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Russian air defence systems intercepted 155 Ukrainian drones from late Thursday night into Friday morning, according to a statement from the country’s defence ministry. The ministry said the drones were of the fixed-wing type and were mostly brought down over the Kursk region, which borders Ukraine. The interceptions occurred between 11:00 pm Thursday (2000 GMT) and 7:00 am Friday. The ...

Nigerian soldiers killed at least 150 members of a criminal gang in an ambush in northwestern Kebbi state this week, a local official said Thursday, reports AFP. For years, heavily armed kidnapping gangs known as “bandits” have been intensifying attacks in the northwest and central areas of the west African country with impunity, killing thousands and abducting people for ransom. ...

The Palestinian Authority welcomed on Wednesday the statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron during his state visit to the UK, in which he affirmed Paris’ position to recognize a Palestinian state as a way to ensure stability in the Middle East, reports Arab News. The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that Macron is leading French ...

Passengers at US airports will no longer have to remove their shoes to pass through security under a new policy unveiled Tuesday, 20 years after the requirement was introduced. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the change to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rules at a news conference at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport. Passengers at US airports have been required ...

A wildfire in southern France on Tuesday forced Marseille airport to close and interrupted train traffic as the blaze spread rapidly to the edges of the city. Several forest fires have raged in recent days in southern France, fanning out at speed due to wind and parched vegetation after a heatwave, reports AFP. Scientists say human-induced climate change is increasing ...

Iran’s government has issued a new death toll for its war with Israel, saying at least 1,060 people were killed and warning that the figure could rise, reports AP. Saeed Ohadi, the head of Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs, gave the figure in an interview aired by Iranian state television late Monday. Ohadi warned the death toll may ...

Five Israeli soldiers were killed during combat operations in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military confirmed on Tuesday, as indirect ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas resumed in Qatar. According to a military statement, two of the soldiers “fell during combat in the northern Gaza Strip,” while three others were also killed in the same incident. Additionally, two more ...

Thousands of refugees have crossed into India’s northeastern state of Mizoram after clashes between two anti-junta armed groups in neighbouring Myanmar, Indian authorities said on Monday. Refugees have been crossing into Mizoram since July 2 when clashes between two rival Chin groups — the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and the Chinland Defence Force-Hualngoram (CDF-H) — erupted over control of ...

Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations on Sunday condemned attacks on Gaza and Iran, called for reforms of global institutions and presented the bloc as a haven for multilateral diplomacy amid violent conflicts and trade wars. With forums such as the G7 and G20 groups of major economies hamstrung by divisions and the disruptive “America First” approach of ...

The tattered bromance between Republican President Donald Trump and his main campaign financier Elon Musk took another fractious turn on Saturday when the space and automotive billionaire announced the formation of a new political party, saying Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill would bankrupt America. A day after asking his followers on his X platform whether a new US political party ...