4 h. ago Dozens slaughtered in gun and machete attack at DR Congo funeral

Rebels affiliated with Islamic State killed at least 60 people in a machete and gun attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an official and a witness said on Tuesday. The attack was carried out by the Allied Democratic Force, or ADF, in Ntoyo, North Kivu, after residents gathered at a burial. “There were about 10 of them. I saw machetes. They told people to gather in one place and started cutting them. I listened to people screaming and I fainted,” a survivor who was present at the...

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4 h. ago Hong Kong to secure deals worth US$1 billion with belt and road countries

Hong Kong will sign nine agreements with countries of the Belt and Road Initiative, with companies sealing dozens of business deals amounting to nearly US$1 billion (HK$7.8 billion), the city’s leader has announced at a major summit as he pledged to enter into more collaborations in the future. At the 10th edition of the two-day Belt and Road Summit on Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also said Hong Kong’s external trade with countries under the initiative exceeded US$276 billion last...

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4 h. ago Hong Kong to sign deals worth US$1 billion with belt and road countries

Hong Kong will sign nine agreements with belt and road countries, with companies sealing dozens of business deals worth nearly US$1 billion (HK$7.8 billion), the city’s leader announced at a major summit, pledging to enter into more collaborations in the future. At the 10th edition of the two-day Belt and Road Summit on Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also said Hong Kong’s external trade with countries under the initiative exceeded US$276 billion last year, an 80 per cent increase...

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5 h. ago After Israel’s Qatar air strikes, the Gulf questions its US dependence

The Gulf Arab monarchies have been left reeling after the United States, their decades-long security guarantor, seemingly did nothing to prevent Tuesday’s unprecedented Israeli air strikes on Qatar, home to the region’s largest American military base. Describing the attack as a “pivotal moment” for the Gulf, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani called for a collective regional response after Israeli jets targeted Hamas negotiators in Doha. The strikes have exposed a...

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6 h. ago Poland engages drones in its airspace for first time during Ukraine war

Poland said it scrambled its own and Nato air defences to shoot down drones on Wednesday after a Russian air attack on western Ukraine, the first time in the Ukraine war that Warsaw has engaged assets in its airspace. Poland’s military command said Polish airspace was repeatedly violated by “drone-type objects” during the Russian attack across the border in Ukraine. “An operation is under way aimed at identifying and neutralising these objects weapons have been used, and service personnel are...

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6 h. ago Poland shoots down drones in its airspace for first time during Ukraine war

Poland said it scrambled its own and Nato air defences to shoot down drones on Wednesday after a Russian air attack on western Ukraine, the first time in the Ukraine war that Warsaw has engaged assets in its airspace. Poland’s military command said Polish airspace was repeatedly violated by “drone-type objects” during the Russian attack across the border in Ukraine. “An operation is under way aimed at identifying and neutralising these objects ... weapons have been used, and service personnel...

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6 h. ago Poland shoots down drones in its airspace during Russian attack on Ukraine

Poland said it scrambled its own and Nato air defences to shoot down drones on Wednesday after a Russian air attack on western Ukraine, the first time in the Ukraine war that Warsaw has engaged assets in its airspace. Poland’s military command said Polish airspace was repeatedly violated by “drone-type objects” during the Russian attack across the border in Ukraine. “An operation is under way aimed at identifying and neutralising these objects ... weapons have been used, and service personnel...

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11 h. ago Israel strike on Hamas leaders in Doha draws rare rebuke from Trump

US President Donald Trump made a rare public break with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the leader’s decision to launch a unilateral attack against Hamas in Qatar “does not advance Israel or America’s goals”. The strike on the militant group’s leadership in Doha, the capital of a US ally, dramatically escalated regional tensions and risked derailing US-backed efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza. “This was a decision made by Prime Minister Netanyahu, it was not a decision made...

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18 h. ago As China’s ‘Air Silk Road’ grows, can homegrown C909, C919 jets take off abroad?

China plans to help dozens of countries develop their civil aviation capabilities through the Air Silk Road – a campaign that could, in turn, promote its home-grown aircraft and boost trade with nations from Central Asia to Europe. In the next phase of the eight-year-old initiative, Beijing would step up cooperation on aircraft leasing and civil aviation equipment manufacturing with some of the 150 countries taking part in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the government said in a report. At a...

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19 h. ago Explosions rock Doha as Israeli air strike targets Hamas leadership

Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas’ leadership in Qatar on Tuesday, officials said, further widening its campaign against the militant group as negotiations over ending the war in the Gaza Strip appears stalemated before a new military offensive there. Black smoke rose over the skyline of the Qatari capital, Doha, with authorities there acknowledging the strike. It was not immediately clear if anyone was hurt in the attack, marking the second time the energy-rich nation has been directly...

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19 h. ago Explosions rock Doha as Israeli strike targets Hamas leaders

Israel struck the headquarters of Hamas’ political leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as the group’s top figures gathered to consider a US proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The strike on the territory of a US ally marked a stunning escalation and risked upending talks aimed at winding down the war and freeing hostages. The attack angered Qatar, an energy-rich Gulf nation hosting thousands of American troops that has served as a key mediator between Israel and Hamas throughout the...

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20 h. ago US military asset shift for China response could open up Europe to Russian attack, study says

US military asset shift for China response could open up Europe to Russian attack, study says  Stars and Stripes

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21 h. ago ‘Frankly brutal’: Russian bomb kills 21 Ukrainian civilians waiting for pensions

A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people lined up outside to receive their pensions on Tuesday, killing at least 21 and wounding nearly two dozen others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a regional official said. The bomb hit the Donetsk region village of Yarova, Zelensky said in a post on Telegram. The village lies less than 10km (six miles) from the front line. It was the latest Russian attack to kill civilians. More than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians have been...

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21 h. ago ‘Frankly brutal’: Russian bomb kills 23 Ukrainian civilians waiting for pensions

A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people lined up outside to receive their pensions on Tuesday, killing at least 23 and wounding nearly two dozen others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a regional official said. The bomb hit the Donetsk region village of Yarova, Zelensky said in a post on Telegram. The village lies less than 10km (six miles) from the front line. It was the latest Russian attack to kill civilians. More than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians have been...

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21 h. ago ‘Frankly brutal’: Russian bomb kills 24 Ukrainian civilians waiting for pensions

A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people lined up outside to receive their pensions on Tuesday, killing at least 24 and wounding nearly two dozen others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a regional official said. The bomb hit the Donetsk region village of Yarova, Zelensky said in a post on Telegram. The village lies less than 10km (six miles) from the front line. Yarova resident Hennadii Trush said his wife was killed in the blast as she waited to collect the...

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24 h. ago Tourists, locals, flock to Attack on Titan Japanese manga exhibition on Day 1

Mainland Chinese tourists and local residents have flocked to a Japanese manga exhibition in Hong Kong featuring a 6.2-metre-tall (20.3 feet) display, with fans splashing out on souvenirs exclusive to the city. The “Attack on Titan Exhibition FINAL ver. Hong Kong” opened at The Twins shopping centre in Kai Tak on Tuesday, featuring more than 200 artwork replicas, animations, and interview clips with creator Hajime Isayama. Attack on Titan has sold more than 140 million copies since it was first...

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43 h. ago Spain, Israel ties hit new low after Madrid moves ‘to stop Gaza genocide’

Israel on Monday accused Spain of antisemitism and barred two government ministers from entry after Spanish leader Pedro Sanchez announced measures aimed at stopping what he called “the genocide in Gaza”. The spat marks a new low in relations over the devastating Israeli offensive in the Palestinian territory, launched after an unprecedented Hamas attack in Israel in 2023. Sanchez, one of the most virulent critics of Israel’s military campaign, said the nine measures aimed to “stop the genocide...

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44 h. ago At least 60 arrested in Pakistan at protest over suicide attack

Police arrested at least 60 people and deployed tear gas in Pakistan’s poorest province during a strike on Monday, as protesters demanded accountability over a suicide attack claimed by Islamic State (Isis). Businesses shut and demonstrators took to the streets across more than a dozen cities in Balochistan in response to a September 2 bombing at a political rally that killed 15 people. In provincial capital Quetta, police arrested protesters blocking a road and fired tear gas to disperse...

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68 h. ago Ukraine government building ablaze in Russia’s biggest air attack of war

Russia launched its largest air attack of the war on Ukraine overnight, setting the main government building on fire in central Kyiv and killing at least four people, including an infant, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the drone and missile barrage killed four people and caused damage across the north, south and east of the country, including the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa, as well as in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions. “Such killings now,...

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3 d. ago Is this the smoking gun drone vid that PROVES China's role in Ukraine war?

Is this the smoking gun drone vid that PROVES China's role in Ukraine war?  The US Sun

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