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...
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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...
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...
Israel releases 30 captives after Hamas frees 12 hostages in extended truce deal
Reuters : Hamas freed 12 more hostages and Israel released 30 Palestinian captives on Tuesday, the fifth day of an extended six-day truce between the...
N Korea says its new satellite photographed White House: Pentagon
Reuters :After decades of satellite surveillance by foreign governments and analysts, North Korea has sent its first spy satellite on a global orbit with a...
