Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday criticised a diesel supply agreement between the United States and Russia, calling it a “very risky choice” that could undermine international efforts to pressure Russian
The United States is preparing to deploy one of its key anti-ship missile systems to Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost island, during joint military exercises this month, bringing the weapon to its closest position
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China and African governments are strengthening law-enforcement cooperation as a rise in cross-border cybercrime and fraud draws police forces closer together. The cooperation ranges from investigations into online gambling and cybercrime operations
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Frank Strada, the head of Tennessee’s prison authority, will resign his post days after the failed execution of death-row inmate Christa Pike, Governor Bill Lee said on Saturday. Strada is expected to
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Ras Malé is not simply a US$20 billion construction project. It is an attempt to overcome the Maldives' chronic shortage of land, housing and economic diversity by creating a new metropolitan centre
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Russia is preparing for the war in Ukraine to continue for years, with the government planning record military spending and abandoning earlier efforts to restrain defence outlays as the conflict approaches its
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China’s construction of a runway on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago is well underway, with analysts estimating that the facility could be completed by the middle of 2027 and strengthen Beijing’s
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Singapore’s government has launched a dating service that uses a Nobel Prize-winning matching algorithm to pair public-sector employees, introducing a highly controlled alternative to commercial dating platforms as the city-state faces a
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Nigel Farage and the rise of Reform UK are becoming a significant factor in the constitutional debate across the United Kingdom, with new polling indicating that support for Scottish independence could rise
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces renewed political pressure as the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janata Party and separate student and civil society groups stage protests on Friday demanding the resignation of Chief
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Taiwan received the first two of 66 new F-16V Block 70 fighter jets ordered from the United States in 2019 on Friday, after months of delays, providing additional aircraft for an air
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has warned that Seoul will take “further measures” if Ukraine refuses to publicly apologise for disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to
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Iran has offered to restore nuclear inspectors’ access to bombed facilities in exchange for sanctions relief, according to people familiar with private discussions, a potential concession that could help break the deadlock
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Four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday after completing the fastest journey by a US spacecraft to the station. The crew, commanded by NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, reached the
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In Moroni, the capital of the Comoros, access to water has become a daily struggle for residents who increasingly depend on private sellers, long queues and costly deliveries as the city’s ageing
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A convoy of seven United Nations vehicles moves through Mogadishu under heavy security, with armed escorts repeatedly trying to force a path through traffic. When the vehicles stop, the convoy’s security chief
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