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Iran says new research satellite launched into orbit

International —14 September, 2024 16:22

 Iran on Saturday blasted a new research satellite into orbit, state media said, in the latest such development for an aerospace programme that…

Iran says new research satellite launched into orbit

Trump rules out new Harris debate as swing state fight resumes

 Donald Trump said Thursday he would not take part in another…

Trump rules out new Harris debate as swing state fight resumes
Russia can end war now, says PM as Putin warns West

Russia started the conflict in Ukraine and can end it "straight…

Russia can end war now, says PM as Putin warns West

Peru's polarising ex-president Alberto Fujimori dies at 86

Peru's polarising ex-president Alberto Fujimori dies at 86

Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori, who ruled his country with an iron fist and then spent 16 years in prison for crimes against humanity, died on Wednesday at age 86 in the…

Harris and Trump ride debate buzz into election sprint

Harris and Trump ride debate buzz into election sprint

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump set out Wednesday to ride the momentum from their high-stakes White House debate into the two-month final sprint to November as they sought to mop up…

Kim vows to make nuclear force for combat with US

Kim vows to make nuclear force for combat with US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to redouble efforts to make his nuclear force fully ready for combat with the United States and its allies, state media reported Tuesday. The…

40 killed, 60 wounded in Israeli strike on humanitarian zone

40 killed, 60 wounded in Israeli strike on humanitarian zone

Gaza's civil defence agency said early Tuesday that a strike on the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone in the Palestinian territory's main southern city of Khan Yunis killed 40 people and…

Israel strikes on Syria kill 14

Israel strikes on Syria kill 14

  Syrian state media said Monday that overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people in central Hama province, raising an earlier toll of five dead and 19 wounded. "The number…

Venezuelan presidential opposition candidate heads for Spanish exile

Venezuelan presidential opposition candidate heads for Spanish exile

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia was on Sunday heading into exile in Spain aboard a military aeroplane after the South American country's government afforded him…

Zelensky meets Meloni in Italy

Zelensky meets Meloni in Italy

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday, her office said, as he presses allies for more weapons in his country's fight against…

Israeli forces pull out of Jenin after major operation

Israeli forces pull out of Jenin after major operation

Israeli forces have withdrawn from Jenin city and its refugee camp in the occupied West Bank after a major nine-day operation there. The area - a stronghold of militants and with a…

At least 17 children killed in Kenya school fire: police

At least 17 children killed in Kenya school fire: police

At least 17 pupils have died after a fire ripped through their school dormitory in central Kenya, police said Friday. "There are 17 fatalities from this incident and there are also others who were taken to hospital with serious injuries," police spokesperson Resila Onyango.  

Harris gears up for debate as Trump talks economy

Harris gears up for debate as Trump talks economy

Vice President Kamala Harris travels to the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania on Thursday, where she will reportedly spend five days preparing for next week's presidential…

China gifting 2 warships to Cambodia

China gifting 2 warships to Cambodia

Cambodia's Defense Ministry said Wednesday that China is giving its navy two warships of the type it has had docked for months at a strategically important base being expanded with…

Modi leaves for official tours to Brunei, Singapore

Modi leaves for official tours to Brunei, Singapore

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday embarked on a three-day official visit to Brunei Darussalam andSingapore. Modi's Brunei visit will be the first-ever bilateral visit…

Azerbaijan ruling party wins polls

Azerbaijan ruling party wins polls

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev's party has won snap parliamentary elections, the poll commission said Monday, as the opposition denounced widespread violations including multiple…

Biden, Harris to meet US negotiating team on Gaza hostage deal

Biden, Harris to meet US negotiating team on Gaza hostage deal

President Joe Biden will sit down on Monday with US negotiators pushing for a hostage-release deal in the Israel-Hamas war, the White House said, after the deaths of six captives in…