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Putin offers new rules for using N arms

MOSCOW, Sept 26 (BBC): Vladimir Putin says Russia would consider an attack from a non-nuclear state that was backed by a nuclear-armed one to be a "joint attack", in what could be construed as a threat to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.In key remarks on Wednesday night,...

Israeli strike kills 23 more in Lebanon

BEIRUT, Sept 26 (AP/Reuters): An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon hit a building housing Syrian workers and their families, killing 23 people, Lebanese officials said Thursday. It was one of the deadliest single strikes in an intensified air campaign against the militant Hezbollah group.The strike late Wednesday came as the United...

Japan sails warship through Taiwan Strait for first time

TOKYO, Sept 26 (BBC): A Japanese warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China for the first time, according to reports in Japanese media.The JS Sazanami, a naval destroyer, passed through the strait from north to south on Wednesday, accompanied by ships from Australia and New Zealand. The...

Justin Trudeau survives vote of no-confidence

OTTAWA, Sept 26 (AFP): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday survived a vote of no confidence in the first major test for his minority Liberal government whose popularity has waned after nine years in office.His tenuous grip on power, however, is already set to face more challenges in the...

46 perish in India during Hindu festival

PATNA, Sept 26 (AFP): At least 46 people, including 37 children, have drowned while celebrating a Hindu festival in eastern India, a local government official told AFP on Thursday.The victims drowned in separate incidents in Bihar state while ritually bathing in rivers and ponds swollen by recent flooding, an official...

Taliban reject criticism over women at UNGA

KABUL, Sept 26 (AFP): The Taliban government rejected on Thursday concerns raised at the United Nations General Assembly this week about the treatment of women in Afghanistan.Australia, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands announced at the meeting in New York that they had initiated proceedings at the International Court of Justice...

25 killed in Pakistan Shiites-Sunni clashes

PESHAWAR, Sept 26 (AP): At least 25 people have been killed in days of clashes between armed Shiites and Sunni Muslims over a lingering land dispute in northwest Pakistan, officials said Wednesday.The clashes - which started over the weekend in Kurram, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan...

New York Mayor faces criminal indictment

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters): New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday he expected to be charged with federal crimes and declared he was innocent, after the New York Times reported he had already been indicted following a long-running federal corruption investigation.Adams, a Democrat who would become the...