A “bombing” killed one person and wounded eight others at a military base in central Iraq overnight Friday, an interior ministry source said. The explosion hit the base at Calso, where former pro-Iranian paramilitary group Hashed al...
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The Cuban government said Friday it had started evacuating more than 250 citizens trapped for nearly two months in Haiti, which is wracked by gang violence and political turmoil. Cuban nationals will first be transported in a convoy of buses from...
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Friday classified two so-called “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances, meaning those responsible for releasing them will have to pay to clean up contamination. The two chemicals...
The WHO announced Friday it had approved a new, simpler version of an existing oral cholera vaccine, which should help increase the number of available doses as global cases surge. The Euvichol-S vaccine is a simplified formulation of Euvichol-Plus...
Five environmental activists from the group Just Stop Oil were on Friday convicted of trespassing for disrupting a performance of “Les Miserables” in London last year. The three women and two men aged 18 to 28 climbed onto the stage of...
Tehran said Friday that Washington’s use of its veto to block full United Nations membership for Palestine was “irresponsible” given the lack of opposition from any other Security Council member. Thursday’s vote saw 12...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday refused to comment on reports of an attack by Israel on Iran, beyond saying Washington was “not involved in any offensive operation”. Speaking to journalists after a meeting with G7...
China announced the creation of a new military cyber corps on Friday, saying it would bolster Beijing’s capacity to “fight and win” wars. The Information Support Force will act as a “key support for coordinated development...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that NATO must decide if it is Ukraine’s ally and urged the defence alliance’s members to accelerate weapons deliveries to help his struggling forces. His appeal to Western partners to...
Russia currently has an advantage in the air, limiting Ukraine’s ability to advance on the frontline, President Volodymyr Zelensky told a virtual meeting of NATO defence ministers Friday. “It is obvious that now, while Russia has air...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday his country needs at least seven Patriot air defence systems and pressed NATO leaders to hurry the supply of arms to his struggling forces. “We need seven more Patriots or similar air defence...
A US delegation will visit Niger next week for talks with the military regime which has broken off a military agreement with Washington, state television announced Friday. Following a July coup, the West African country said last month that the 2012...
The H5N1 bird flu virus strain has been detected in very high concentrations in raw milk from infected animals, the WHO said Friday, though how long the virus can survive in milk is unknown. Avian influenza A(H5N1) first emerged in 1996 but since...
Swedish police said Friday they had shot and arrested a man who allegedly injured three elderly women with a sharp object in the central town of Vasteras. The women, aged between 65 to 80, were found injured outdoors and taken to hospital, police...
China activated two aviation routes on Friday that run close to Taiwan’s outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu, officials said, with Taipei condemning the “unilateral measures” as a threat to flight safety. China’s civil...