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Ukraine launches biggest drone attack on Moscow
Ukraine yesterday attacked Moscow with at least 34 drones, the biggest drone strike on the Russian capital since the start of the war in 2022, forcing flights to be diverted from three of the city's major airports and injuring at least…
Israel PM confirms he okayed Lebanon pager attacks that killed 40
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today said, in a first public disclosure, that he had okayed a September attack on Hezbollah in which hundreds of communication devices exploded across Lebanon.
"Netanyahu confirmed Sunday that…
Biden, Trump to meet at White House ahead of historic return
Joe Biden will meet with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday after the US leader pledged an orderly transfer of power back to the Republican he beat in elections just four years ago.
Trump -- who never conceded…
They’re just kids playing soccer
A Gaza family sat weeping yesterday over children killed by an Israeli strike as they were getting ready to play soccer, amid an intensified bombardment that Palestinian health authorities said has killed 44 people over the past 24…
Canada on ‘high alert’ bracing for migrants fleeing US
Canadian authorities said they're on "high alert" with all eyes on the US border as the country braces for a possible influx of migrants from the United States.
US President-elect Donald Trump has promised the largest mass deportation in…
At least 24 killed in Pakistan train station bomb blast, police say
At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, police and other officials told Reuters.
Pakistan is grappling with a surge in strikes by…
US charges Iranian man in plot to kill Donald Trump
The United States has charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot ordered by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, the Justice Department said on Friday.
In a statement, the…
‘Anti-govt’ samosa theft prompts India police probe
Missing samosas sparked a police probe in India with five officers facing disciplinary action for allegedly eating a plate of the savoury treats intended for a senior politician, media reports said yesterday.
Samosas -- pockets of meat…
Trump win worries global partners ahead of COP29
Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election has darkened the outlook for a strong deal at the COP29 global climate summit next week and will heap pressure on Europe and China to lead international progress in curbing planetary…
US, China must ‘get along’
Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday Beijing and Washington must find a way to "get along" in a message to US president-elect Donald Trump, state media reported.
In his first message to Trump since the former president secured a…