ISTANBUL: Ukraine claimed early Monday that it downed 67 Russian drones across 11 regions of the country, including the capital Kyiv.? A statement by Ukraine’s Air Force claimed that a total of 73 drones, as well as three different varieties of missiles, including an Iskander ballistic missile, were launched by Russia on the country overnight. […]
Continue ReadingISTANBUL: Rwanda reported its first deaths from an outbreak of Marburg virus as eight people died from the virus, the Health Ministry announced on late Sunday. As of Sept. 29, 26 virus cases have been registered in the East African nation, the ministry said on X. ‘People can continue with their daily activities – there […]
Continue ReadingISTANBUL: The US announced Sunday it has increased its military presence in the Middle East, enhancing air support and troop readiness as tensions in the region escalate. “We will further reinforce our defensive air-support capabilities in the coming days,” said Pentagon spokesman Major General Patrick Ryder in a statement. The Pentagon has also raised the […]
Continue ReadingISTANBUL: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will travel to Armenia on Tuesday to attend the third edition of the Eurasian Economic Forum in the capital Yerevan. A statement by the Russian government late Sunday said that Mishustin will travel to Yerevan to take part in the forum’s plenary session, as well as a meeting of […]
Continue ReadingISTANBUL: US President Joe Biden has approved $567 million in defense support for Taiwan, a White House statement said late Sunday. The statement said that Biden approved the drawdown of up to $567 million in ‘defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to Taiwan.’ The […]
Continue ReadingISTANBUL: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov. The mission comes as SpaceX pauses its Falcon 9 launches to investigate an upper-stage anomaly that occurred during a flight on Saturday, resulting in an off-target re-entry over the Pacific […]
Continue ReadingISTANBUL: Ukraine on Monday said seven front-line regions in the country have received 600 generators as they continue preparations for the upcoming winter months. A statement by Ukraine’s Reintegration Ministry said that it handed over the generators to the country’s Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Sumy and Chernihiv regions. It said the aid became possible […]
Continue ReadingANKARA: The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) “neutralized” a senior PKK/KCK terrorist in an operation in northern Iraq, according to security sources. Terrorist Lokman Ismail, a Syrian national, codenamed “Siyar Muhtar,’ had been active in the terror organization for approximately 30 years. The terrorist received training from Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed head of the PKK […]
Continue ReadingISTANBUL: At least 170 people have died in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in Nepal, with 42 individuals still missing, local media reported Monday. Authorities are recovering the bodies of the deceased after a landslide buried vehicles in the Jhyaplekhola area of the South Asian country’s district of Dhading, according to the Kathmandu […]
Continue ReadingISTANBUL: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Monday arrived in neighboring Hungary for talks on Kyiv’s accession to the EU and NATO. A statement by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that Sybiha began one-on-one talks with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto upon arriving in the capital Budapest. In an earlier statement, the ministry said Sybiha […]
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