Russian missile, drone barrage kills 4 in Kyiv
KYIV, Sept 28 (AFP): Ukraine said Sunday that Russia pounded the country with "hundreds" of drones and missiles overnight, killing at least four people in the capital alone, as neighbouring Poland scrambled jets to secure its airspace.The attacks came after Russia warned NATO against taking sterner action in response to...
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Israelis rally for Gaza deal ahead of Netanyahu-Trump meet
TEL AVIV, Sept 28 (AFP): Thousands of Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday demanding a deal to end the Gaza war as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to meet US President Donald Trump.Protesters unfurled a large banner reading: "All Hostages, Bring Them Home Now," as they gathered at Tel...
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Iran considers options as UN ban snapback takes effect
DUBAI, Sept 28 (AP): Iran is weighing its response to reimposed United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program, with some lawmakers indicating that parliament could consider withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. The sanctions, triggered through the "snapback" mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal, freeze Iranian assets abroad, halt arms...
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World's highest bridge opens to traffic in China
BEIJING, Sept 28 (AFP): The world's highest bridge opened to traffic in China on Sunday, state media said, capping an engineering feat three years in the making and snatching the record from another bridge in the same province.The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge towers 625 metres (2,051 feet) above a river...
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Starmer faces political peril as Labour Party meets
LONDON, Sept 28 (AFP): Britain's ruling Labour party gathers for its annual meeting on Sunday, with under-fire Prime Minister Keir Starmer battling to convince nervous lawmakers that he is the right leader to fend off soaring support for the hard right.It was only in July last year that the ex-lawyer...
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