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Japan’s former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida is set to become the country’s next prime minister, after winning leadership of the long-ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Kishida, 64, overcame popular reformer Taro Kono on Wednesday, in a runoff after moving ahead of two female candidates Sanae Takaichi and Seiko Noda in …

At least 20 fishermen have been killed in an air strike by the Nigerian military in a village in the country’s conflict-ridden northeast, a report says. The fishermen were accidentally killed after an air force fighter jet targeted a militant camp in the village of Kwatar Daban Masara in the …

At the United Nations this week, North Korea outlined the defensive nature of its nuclear weapons, which has been subject to US-led Security Council sanctions for more than a decade. Pyongyang also held out hope for dialogue with the US and South Korea. The remarks from North Korea follow the …

Lengthy queues have been reportedly formed outside petrol stations throughout London once again amid a fuel crisis gripping the United Kingdom. Long queues were witnessed outside petrol stations in north London as well as the capital’s busy M25 orbital motorway on Wednesday, according to Reuters journalists, along with warnings that …

The cause of the accident was not immediately clear and federal safety authorities will investigate At least three people were killed on Saturday afternoon when an Amtrak train that runs between Seattle and Chicago derailed in north-central Montana, toppling several cars onto their sides, authorities said. The westbound Empire Builder …

Under Obama, the CIA wanted to define Julian Assange and other journalists as “information brokers” in order to ramp up their spying on them. And during the Trump era, it prepared plans to abduct or kill the WikiLeaks founder. The claims about the extraordinary lengths to which the CIA under …

 The weapons depots of the militias affiliated with the Saudi coalition were targeted by two missiles in the southern province of Ma’rib. According to Yemeni media, a series of explosions shook an area in the south of Ma’rib province last midnight. According to the reports, two ballistic missiles targeted the weapons …

North Korea has expressed its readiness to resume inter-Korean talks on officially ending the 1950-53 Korean War based on mutual respect. “I believe only when fairness and mutual respect can be maintained smooth communication between the North and the South can take place,” said Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of …

Millions of Germans are casting their ballots in an unpredictable election that will decide a successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel, as she prepares to leave office after 16 years in power. According to Press TV, polls opened across the country on Sunday morning and will last until 6 p.m. local …

The reconstruction of homes in Gaza that were destroyed or damaged in the May conflict between Israel and Palestinians will begin in the first week of October using aid from Qatar, a senior Palestinian housing official said on Sunday. Hamas says Israeli airstrikes destroyed about 2,200 homes in the enclave …

One was cited for possessing marijuana for personal use, and they were all returned to their home country within hours. Fourteen Mexican soldiers were detained at the border in El Paso early Saturday after accidentally crossing into the United States, Customs and Border Protection said. One soldier was cited for …

Police in the US arrested two suspected drug dealers in possession of enough elephant tranquilizer to kill 50 million people if mixed in with other substances, authorities announced Thursday. Andres Jesus Morales, 30, and Alyssa Christine Ponce, 27, were arrested in the southern California town of Perris on September 14 …

The situation in the Taiwan Strait is “complex and grim”, Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote in a congratulatory letter on Sunday to the newly elected leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party, who has pledged to renew talks with Beijing. Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) elected as their leader on Saturday former New …

The Taliban government in Afghanistan appealed on Sunday for international flights to be resumed, promising full cooperation with airlines and saying that problems at Kabul airport had been resolved. The statement from the foreign affairs ministry comes as the new administration has stepped up efforts to open up the country …

Serbian troops were on heightened alert Sunday at the border with Kosovo, the defense ministry said, accusing the territory of “provocations” after it deployed special police to the area. The special police units were sent to two border crossings in the north of Kosovo, an area mainly populated by minority …

Twenty-nine men were arrested in India on Thursday after being accused of allegedly gang raping a 15-year-old girl repeatedly over the course of almost eight months, CNN reported on Friday. The girl was first raped earlier this year on January 29, junior officer with the Mandapa police in Dombivli, India …

Three Russian SU-35S fighter jets have escorted a U.S. B-52H strategic bomber which was approaching Russia’s border in the Pacific Ocean, RIA news agency reported on Sunday, citing Moscow’s Defence Ministry. It said the bomber had subsequently moved away from the border, while the Russian jets had returned to their …

Turkey’s president has said he would consider buying a second Russian missile system in defiance of strong objections by the United States. In an interview with American broadcaster CBS News, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would have to decide its defense systems on its own. Speaking to correspondent Margaret …

Russia has called on the United States to stop imposing its so-called “development model” on other countries, taking a swipe at President Joe Biden for claiming Washington was ending the two-decade war in Afghanistan to “remake” other nations. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the call in an address to …

Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, have launched a missile strike, targeting arms depots belonging to Saudi-sponsored militants loyal to Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi south of the country’s central province of Ma’rib. Local sources, requesting not to be named, told Yemen’s al-Khabar al-Yemeni …