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Spain urges Israel to halt its ground raids in Lebanon

MADRID (Reuters) - Israel should cease conducting ground raids in southern Lebanon to avoid an escalation of the conflict enveloping the wider region, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told

Russia is ready for long confrontation with US, senior diplomat says

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia must prepare for a long confrontation with the United States and has sent repeated warnings to Washington over the crisis in relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov

Austria’s conservatives want far right to be tasked with forming coalition

VIENNA (Reuters) - The leader of Austria's conservatives, Chancellor Karl Nehammer, urged President Alexander Van der Bellen on Tuesday to formally task the far-right Freedom Party with forming a

Israeli bombardment kills at least 31 in Gaza as fighting rages

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes killed at least 31 people in Gaza on Tuesday, local medics said and fighting ramped up, as the Israeli military said it had been targeting

North Korean defector in South stole bus in bid to return home, media reports say

SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean defector living in South Korea was detained on Tuesday after ramming a stolen bus into a barricade on a bridge near the heavily militarised border, in an apparent

In Argentina’s poverty-hit barrios a food emergency takes hold

By Lucila Sigal and Javier Corbalan BUENOS AIRES/SALTA, Argentina (Reuters) - In Argentina's poor barrios a food emergency is taking hold as poverty rises, with malnutrition on the increase and medics

Marburg virus results in over 300 infections and 8 deaths in Rwanda

Kigali , October 1 (ANI): Highly contagious Marburg virus spreads across Rwanda, resulting in over 300 infection cases and eight deaths across the country....

NSA Doval, French Armed Forces Minister Lecornu discuss defence cooperation

Paris , October 1 (ANI): National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held a meeting with French Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu and held...

PTI to hold nationwide protests following judicial overhauls in Pakistan

Islamabad , October 1 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaaf (PTI) has given a fresh call for nationwide protests starting in...

NSA Doval meets French Armed Forces Minister; discusses bilateral defence ties

Paris, Oct 1 (PTI) National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has met the Armed Forces Minister of France here and discussed enhancing bilateral defence...

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Asian NATO? Why Japan PM’s big new idea won’t shake up foreign policy

One of the most difficult tasks for Shigeru Ishiba, apart from keeping together the divided LDP, will be implementing his foreign policy ideas—if he chooses to pursue them.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?