New Japan PM to advance defence spending target: Reports
Agencies : Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to achieve the target of spending two percent of GDP on defence two years early, media...
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Belgian PM says will ‘stop’ Ukraine frozen assets loan if demands not met
Agencies : Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever warned Thursday that he would block plans for a new 140-billion-euro loan for Ukraine using frozen Russian...
Europe firms agree satellite merger to counter Starlink
Agencies : European aerospace groups unveiled an initial deal on Thursday to pool their loss-making satellite manufacturing activities, combining forces after months of negotiations to...
Nigerian military says kills 50 jihadists in army base raids
Agencies : Nigeria’s military said on Thursday it had killed 50 jihadists using drones to carry out multiple attacks on army bases in the volatile...
Sudan capital hit by paramilitary drone strikes for third straight day
AP : Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, came under drone attack for the third consecutive day on Thursday, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the...
Russian drone kills two Ukrainian journalists on Donetsk region
Agencies : A Russian drone has killed two Ukrainian journalists and wounded another in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, according to their outlet and...
China names new 2nd highest-ranking general
BBC : The Chinese Communist Party has named a veteran who has overseen anti-corruption efforts in the military to be the country’s second highest ranking...
South Korea halts tours in parts of DMZ ahead of Trump visit
Agencies : South Korea has halted tours of the Joint Security Area in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, officials said Thursday, ahead...
UN court says Israel must ease aid into Gaza, provide ‘basic needs’
NN ONLINE: The International Court of Justice said Wednesday that Israel was obliged to ease the passage of aid into Gaza, stressing it had...
Russia launches deadly wave of drone, missile attacks across Ukraine
Al Jazeera : Large-scale Russian attacks on Ukraine’s capital overnight have killed at least two people and injured five, including a two-year-old child, according to...
North Korea conducts ballistic missile tests ahead of Trump’s Asia visit
Agencies : North Korea carried out its first ballistic missile launches in five months yesterday, just days before US President Donald Trump is set to...
‘Fatal combination’ of disease, injuries and famine in Gaza is generational crisis
BBC : Gaza is experiencing a health “catastrophe” that will last for “generations to come”, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned....