New Zealand navy ship hit reef and sank because crew mistakenly left it on “autopilot,” inquiry finds A New Zealand navy vessel plowed into a reef near Samoa and sank because its crew mistakenly left it on “autopilot,” a military inquiry found on Friday. Dozens of sailors were rescued from the HMNZS Manawanui in […]
Iraq blocks 4chan in latest internet crackdown. Iraq has expanded its internet restrictions, blocking access to several major international websites, including the Internet Archive and 4chan, according to multiple sources across the country, bne IntelliNews learned. Users in Baghdad, Basra and other major cities reported that popular platforms such as SoundCloud and discussion forum 4chan had
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France to continue working closely with Netanyahu despite ICC arrest warrant. France claimed on Wednesday it intends to continue to work closely with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the other Israeli authorities despite the International Criminal Court’s recent arrest warrant against the Prime Minister of Israel. According to the French Foreign Ministry, under the Rome Statute, a State cannot
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Teenagers climb out of illegal South African gold mine. A group of teenagers have climbed out of an illegal gold mine in South Africa where a weeks-long standoff with police continues. (Aljazeera)
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Nearly 200 missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria. Nearly 200 passengers reportedly went missing Friday after a boat capsized in Nigeria, officials and local residents said. The boat carrying passengers, including women, traders, and farmers, capsized along the Dambo-Ebuchi stretch of River Niger in north-central Niger State, local residents told Anadolu. Ibrahim Musa, a resident
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Josep Borrell departs EU role after bolstering his Middle East legacy. Critics say foreign affairs chief exposed bloc’s divisions over Gaza war, but supporters hail his empathy with Palestinian plight. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell made the Middle East crisis the clear focus of his final week in the role, but offered a bleak
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Israeli tanks retreat from central Gaza camp; medics say 30 killed. CAIRO — Israeli military strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians overnight in the Gaza Strip, most of them in the Nuseirat camp at the center of the enclave, medics said on Friday after some tanks pulled back from an area they had raided. Medics
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New missile plan by US-Japan eyes Chinese invasion of Taiwan. WASHINGTON — A U.S. plan to deploy sophisticated missiles on a Japanese island chain close to Taiwan is prompting angry responses from both China and its close ally Russia. The United States is drawing up a joint military plan with Japan to deploy High Mobility
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Over a year after Wagner Group leader’s death, Russian mercenaries aren’t going away. When Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in an August 2023 plane crash, many analysts said his death could mark the end of the Wagner Group, the private military company he co-founded that provided thousands of Russian mercenaries for Moscow’s initiatives and
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Singapore hangs 4th person in three weeks. Appeals against his conviction and sentence, as well as petitions for clemency from the president, had been dismissed. After he was informed of his impending hanging, Masoud filed an 11th-hour appeal to stay his execution, which was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on Thursday. Calling him “an
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