NEW DELHI: Ukraine is on the brink of a significant enhancement in its air defense capabilities, with its pilots undergoing training on the potentially “game-changing” F-16 fighter jets. These American-made…
BERLIN: German authorities say they have detained a man in connection with a reported threat to Cologne Cathedral over the holiday period. Police searched the cathedral with sniffer dogs just…
The US has been spying on China for years, but it’s losing ground to the world’s most powerful rival. A decade ago, Chinese agents infiltrated the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)…
LAHORE: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party said Wednesday, noting he would be its consensus candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections…
BANGKOK: Floods in southern Thailand have killed at least six people and affected tens of thousands of households, authorities said on Wednesday.The floods, which began on December 22, have hit…
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un praised what he called achievements and victories that strengthened national power and boosted the country’s prestige this year, as he opened a…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said the war in Gaza is “greater than a war of extermination”. Speaking to Egyptian TV channel ON, Mr Abbas claimed the impact of the…
JAKARTA: Hundreds of Indonesian workers protested on Wednesday against conditions at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant where an explosion killed at least 18 people and injured dozens more over the weekend.The…
A nine-year-old girl who was killed during severe thunderstorms in Australia has been named. Mia Holland-McCormack was among at least nine people killed over Christmas Day and Boxing Day after…
WASHINGTON: US national security advisor Jake Sullivan met Tuesday to discuss shifting “to a different phase” of the Israel-Hamas war with Israeli minister of strategic affairs Ron Dermer, a White…