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Pakistan plans military offensive to protect China's BRI investments

Pakistan plans military offensive to protect China's BRI...

Islamabad [Pakistan], November 21: Pakistan is preparing to launch a military offensive in the south-western region of Balochistan where sub-nationalist...

EU lawmakers back Azerbaijani government critic under house arrest

EU lawmakers back Azerbaijani government critic under house...

Baku [Azerbaijan], November 21: Members of the European Parliament highlighted the precarious human rights situation in Azerbaijan during the UN...

US closes embassy in Kiev amid concerns over Russian air attack

US closes embassy in Kiev amid concerns over...

Kiev [Ukraine], November 21: The United States on Wednesday temporarily closed its embassy in Kiev amid concerns over a potential...

Syria says 36 killed in Israeli strike

Syria says 36 killed in Israeli strike

Damascus [Syria], November 21: An Israeli strike on the Syrian city of Palmyra has killed 36 people and injured more...

Russia slams Biden's decision allowing Ukraine to strike Russia, terms it "new round of escalation"

Russia slams Biden's decision allowing Ukraine to strike...

Moscow [Russia], November 20: Russia has strongly condemned outgoing US President Joe Biden's decision allowing Ukraine to strike deep inside...

US urges Bangladesh to end violent crackdowns on peaceful protests

US urges Bangladesh to end violent crackdowns on...

Washington [US], November 20: The United States has clarified to Bangladesh that it does not support government involvement in violent...

'Ukraine, Middle East conflicts are depleting US arsenal'

'Ukraine, Middle East conflicts are depleting US arsenal'

New York [US], November 20: "With some of the Patriot (air defense systems) deployed, some of the air-to-air missiles deployed,...

Prosecutors ask to delay Trump's sentencing until after his term ends

Prosecutors ask to delay Trump's sentencing until after...

New York [US], November 20: In May, Mr. Trump was convicted of falsifying business records to conceal a payment to...

US Senate panel to hold hearing on suspected Chinese hacking incidents

US Senate panel to hold hearing on suspected...

New York [US], November 20: A U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee overseeing technology issues will hold a hearing on Chinese hacking...

Political instability sends Vanuatu off to polls again

Political instability sends Vanuatu off to polls again

Port Vila [Vanuatu], November 20: A political impasse has given way to snap poll in Vanuatu, where voters will be...

Iraq to hold first nationwide census since 1987

Iraq to hold first nationwide census since 1987

Baghdad [Iraq], November 20: Iraq will begin its first full national census in more than three decades, a pivotal moment...

Lula urges G20 leaders to move faster on net zero climate targets

Lula urges G20 leaders to move faster on...

Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], November 20: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged leaders of the Group of 20...

South Africa will focus G20 presidency on inclusive growth, food security

South Africa will focus G20 presidency on inclusive...

Cape Town [South Africa], November 20: South Africa will use its G20 presidency to focus on advancing inclusive economic growth,...

Sudan's Burhan warns against signs of split in ex-ruling party

Sudan's Burhan warns against signs of split in...

Khartoum [Sudan], November 20: Armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan criticised factional strife within its former ruling party as risky...

Reputed head of crime family campaigns for seat in Irish parliament

Reputed head of crime family campaigns for seat...

Dublin [Ireland], November 20: Gerard Hutch, named in a court case last year as head of a well-known crime family...

EU nations team up to develop air defence, other weapons

EU nations team up to develop air defence,...

Brussels [Belgium], November 20: Groups of European countries agreed to work together to develop missile defence, electronic warfare and other...

French farmers continue protests as union threatens food supply

French farmers continue protests as union threatens food...

Paris [France], November 20: French farmers held a second day of protests over EU-Mercosur trade talks.

US envoy says 'opportunity' exists to reach Israel-Hezbollah deal

US envoy says 'opportunity' exists to reach Israel-Hezbollah...

Beirut [Lebanon], November 20: US Middle East mediator Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut on Tuesday in hopes of finalizing a...

Moscow says Ukraine fired six US-made long-range missiles into Russia

Moscow says Ukraine fired six US-made long-range missiles...

Moscow [Russia]/Kiev [Ukraine], November 20: Russia said on Tuesday that Ukraine fired six US-made ATACMS missiles at a target in...

G20 leaders call for comprehensive ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon

G20 leaders call for comprehensive ceasefires in Gaza...

Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], November 20: Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies have called for "comprehensive" ceasefires in...

Thousands flock to New Zealand capital in huge Maori protests

Thousands flock to New Zealand capital in huge...

Wellington [New Zealand], November 20: More than 40,000 people have protested outside New Zealand's parliament against a controversial bill seeking...

Forty-five pro-democracy activists sentenced by Hong Kong court

Forty-five pro-democracy activists sentenced by Hong Kong court

Hong Kong, November 20: A court in Hong Kong on Tuesday sentenced 45 democracy activists to prison terms of up...

Lithuanian president nominates Gintautas Paluckas as prime minister

Lithuanian president nominates Gintautas Paluckas as prime minister

Riga [Latvia], November 20: Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda nominated Gintautas Paluckas as prime minister of the Baltic EU and NATO...

Wildfires burned nearly 500,000 hectares in EU in 2023: Report

Wildfires burned nearly 500,000 hectares in EU in...

Brussels [Belgium], November 20: Last year was one of the worst years for wildfires in the European Union, according to...

Thousands protesting New Zealand's Indigenous bill set to march to parliament

Thousands protesting New Zealand's Indigenous bill set to...

Wellington [New Zealand], November 19: A nine-day march by Maori and their supporters across New Zealand has culminated in Wellington...

Biden pledges record $4 billion to World Bank for poorest countries

Biden pledges record $4 billion to World Bank...

New York [US], November 19: U.S. President Joe Biden pledged a $4 billion U.S. contribution.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy visits embattled frontline town

Ukraine's Zelenskiy visits embattled frontline town

Kiev [Ukraine], November 19: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he visited the "intense" eastern frontline town of Pokrovsk, where Russia...