India develop jet engines with France
AFP : India is working with a French company to develop and manufacture fighter jet engines in the country, New Delhi’s defence minister said. Defence...
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Suicide bombing kills Syria police officer
AFP : A suicide attack on Friday at a security checkpoint in Syria’s east killed one police officer, state media said, blaming the bombing on...
Female political prisoners face abuse in Belarus
AP : Antanina Kanavalava says her four years in a Belarusian penal colony as a political prisoner were filled with a fear and anguish that...
Menendez’s release denied decades later
BBC : Lyle Menendez has been denied parole one day after his brother Erik was similarly blocked from being freed from prison after more than...
Dutch foreign minister quits over Israel sanctions clash
AFP : Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned on Friday after a cabinet meeting failed to agree to sanctions against Israel. The centre-right New Social...
India: US trade talks ongoing amid looming new tariffs
Reuters : India’s foreign minister said on Saturday that trade negotiations with Washington are continuing but there are lines that New Delhi needs to defend,...
Lee visits Japan ahead of Trump meet
Reuters : Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung reaffirmed security cooperation between the two East Asian neighbours on Saturday,...
Trump nominates Gor as US ambassador to India
Reuters : President Donald Trump said on Friday he would nominate Sergio Gor, one of his closest aides, to be the next U.S. ambassador to...
French PM warns corrupt politicians
AFP : French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou vowed Friday to uncover lawmakers and officials who take undue benefit, warning that the public believes all poiticians...
Imran Khan gets bail
Arab News : Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to former prime minister Imran Khan in eight cases linked to riots in 2023 when...
‘Ukraine land concessions a Putin’s trap’
BBC : The top diplomat of the European Union (EU) has warned against pushing Ukraine to give up territories to Russia as part of a...