Poland says unidentified object entered its airspace
(): Poland’s armed forces said on Friday an unknown airborne object entered the country’s airspace from the direction of Ukraine and subsequently vanished off radars. The Operational Command of the Armed Forces said on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that the unidentified airborne object was observed by radars of...
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Biggest aerial barrage: Russia fires 122 missiles, 36 drones
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Playwright Ngema dies at 68
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‘Drug cartel kidnapped 14 from towns where residents killed 10 gunmen’
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NYT sues OpenAI, Microsoft
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Colorado Republicans appeal against Donald Trump's 2024 ballot ban
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10 die, 57 injured in Chain-reaction collision on Turkish motorway
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Argentina’s unions protest president’s cutbacks
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Kim vows to bolster war readiness to repel US-led confrontations
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for bolstered war readiness to repel what he said were unprecedented United States-led confrontational moves, state media reported onThursday, as rival South Korea vowed a stern retaliation against any provocations by the North. Kim’s comments during the key political meeting tasked with setting state...
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians
Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza overnight and into Thursday, killing dozens of people in an air and ground offensive against Hamas that has widened to most of the territory and forced thousands more to flee from homes and shelters. The war has already killed over 20,000...
6 Indian family members killed in fatal crash in US
(): In a horrific accident, at least six members of an Indian family, including two children, were killed when their minivan collided head-on with a pickup truck in the US state of Texas, officials said. The accident occurred on Tuesday evening near Johnson County, near Fortworth, according to the Texas...
Hong Kong man jailed for 6 years after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge
A Hong Kong man was sentenced on Thursday to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge under a Beijing-imposed national security law for his involvement in a foiled plot to bomb court buildings. Prosecutors said Ho Yu-wang, 19, was the plot mastermind who planned to manufacture explosives...
Cargo ship picking up Ukrainian grain hits Russian floating mine in the Black Sea
A civilian cargo ship struck a Russian mine in the Black Sea near Ukraine’s Danube ports Thursday, injuring two sailors, officials and analysts said, in an incident that underscored the dangers faced by those exporting Ukrainian grain during the war. The Panama-flagged vessel struck the floating mine during stormy weather as...
Pak court halts trial of Imran, Qureshi in cipher case
A Pakistan high court on Thursday halted until January 11 the ongoing trial of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his close aide ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case for allegedly leaking state secrets and violating the laws of the country. The Islamabad High Court judge, Justice...
Verdict reserved in case seeking Qureshi’s 30-day remand
A court in Pakistan on Thursday reserved the verdict on the police’s plea seeking a 30-day remand for Shah Mahmood Qureshi, vice chairman of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party in connection with the May 9 attack on military headquarters, according to media report. The development comes a day...
