Category: World News

At least 9 killed as Iran protests spread over woman’s death

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Clashes between Iranian security forces and protesters angry over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody have killed at least nine people since the violence erupted over the weekend, according to a tally Thursday by The Associated Press. The scope of […]

EXCLUSIVE NATO chief calls Putin’s Ukraine escalation ‘dangerous and reckless’

NEW YORK, Sept 21 – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mobilization of thousands of extra troops for the war in Ukraine will escalate the conflict and his threat to use nuclear weapons was “dangerous and reckless rhetoric,” NATO’s secretary general said on Wednesday. Jens Stoltenberg told Reuters Editor in […]

Biden at UN to call Russian war an affront to body’s charter

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden is making the U.S. case to world leaders at the United Nations that Russia’s “naked aggression” in Ukraine is an affront to the heart of what the international body stands for as he looks to rally allies to stand firm in backing the Ukrainian […]

Putin sets partial military call-up, won’t ‘bluff’ on nukes

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists in Russia on Wednesday, risking a deeply unpopular step that follows a string of humiliating setbacks for his troops nearly seven months after invading Ukraine. It’s the first call-up in Russia since World War II […]

Russia triggers plan to formally annex occupied Ukrainian regions

LONDON/KYIV, Sept 20 – Russian-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions set out plans for referendums on joining Russia this week, a step an ally of President Vladimir Putin said would alter the geopolitical landscape forever. Russian officials portrayed the move as one that would give Moscow a claim to territory that it […]

UN chief: World is ‘paralyzed’ and equity is slipping away

UNITED NATIONS — In an alarming assessment, the head of the United Nations warned world leaders Tuesday that nations are “gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction” and aren’t ready or willing to tackle the challenges that threaten humanity’s future — and the planet’s. “Our world is in peril — […]

Queen Elizabeth’s coffin lowered into vault ahead of private burial

WINDSOR, England, Sept 19 – Queen Elizabeth’s coffin was lowered into a vault at Windsor Castle, her final resting place, on Monday after a day of inimitable pageantry that drew world leaders to her funeral and huge crowds to the streets to say farewell to a revered monarch. Hundreds […]

Ukraine warns of ‘nuclear terrorism’ after strike near plant

KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian missile struck close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine without damaging the three reactors but hit other industrial equipment Monday in what Ukrainian authorities denounced as an act of “nuclear terrorism.” The strike followed warnings from Russian President Vladimir Putin of […]

Queen Elizabeth II mourned by Britain and world at funeral

LONDON — Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who thronged the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age. In a country […]

Strong earthquake hits southeastern Taiwan, building collapses

TAIPEI, Sept 18 – A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island’s weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping hundreds on mountain roads. The weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung county, […]

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