President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have squared off in the first debate of the 2024 United States presidential race, seeking to pull ahead in a match-up that has, so …
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N Korea’s Kim wishes Russia’s Putin victory against ‘imperialists’
by AlJazeeraby AlJazeeraNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin have exchanged another set of letters – a month after Kim made a rare trip to Russia – with …
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UGANDA: Man charged with ‘aggravated homosexuality’, faces death penalty
by AlJazeeraby AlJazeeraA 20-year-old man has become the first Ugandan to be charged with “aggravated homosexuality” – an offence punishable by death under the country’s recently enacted anti-gay law. The defendant was …
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ZIMBABWE: Opposition alleges ‘blatant and gigantic fraud’ in election
by AlJazeeraby AlJazeeraZimbabwe’s main opposition leader has alleged “blatant and gigantic fraud” in the country’s election after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner and international observers reported an environment of intimidation …
North Korea has fired several cruise missiles towards the sea to the west of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s military said, marking the second missile launch in apparent protest over …
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UKRAINE: Kyiv fends off latest Russian air attack, Zelenskyy lauds defence
by AlJazeeraby AlJazeeraRUSSIA has launched a wave of air attacks on Kyiv just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the country’s air defence units for saving hundreds of lives by shooting …
TWO Iranian border guards and one Taliban fighter have been killed after shooting broke out near a border post between Iran and Afghanistan, sharply escalating rising tensions between the two …
RUSSIAN Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has said that “sensational pressure” from the West was taking Russia-China ties to an “unprecedented high” as officials from the two countries signed a set of …
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $15.6bn support package for Ukraine to assist with the conflict-hit country’s economic recovery, the fund has said. The Russian invasion has devastated …
A suicide attack not far from Afghanistan’s foreign ministry has killed at least six civilians and wounded several others, the interior ministry has said. The attacker was targeted by Afghan …