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North Korea’s long-range missile test signals its improved, potential capability to attack US

North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in almost a year Thursday, demonstrating a potential advancement in its ability to launch long-range nuclear attacks on the mainland U.S. The launch was likely meant to meant grab American attention days ahead of the U.S. election and respond to condemnation over the North’s reported troop dispatch to Russia to ...

10:51 Et October 31, 2024

Floods in Spain kill at least 62 people in Valencia region

At least 62 people have been killed in the deadliest flooding to hit Spain for three decades after torrential rain battered the eastern region of Valencia on Tuesday, ...

13:32 Et October 30, 2024

A passenger bus collided with a truck in Mexico: 24 dead, 5 injured

A passenger bus traveling from Nayarit state in Mexico collided with the detached trailer of a truck carrying corn. In the accident, 24 people lost their lives, and ...

11:52 Et October 27, 2024

UK willing to hand over Gaza intelligence to war crimes court

The UK has said it would consider providing intelligence gathered from surveillance flights over Gaza to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if requested. The ICC is already carrying ...

11:28 Et October 26, 2024

Fearing China's hypersonic weapons, US Navy seeks to arm ships with Patriot missiles

 Fearing China will deploy hypersonic weapons to sink ships in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy is moving forward with a plan to arm some of its vessels with ...

20:00 Et October 25, 2024

Venezuela vents its anger at Brazil's Brics snub

Venezuela has criticised Brazil's decision to veto its admission to the Brics group of emerging economies. Venezuela's foreign ministry described the move, which came at the group's summit ...

10:13 Et October 25, 2024

Trash carried by a North Korean balloon again falls on the presidential compound in Seoul

Trash carried by a North Korean balloon fell on the presidential compound in central Seoul on Thursday in a second case raising concerns about the vulnerability of key South Korean ...

10:00 Et October 24, 2024

Russians accused of crimes offered choice - go to war instead of court

At about 06:45 on 28 March, police arrived at Andrey Perlov’s house near Novosibirsk in Siberia. They accused him of stealing about three million roubles ($32,000; £24,000) from ...

10:05 Et October 23, 2024

Thin margin for EU membership in Moldova vote - provisional results

Moldovan voters appear to have backed the Eastern European country changing its constitution and committing to joining the EU by the thinnest of margins. Official data put Yes on 50.31% and No on 49.69% on Monday morning, with over 99% of votes counted. Moldovan media said many of the votes yet to be counted had ...

11:55 Et October 21, 2024

Ukraine’s ‘victory plan’ receives mixed reactions from Western allies

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plan to end Ukraine’s nearly three-year war with Russia has received mixed reactions from Western allies so far. The “victory plan” that Zelenskyy outlined at home and abroad includes ...

09:55 Et October 20, 2024
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