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London: There have been at least 10 potential threats by Iran to kidnap or kill British or UK-based people this year, Britain's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency MI5 has said.The figure was revealed by MI5 chief Ken McCallum, in...

Yangon: Myanmar's military is set to release 6,000 prisoners including a former UK ambassador, a Japanese filmmaker and an Australian adviser to the country's ousted leader.Former diplomat Vicky Bowman and Toru Kubota were jailed earlier this year while Sean...

Tehran: Iran said that an Iranian-flagged tanker carrying the country's oil, which was seized by Greece in April, has left the Greek waters for its predetermined destination.Making the announcement in a statement on its website, the Iranian Foreign Ministry...

Seoul: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) into the East Sea on Thursday, its first missile provocation in a little over a week, according to the South Korean military.The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected...

Canberra: Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has launched a fund that is expected to raise $25 billion initially to help rebuild war-torn Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the move."The president sees that as an opportunity to completely replace...

Santiago: Chile recorded its first monkeypox death of an elderly man with underlying pathologies, who was diagnosed on September 29, the Ministry of Health announced.In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry explained that the man had pre-existing medical conditions...

San Francisco: Elon Musk has said he will reduce his time at Twitter eventually giving way to a new leader to run the social media company as added he hoped to complete an organisational restructuring this week.Musk made the...

Canberra: The Australian government has overturned a ban on tennis star Novak Djokovic entering the country, clearing his way to compete in the Australian Open.Andrew Giles, the Minister for Immigration, on Thursday confirmed that Djokovic has been granted a...

Warsaw: Missiles have landed in Poland near its border with Ukraine, killing two people, reports say.The reports came after Russia launched a wave of attacks across Ukraine, but it is not yet clear what has happened, the BBC said.Ukraine...

Washington: Donald Trump has announced his candidature to run for the US presidency in 2024, and has filed the necessary paperwork with the US Federal Election Commission.The document filed by his team on Tuesday designated a principal campaign committee...