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London: Former British military pilots are being lured to China with large sums of money to pass on their expertise to the Chinese military, it is claimed.Up to 30 former UK military pilots are thought to have gone to...

Washington: The US says it agrees with Western allies that Iran's supply of explosive drones to Russia violates UN sanctions.Kyiv was struck by so-called "kamikaze" drones on Monday, unleashed by Russia but believed to be Iranian-made.The US agrees with...

Moscow: US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Saturday that Russia is trying to "kill" Starlink satellite services in Ukraine, and the system could stop working regardless of the invested resources in its protection."Starlink is the only comms ...

Beijing: China does not exclude the use of force to resolve the Taiwan issue, but only against the supporters of the island’s independence and interfering forces from third countries, Sun Yeli, a spokesperson for the 20th National Congress of...

Damascus: Eighteen soldiers were killed and 27 others injured in an explosion on a military bus on the outskirts of the Syrian capital early on Thursday, Syria's state news agency SANA reported.The explosion was caused by a device that...

Tokyo: Japanese journalist Toru Kubota, who was arrested in Myanmar earlier this year on sedition charges, was sentenced to three more years on Wednesday for the violation of immigration law while entering Myanmar, Japanese media reported, citing sources in...

Moscow: Russia has added the Tech company Meta to the list of terrorist and extremist organizations, according to a database of the Federal Service for Financial Monitoring Russia in late March banned Facebook and Instagram for "carrying out extremist activities"...

Tel Aviv: Israel has reached a historic agreement on maritime border demarcation with Lebanon, Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Tuesday."This is a historic achievement that will bolster Israel's security, bring billions into the Israeli economy and bring stability...

Berlin: Close to 7,000 demonstrators took to the streets in more than 15 cities in Germany's Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state on October 10, demanding that the government ensure affordable cost of living and end arms supplies to Ukraine, German news agency...

Pyongyang: North Korea on Monday said its recent barrage of missile launches were actually nuclear attack simulation on the South.It comes as intelligence suggests North Korea is preparing to hold its first nuclear weapon test in five years, the...