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Biden allows Ukraine to use US-supplied arms to strike inside Russia near Kharkiv area, say US officials
President Joe Biden has quietly allowed Kyiv to fire U.S.supplied weapons at targets inside Russia but only near the border with the area around Ukraine's northern city of Kharkiv, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
N.Korea's Kim guided multiple rocket launchers demonstration, KCNA reports
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a firing drill of 600mm "superlarge" multiple rocket launchers, state media KCNA reported on Friday.
Explainer-What are the security deals Ukraine is signing with allies?
The United States is close to completing negotiations on a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine, a U.S. official said on Thursday. Twelve other countries have already signed such deals on security cooperation, pledging to keep up their longterm suppo...
Money, not capacity, main issue for ammo supplies to Ukraine, Czech official says
The slow pace of donor contributions poses the main obstacle to shipping desperately needed ammunition to Ukraine faster, a leading official in the Czech drive to supply Kyiv said on Thursday.
Alabama Set to Execute Convicted Killer Jamie Ray Mills Month After 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution
Jamie Ray Mills bludgeoned an elderly couple to death to steal their medicines and money.
‘Gonna Kill All Jews’: Pakistani Man Tries To Mow Down Rabbi, Students In Antisemitic Attack
The man was identified as 58-year-old Pakistani immigrant Asghar Ali, a mentally-disturbed man who drove a taxi for a living.
Factbox-Who are the candidates running in the 2024 US presidential election?
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face each other in the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5 in what looks set to be a divisive, closely fought contest. Several thirdparty hopefuls are also running.
EU's Varhelyi meets with Netanyahu amid ICC prosecutor's arrest warrant requests
European Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi met on Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, amid requests by the International Criminal Court's prosecutor for arrest warrants against them over alleged war crime...
Xi Says China 'Deeply Pained' By 'Severe' Gaza Situation
China has good relations with Israel but has supported the Palestinian cause for decades and has campaigned for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Harvey Weinstein To Appear Before Judge In Same Courthouse Where Trump Is On Trial
Weinstein is awaiting a retrial on rape charges after his 2020 conviction was tossed out
California academic workers strike in support of pro-Palestinian protests
Discord from last month's violent mob attack on proPalestinian students and activists encamped at the University of California, Los Angeles, flared again on Tuesday as academic workers staged a protest strike on campus protesting UCLA's response to the in...
UK Conservatives pledge to create 100,000 more apprenticeships
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party said it would create 100,000 more high skilled apprenticeship places per year by 2029 if it wins a national election on July 4.
Western states push for deal on pandemic response rules at WHO meeting
Western countries led by the United States, France and Germany pushed for a deal to bolster pandemic response rules at a major World Health Organization meeting on Tuesday after states failed to finalise a pandemic treaty.
Rough Seas Damage US-Built Temporary Pier In Gaza, Aid Delivery Suspended
American officials have said that they are repairing the pier but did not give a timeline.
Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif Calls Some Serving Judges ‘Black Sheep’ For Giving Relief To Imran Khan
He said these judges plan daily how to give Imran Khan bail in certain cases.
‘It Was Our Fault’: Nawaz Sharif Says Pakistan Violated 1999 Agreement Signed Between Him, Ex-PM Vajpayee
Nawaz Sharif was talking about the 1999 Lahore Agreement that envisaged peace between India and Pakistan.