MOSCOW, Sept 03 (Reuters/AFP): Russian forces are advancing faster in eastern Ukraine than they have done for a long time, taking several square kilometres per day, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday as Moscow's forces tried to smash through a Ukrainian defensive line.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said dozens of people...
Read moreKINSHASA, Sept 03 (BBC): An attempt by inmates to break out of a high-security prison in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, has led to the deaths of 129 people, the authorities say.Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said that 24 prisoners had died of bullet wounds after warning...
Read moreJENIN, Sept 03 (AFP): Israeli forces were operating Tuesday in the northern West Bank, nearly a week into military raids in the occupied territory that the Palestinian health ministry said killed at least 27.An Israeli air strike overnight that the military said targeted militants in Tulkarem killed a 15-year-old Palestinian,...
Read moreSEOUL, Sept 03 (AP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a demonstration of new exploding drones designed to crash into targets, state media said Monday, as the U.S. and South Korea engage in joint military drills.North Korean test photos showed a white drone with X-shaped tails and wings supposedly...
Read moreRAIPUR, Sept 03 (AFP): Indian police killed at least nine Maoist rebels during a gunfight on Tuesday, officials said, with security forces still searching the forest for more remains and weapons.The clash is the latest in India's long-running Maoist insurgency that began in the 1960s and has cost tens of...
Read moreDUBAI, Sept 03 (AP): Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence imposed on a member of the all-volunteer wing of the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who stormed a house during the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini and killed a 60-year-old man, a lawyer said Tuesday.The sentence...
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