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Japan - the rising arms exporting 'giant'

Japan - the rising arms exporting 'giant'

Tokyo [Japan], August 11: Quite quickly after relaxing legal regulations for arms exports, Japan is gradually emerging as a "giant"...

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was Hamas leader

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was...

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 11: Israel's military said it killed a Hamas cell leader posing as an Al Jazeera journalist...

Chlorine factory fire in Southern France forces locals indoors

Chlorine factory fire in Southern France forces locals...

Paris [France], August 11: A fire broke out at a chlorine factory in southern France on Sunday, raising the risk...

Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes western Turkey

Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes western Turkey

Ankara [Turkey], August 11: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck western Turkey on Sunday, the country's AFAD disaster management authority...

Russian strikes injure 12 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine says

Russian strikes injure 12 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine says

Moscow [Russia], August 11: Russian strikes injured at least 12 in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, the country's foreign affairs ministry said...

South Korea's military shrinks 20% in six years amid male population decline

South Korea's military shrinks 20% in six years...

Seoul [South Korea], August 11: South Korea's military shrank by 20% in the past six years to 450,000 troops, largely...

Zelenskiy wins EU, NATO support as he seeks attendance at Trump-Putin talks

Zelenskiy wins EU, NATO support as he seeks...

Kiev [Ukraine], August 11: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won diplomatic backing from Europe and the NATO alliance on Sunday ahead...

Netanyahu says new Gaza offensive will start soon

Netanyahu says new Gaza offensive will start soon

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 11: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he expected to complete a new Gaza...

Fire prompts thousands of evacuations in California

Fire prompts thousands of evacuations in California

California [US], August 11: A fierce wildfire north-west of Los Angeles prompted evacuation orders for thousands of residents on Friday,...

FAO Food Price Index edges up in July

FAO Food Price Index edges up in July

Rome [Italy], August 11: The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 130.1 points in...

Security Council: Ambassadors meet in emergency session, amid starvation in Gaza

Security Council: Ambassadors meet in emergency session, amid...

New York [US], August 11: The UN Security Council met Sunday morning in New York following the Israeli cabinet's decision...

Oman condemns, rejects Israeli government's decision to perpetuate its military occupation of Gaza Strip

Oman condemns, rejects Israeli government's decision to perpetuate...

Muscat [Oman], August 10: The Sultanate of Oman has condemned and categorically rejected the Israeli government's decision to perpetuate its...

Lammy and Vance host Ukraine talks in UK

Lammy and Vance host Ukraine talks in UK

London [UK], August 10: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy was scheduled to host a meeting of allied national security advisers...

SpaceX capsule with four astronauts returns to Earth

SpaceX capsule with four astronauts returns to Earth

Washington DC [US], August 10: Four astronauts returned to Earth on Satu day after spending about five months aboard theInternational...

Ukraine's future must not be decided without Ukrainians: Macron

Ukraine's future must not be decided without Ukrainians:...

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 10: Just days before a planned meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump,...

Israeli forces kill 21 aid seekers as Gaza starvation death toll rises

Israeli forces kill 21 aid seekers as Gaza...

Gaza City [Gaza], August 10: Israeli attacks have killed at least 39 people, including 21 seeking humanitarian aid and 11...

Brazilian group unveils climate plan ahead of COP30

Brazilian group unveils climate plan ahead of COP30

Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 10: Brazil's indigenous communities have presented a climate plan that calls for the protection of indigenous...

Zelensky rejects territory losses ahead of Trump-Putin summit

Zelensky rejects territory losses ahead of Trump-Putin summit

Kiev [Ukraine], August 10: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday once again rejected making territorial concessions to end the war...

UK announces more aid for Gaza as Israel plans war expansion

UK announces more aid for Gaza as Israel...

London [UK], August 10: The United Kingdom has announced another £8.5mn ($11.4mn) for UN aid to Gaza after Israel unveiled...

New Polish president invited to White House in September

New Polish president invited to White House in...

Warsaw [Poland], August 10: Poland's new right-wing President Karol Nawrocki has received an invitation to meet US President Donald Trump...

80 years on, Japanese city of Nagasaki commemorates atomic bombing victims

80 years on, Japanese city of Nagasaki commemorates...

Tokyo [Japan], August 10: The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday commemorated the victims of the atomic bombing 80 years...

Three injured in shooting in New York's Times Square

Three injured in shooting in New York's Times...

New York [US], August 10: Three people were wounded in a shooting in New York's Times Square in the early...

N Korea begins dismantling propaganda loudspeakers

N Korea begins dismantling propaganda loudspeakers

Seoul [Korea], August 10: North Korea has begun dismantling loudspeakers along the border with South Korea that had been used...

Firefighters work to extinguish France's worst wildfire in decades

Firefighters work to extinguish France's worst wildfire in...

Paris [France], August 10: Firefighting operations continued on Saturday in south-western France to ensure that the largest wildfire the country...

At least six Lebanese soldiers killed in explosion at arms depot: Military

At least six Lebanese soldiers killed in explosion...

Cairo [Egypt], August 10: At least six Lebanese soldiers were killed in an explosion while dismantling munitions at an arms...

Europe stresses need to protect Ukrainian interests

Europe stresses need to protect Ukrainian interests

Washington DC [US], August 10: European leaders welcomed on Saturday U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to meet with Russian President...

Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu's new Gaza plan

Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu's new...

Gaza City [Gaza], August 10: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night to oppose...