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Myanmar military, insurgents battle over port town

Yangon, Nov 17 (Agencies): Myanmar's military has launched attacks from the air and the sea to recapture a port town on the Bay of Bengal, an opposition alliance said on Friday, as junta forces face the fiercest offensive from their enemies in years.The military, which seized power from an elected...

Kishida voices 'serious concerns' to Xi on Chinese military activity, Russia collaboration

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 17 (AFP): Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he expressed to President Xi Jinping his "serious concerns" about Chinese military activity in the region while demanding that a ban on seafood imports be revoked."I... expressed our serious concerns over China's increasing military activity near Japan,...

Gaza communications down as Israel searches main hospital

GAZA STRIP, Nov 17 (AFP): Israeli troops carried out building-by-building searches at Gaza's main hospital, as a new communications blackout in the territory on Friday compounded fears for Palestinian civilians trapped inside the facility.Al-Shifa hospital has become a focal point for Israeli operations in northern Gaza since soldiers raided the...

Russia loads missile with nuclear-capable glide vehicle into launch silo

Russia’s rocket forces have loaded an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with the nuclear-capable Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle into a launch silo in southern Russia, according to a Defence Ministry TV channel broadcast, reports Al Jazeera.President Vladimir Putin announced the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle in 2018, saying it was a response...

Darfur’s Jem rebels join army fight against RSF

DARFUR, Nov 17 (BBC): Two rebel groups from Sudan's Darfur region say they will fight alongside the army in the country's civil war.This comes after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) made major gains in Darfur, where it has been accused of ethnic cleansing. Rebel leader Gibril Ibrahim told BBC...

Biden, Trump unpopularity buoys third party hopes for 2024 US polls

NEW YORK, Nov 17 (Reuters): Facing a likely choice between Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race, many Americans are desperate for younger, less divisive options.A large and potentially consequential market for third-party candidates - one not seen since the 1990s - is a stark...

Hungary launches new anti-EU survey

BUDAPEST, Nov 17 (AFP): The Hungarian government launched on Friday a "national consultation" billed as "protecting" the country against alleged European Union policies, including war-torn Ukraine's potential membership of the bloc.Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nationalist government has, since 2015, frequently used such questionnaires, backed by extensive multimedia campaigns, to claim...

News in Brief--(2023-11-18)

Australian war crimes whistleblower pleads guiltySYDNEY, Nov 17: A whistleblower who helped expose allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan has pleaded guilty to leaking classified information. David McBride was due to face trial next week, but changed his plea after a legal ruling scuppered his defence. McBride - an...