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North Korea's Kim warns Washington as biggest ICBM launched
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to accelerate his country's nuclear build-up and warned Washington against making a "wrong decision" after overseeing the launch of the country's most powerful ballistic missile, state media said Tuesday.
N. Korea fires 'long-range ballistic missile': Seoul
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» SEOUL - North Korea fired another internationally banned "long-range ballistic missile" on Monday, the South's military said, after Pyongyang voiced outrage over deeper nuclear cooperation between Seoul and Washington.
Gaza ‘hell on earth’, says UN as battles rage
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli forces battled Hamas militants and bombed more targets in the devastated Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the UN General Assembly was due to vote on a new demand for a ceasefire.
N. Korea says spy satellite launch successful
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» SEOUL - North Korea said Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the US led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions.
Ukraine reports 'massive' Russian drone attack
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» KYIV - Ukrainian officials said on Friday that Russia had launched a "massive" drone attack on its cities and infrastructure overnight, warning that Moscow could be escalating its strikes ahead of winter.
Earnings help stocks resist despite sticky inflation
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» LONDON - Stocks traded mixed on Friday as blockbuster earnings from Amazon and Intel fuelled hope of a tech bounce despite a report showing persistent US inflation.
How the Hamas carnage unfolded on Israel's 'Black Shabbat'
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» JERUSALEM - It's just before sunrise on Saturday October 7, and hundreds of Hamas militants are creeping towards Gaza's border with Israel. Within minutes they will pour across, opening the gates of hell.
Israeli tanks in Gaza raid ahead of ‘next stage’
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» JERUSALEM - Israel sent tanks, troops and armoured bulldozers into the Gaza Strip in a "targeted raid" overnight that destroyed multiple sites before withdrawing from the Hamas-run territory, the army said Thursday.
Risks escalating in well-planned Hamas assault on Israel: analysts
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» PARIS: The surprise assault by Hamas against Israel was a meticulously planned offensive that the Palestinian militant group is capable of keeping up, with a risk of even greater escalation, analysts say.
US Abrams battle tanks arrive in Ukraine, Zelensky says
AFP, Published on 25/09/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine has received US Abrams battle tanks, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Monday, boosting Kyiv's forces as they seek to break through heavily-fortified Russian defensive lines.