attacks battered Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight and early on Sunday in the most intense bombardment of the Lebanese capital since Israel sharply escalated its campaign against Iran-backed ...
Heavy strikes shake Beirut as Israel expands Lebanon campaign
Massive consecutive strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs from late Saturday into Sunday, Reuters eyewitnesses said, sending booms across the city and sparking flashes of red and white for nearly 30 ...