Naypyidaw, March 30 – Myanmar's junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, has been nominated as President in a parliamentary process that appears to be designed to solidify his control over civil society, local media reported on Monday.The Myanmar junta also appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar...
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Tehran/Jerusalem, March 21 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday that it had struck an Israeli F-16 Fighting Falcon in the country's central airspace.In a statement published on its official news outlet, Sepah News, the IRGC said the aircraft was struck at 3:45 a.m...
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United Nations, March 7 – At least 1,332 Iranian civilians, including women and children, have been killed and thousands more injured in US-Israeli airstrikes, Iran's UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said.More than 180 children across the country have been killed and over 20 schools have been...
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Tehran, March 3 – A 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Gerash region of Iran on Tuesday, amid escalating tensions in the Islamic Republic.There were no immediate reports of significant damage or injuries.The earthquake further intensified existing regional tensions.The Iranian...
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Kabul, March 1 – The capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, was attacked by Pakistani air power around 5:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, triggering a series of explosions and a response from the Afghan air defense forces targeting aerial targets.This round of airstrikes lasted for approximately 20...
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Washington, February 28 – US-Iran nuclear talks have made "substantial progress" towards a deal that "is within our reach," Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi, a major mediator, told CBS News, hours after US President Donald Trump said he was "not happy" with the way the talks were...
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Helsinki, February 20 – Norway will not join what US President Donald Trump calls the "Board of Peace," the country's foreign ministry said.Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the "Board of Peace" at the US Institute of Peace, Trump said the United States would contribute $10 billion to the...
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Sydney, February 16 – Accused perpetrator of the Bondi Beach terror attack, Naveed Akram, appeared in a Sydney court on Monday after being charged with 59 offences related to the fatal mass shooting.Akram appeared via video link from a supermax prison on Monday morning, where he has been held...
Gaza, February 15 – The Gaza Civil Defence agency said on Sunday that at least 11 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the territory, revising an earlier toll of nine.Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said Israeli aircraft carried out strikes from dawn to midday in...
Jerusalem, February 15 – The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has stated that its forces killed a Palestinian militant in northern Gaza.The troops identified and subsequently killed a militant who crossed the Yellow Line, which marks areas under Israeli control under the ceasefire, approaching them...