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Turkey is in discussions with Qatar and Oman to purchase secondhand Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets as part of its plan to strengthen its air force, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday.The country intends to acquire several Eurofighters and other advanced aircraft as a temporary measure to e...
A passenger bus erupted into flames after a motorcycle crashed into it early Friday, killing at least 25 people and injuring several others in southern India, police said.The fire tore through the bus within minutes, trapping dozens of passengers as it sped along a highway near Kurnool district in A...
Peru’s new president on Tuesday declared a 30-day state of emergency in the capital as part of the government’s efforts to curb a surge in violence that has fueled protests and contributed to the removal of his predecessor.Peru has seen a rise in killings, violent extortion, and attacks ...
Polish and Romanian authorities have arrested Ukrainian citizens allegedly working for Russian intelligence in a sabotage campaign, prosecutors said Tuesday.Polish prosecutors stated that the suspects planned to send shipments containing explosives and incendiary materials to Ukraine, designed to ig...
The World Bank has projected that reconstructing Syria after more than a decade of civil war will cost around $216 billion, nearly ten times the nation’s 2024 GDP.The conflict erupted in 2011 after government crackdowns on mass protests escalated into armed fighting. Former President Bashar As...
Myanmar’s military has closed a large-scale online scam center near the Thai border, detaining more than 2,000 people and confiscating dozens of Starlink satellite internet terminals, state media reported Monday.Myanmar has long been a hotspot for cyberscam operations, often targeting victims ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described his recent meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump as “positive,” despite not obtaining the Tomahawk missiles Ukraine had hoped for.He noted that the U.S. still seems interested in pursuing economic partnerships with Kyiv.Zelenskyy menti...
China on Sunday accused the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) of carrying out cyberattacks on its National Time Service Center, warning that any damage to the facility could have disrupted network communications, financial systems, and power supply.The Ministry of State Security alleged in a WeCha...
Afghanistan and Pakistan, which have been engaged in over a week of fierce border clashes that left dozens dead and hundreds wounded, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday. It marks the worst confrontation between the two neighbours in years.Accord...
Syria’s interim leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, who led a rapid rebel campaign last year that removed former President Bashar Assad, arrived in Russia on Wednesday for his first visit.Al-Sharaa is scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin to “discuss the current conditio...
Clashes broke out Tuesday between Pakistani and Afghan forces in a remote northwestern border area, with Pakistani state media accusing Afghan troops of opening “unprovoked fire” that was repelled.Pakistani forces responded, reportedly damaging Afghan tanks and military posts, according ...
At least 20 people were burned to death when a passenger bus caught fire in northern India’s Rajasthan state on Tuesday, reportedly due to a short circuit, officials said.The bus, carrying between 35 and 50 passengers, had just begun its journey from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur when flames suddenly e...
Belgian police fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse tens of thousands of protesters in Brussels rallying against Prime Minister Bart de Wever’s proposed austerity measures.Minor clashes broke out as demonstrators played drums, blew horns, and set off flares and smoke bombs while chanting against...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Egypt on Monday to attend the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit for Peace, the office of the UN Secretary-General said Saturday.“The Secretary-General is traveling to Egypt to attend on Monday the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit for Peace. He is expected back a...
Authorities began preparing Sunday to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip following a new ceasefire deal, raising hopes that the devastating two-year war may be nearing an end.Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), responsible for managi...
Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Friday accused Pakistan of carrying out airstrikes in Kabul and the eastern province of Paktika, alleging violations of its airspace and warning of consequences if such attacks continue.An explosion hit Kabul’s Abdul Haq Square on Thursday night, near ...
A powerful offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck off the southern Philippines on Friday morning, prompting authorities to issue tsunami warnings and order evacuations from coastal areas.According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake’s ep...
Art& Culture,MISCELLANEOUS
Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai, known for his darkly humorous and surreal depictions of human despair, has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in literature for what judges called his “epic, absurdist and grotesque” body of work that upholds “the power of art amid apoca...
World leaders on Thursday expressed hope for peace and urged Israel and Hamas to fulfill their commitments in the hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the parties had agreed to the “first phase” of a deal signaling a major breakthrough in the two-year war in Gaza.Hamas ...
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