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Russia’s Defense Ministry has reported that the country’s air defenses shot down 20 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Crimea. Air defense forces intercepted an attempted “terrorist attack” by Ukraine in the early hours of Saturday over Crimea, the Defense Ministry wrote on Telegram. The ministry said 14 UAVs were …

Senior doctors in England have announced a plan to go on their second mass strike this year over a long-standing pay dispute with the government. Consultant-level doctors in Britain’s publicly-funded National Health Service (NHS) will strike on September 19 and 20, the British Medical Association (BMA) said in a statement …

Former US president Donald Trump blasted the multiple prosecutions threatening his re-election bid on Tuesday, complaining that court appearances would keep him off the campaign trail for much of 2024. Speaking in New Hampshire days after being indicted for a third time in four months, Trump railed against “deranged” officials …

A top US diplomat has demanded the undoing of Niger’s coup and the return to power of its West-sponsored president in a secret visit to the West African nation for talks with coup leaders, suggesting a military intervention otherwise. Speaking to reporters before her departure from Niger’s capital Niamey, Veteran …

The United Nations says it has evidence that Myanmar’s military has been “committing increasingly frequent and brazen war crimes” since they took power in a coup d’état more than two years ago. UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said in its annual report on Tuesday that “the number of …

Russia has repelled Ukraine’s drones in its latest attack, targeting Moscow and other cities. Russia’s air defense system shot down two combat drones heading for the capital, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said Tuesday. In a statement on his Telegram channel, Sobyanin said that one of the drones was destroyed in …

At least 41 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, after a small boat which had set off from Sfax in Tunisia capsized and sank in the Strait of Sicily. Four people who survived the shipwreck told rescuers that they were on a boat that …

Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has warned that the United States will cease to exist if ex-president Donald Trump — who is way ahead of his rival in polls — is reelected to the top executive office in the 2024 presidential election. The US will cease to exist if …

An additional 2,000 troops will be sent to the Poland-Belarus border amid a recent influx of illegal immigrants, Polish Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Wasik said. The Polish border guard requested 1,000 troops earlier this week as reinforcements to the 2,000 soldiers already deployed at the border. Wasik told the Polish …

Eleven people were missing after a fire broke out in a holiday cottage in eastern France, the local authorities said on Wednesday. The incident occurred in the town of Wintzenheim. France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said there were likely several casualties after the fire ravaged 300 sq m of the …

Syria’s deputy permanent representative to the UN says US forces have supplied Takfiri terrorists in the strategic al-Tanf area in southern Syria with chemical weapons and trained them how to use them to incriminate Damascus. Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on “The situation in West Asia” in New …

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has traveled to the United Arab Emirates after a visit to Saudi Arabia, amid efforts to mend ties with the two Arab states and a recent American military buildup in the region. Sullivan and Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met on Tuesday …

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, expressed his concern about the continued detention of the President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, who was overthrown in a military coup in late July, and the failure of the ongoing efforts to restore constitutional order in the country. Leonardo Santos Simao, Special …

The Yemeni Ansarullh resistance movement has warned of the “longest” and “costliest” war in history in the event US Navy vessels approach the Arab country’s territorial waters. “In the interest of international peace and security and the preservation of the safety of navigation in the Red Sea, the American forces …

More than 300 Muslim homes and shops have been demolished by government authorities in India’s state of Haryana state in just four days, almost a week after a deadly attack on a mosque by a Hindu mob in a Muslim-majority district of the northern region. Indian authorities launched the condemned …

Russia says without Moscow’s participation, a two-day meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia to find a peaceful settlement of the war in Ukraine had no “slightest added value.” Senior officials from over 40 countries gathered in Jeddah on Sunday to agree on key principles as to how to end the war. Unlike …

Niger’s ousted prime minister says the country’s military rulers, who overthrew civilian authorities in a recent coup, seek dialogue with a West African bloc that has threatened military intervention to restore the ousted president to power. Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou told French broadcaster TV5 Monde on Monday that “the junta have asked the …

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has made an urgent call on the United States to provide his country with long-range missiles to be used in the war with Russia. The Ukrainian foreign minister made the request in a phone conversation with his American counterpart, Antony Blinken, during which he demanded ATACMS …

The Russian ambassador to Qatar says the two countries are seeking to use national currencies in their bilateral trade amid an accelerating wave of de-dollarization across the world. In an interview with Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency on Monday, Dmitry Dogadkin said that works are underway to diversify away from the …

Niger’s coup leaders have closed the country’s airspace after a bloc of West African countries threatened to militarily intervene if the Nigerien president is not reinstated. Niger’s military has been holding the country’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum, since last month in the seventh coup to hit Africa’s Sahel region in …