India strikes Pakistan over tourist killings, Pakistan says Indian jets downed

Metal debris lies on the ground in Wuyan in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district By Reuters India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed enemies. India said it struck nine Pakistani “terrorist infrastructure”

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UK police extend detention of Iranians arrested in terrorism probe

A police officer walks outside New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, in London, Britain March 21, 2023. Photographer Peter Nicholls By Reuters British counter-terrorism police have obtained warrants to further detain seven Iranian nationals arrested on Saturday in two separate investigations. Authorities secured warrants to detain four Iranians aged between 29 and

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China, Gabon pledge to advance cooperation

Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special envoy Mu Hong, also the vice chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, in Libreville, capital of Gabon, May 4, 2025. At the invitation of Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Mu attended Nguema’s inauguration ceremony on

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Flights suspended at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport after missile attack from Yemen

By Anadolu Agency Israeli authorities suspended all flights at Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday after a missile launched from Yemen struck near the facility. Israel’s emergency service, Magen David Adom, reported that “several people sustained minor injuries due to a missile falling near Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport,” without providing further details. The strike

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Uganda’s military chief says missing opposition official is ‘in my basement’

By Reuters Uganda’s military chief, the son of President Yoweri Museveni, says he is holding an opposition activist in his basement and has threatened violence against him, after the man’s party said he was abducted by armed men last week. Eddie Mutwe, who also acts as the chief bodyguard for Uganda’s leading opposition figure, Bobi

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US Secretary of State Rubio blasts Germany for classifying AfD as extremist group

By Anadolu Agency US Secretary of State Marco Rubio slammed Germany on Friday after that country’s intelligence agency classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a “proven extremist group.” “Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy—it’s tyranny in disguise,” Rubio wrote on X. He said the

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Exclusive: Air India sees Pakistan airspace ban costing it $600 million over 12 months, seeks aid

Branding for Air India is seen on an Airbus A350-900 at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, Britain, July 24, 2024. Photographer Toby Melville/File Photo By Reuters Air India expects to face around $600 million in additional costs if a ban from Pakistan’s airspace lasts for a year, and has asked the federal government to

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Somalia: Urgent Appeal for Decisive Action Against Grave Violations of Parliamentary Law, Human Rights, and Democratic Norms by Ex-Speaker Adan Madobe and Allied Ministers

Somalia uneducated speaker lower house of People Adan Madobe. File Photo Somali Times By MP Dr. Abdillahi Hashi Abib As a Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, I am compelled – out of deep anger, frustration, and profound disappointment – to bring to

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Xi stresses sound planning for economic, social development in 2026-2030

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, presides over a symposium on China’s economic and social development in the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030) and delivers an important speech in Shanghai, east China, April 30, 2025. Photographer Wang Ye

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UK monthly house prices fall by most since August 2023, Nationwide data shows

A general view of Whitstable Heights a new housing development, as the UK government aims to build 1.5 million new homes, in Whitstable, Britain, September 11, 2024. Photographer Chris J. Ratcliffe/File Photo By Reuters British house prices fell by 0.6% in April, a sharper fall than forecast and their biggest monthly decline in more than

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