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Ottawa, Nov 14 (AFP/APP):Canada announced Monday a doubling of its military aid to Ukraine to Can$1 billion (US$750 million) as well as fresh sanctions against Russian justice and security officials. “This additional military assistance will support Ukrainians as they bravely continue to fight against (Russian […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov 14 (AFP/APP):Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the city of Kherson on Monday, following the withdrawal of Russian forces from the region, a source in Zelensky’s office told AFP. The visit came just days after Ukrainian troops entered the city — the Kherson […]

DALLAS 13 Nov (Online): Two vintage military planes have collided in midair and crashed during an air show in the US state of Texas. The collision on Saturday caused the planes to plummet to the ground and explode into a ball of flames, sending black […]

Jerusalem, Nov 13 (AFP/APP):Israel’s veteran ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu secured a mandate Sunday to form a new government, paving the way for his comeback at the helm of what is expected to be the most right-wing administration in the country’s history. After a period of unprecedented […]

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 11 (APP):Food import costs globally are projected to reach nearly $2 trillion this year, or higher than previously expected, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, said in a report released Friday. The new forecast of $1.94 trillion […]

NEW DELHI 11 Nov (Online): India’s top court on Friday ordered the release of six people convicted over the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Gandhi was 46 when he was killed by a woman suicide bomber at an election rally in the southern […]

Goma, DR Congo, Nov 11 (AFP/APP):M23 rebels and DR Congo troops clashed heavily in North Kivu province on Friday as Angola’s president pursued diplomatic efforts to bring peace between neighbours Kinshasa and Kigali. Tensions between DR Congo and Rwanda are at their highest in years, […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov 11 (AFP/APP):Russia said Friday it had finished pulling back its troops from Kherson in southern Ukraine, abandoning the only regional capital its forces had captured in nearly nine months of fighting. The Kremlin meanwhile insisted that the city was still part of […]

PARIS 10 Nov (Online): After years of public rows and even a brief naval stand-off in the Channel, Britain and France are looking to reset their relations under new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron met for the first time […]

ANKARA 10 Nov (Online): Russia’s decision to pull its forces back from the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson was “positive and important,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. “Russia’s decision regarding Kherson is positive, an important decision,” told reporters in the capital Ankara on […]