Zelensky doubts if Ukraine ever joins NATO
BSS :Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky expressed his doubts that Ukraine will ever become a NATO member state.During his meeting with students in Nikolayev, Zelensky noted...
International
Watchdog votes to curb chemical exports to Syria
AFP :The world’s chemical weapons watchdog voted Thursday to curb chemical exports to Syria, accusing Damascus of violating its toxic arms control treaty.Syria agreed in...
11 dead in east Iraq attack blamed on jihadists
AFP :A mine blast and ambush killed at least 11 civilians in eastern Iraq, two security officials said, in an attack which the provincial governor...
Iran delegates quit COP28 over Israel presence
AFP :Iranian delegates walked out of UN climate talks in the United Arab Emirates on Friday in protest over the presence of Israeli representatives, state...
New Zealand to ban cellphones in schools
AFP :Cellphones will be banned in schools across New Zealand, conservative Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Friday, as his fledgling government looks to turn around...
Britain’s king praying for climate ‘turning point’ at COP28
AFP :Britain’s King Charles III is praying that the UN’s COP28 climate talks will be a “critical turning point” in the fight against global warming,...
Horn of Africa floods displace more than two million
AFP :More than two million people across the Horn of Africa have been forced from their homes by torrential rains and floods, according to an...
Fire at dawn in Kazakhstan hostel kills 13
AFP :Kazakhstan said Thursday that at least 13 people were killed in a fire that broke out at dawn in a hostel in the Central...
Seven still missing after US Osprey crash off Japan
AFP :Japan’s coastguard said late Thursday that there was still no sign of seven missing US Air Force personnel whose Osprey crashed during a training...
Kim’s powerful sister slams criticism of North Korea satellite launch
AFP :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister on Thursday dismissed international condemnation of Pyongyang’s recent spy satellite launch as “absurd”, saying her country...
Three killed, several injured in shooting at Jerusalem bus stop
Al Jazeera :Three people have been killed and several wounded after two gunmen opened fire at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Israeli...