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Yerevan, Sept 13 (AFP/APP): Armenia said Tuesday that nearly 50 of its soldiers had been killed in the worst clashes with Azerbaijan since their war two years ago, but Russia said it had convinced the historic rivals to agree to a rapid ceasefire. After several […]

TUNIS – September 12 (ONLINE) At least 11 people are thought to have died in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia, with 12 others still missing. Tunisia’s coastguard rescued 14 people after the boat, which was carrying 37 migrants to Italy, sank on Tuesday. […]

KYIV, Ukraine – September 11 (ONLINE) The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been shut down, according to Ukraine’s nuclear energy agency The last operating reactor at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) has been shut down after a transmission line linking the plant to Ukraine’s […]

Port Moresby, Sept 11 (AFP/APP): A 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook Papua New Guinea Sunday, damaging buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least two people, with several more severely injured. Residents in northern towns near the epicentre reported intense shaking mid-morning that cracked roads and sheared cladding […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept 10 (AFP/APP): Ukrainian forces said on Saturday they had entered the town of Kupiansk in east Ukraine, a key supply hub that had been held by invading Russian forces for several months. Kyiv’s army in recent days has been pushing deeper into […]

Seoul, Sept 9 (AFP/APP): North Korea has passed a law declaring its readiness to launch preventive nuclear strikes, including in the face of conventional attacks, state media said Friday. The move effectively eliminates the possibility of denuclearisation talks, with leader Kim Jong Un saying the […]

Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sept 9 (AFP/APP): Russia said on Friday it was dispatching reinforcements to the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine where Kyiv’s forces have announced robust gains as part of a broader counter-offensive. State media broadcast footage of columns of Russian tanks, support vehicles […]

WASHINGTON, Sep 08 (Online): The US State Department has approved the potential sale of F-16 aircraft sustainment and related equipment to Pakistan in a deal valued at up to $450 million, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The principal contractor will be Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), […]

Cherbourg, France, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):The departure of a shipment of reprocessed nuclear fuel from France to Japan has been delayed due to the breakdown of loading equipment, a French nuclear technology company announced Wednesday. The setback came as environmental campaigners denounced the practice of transporting […]