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Safeguarding the future of UK’s nuclear deterrent is critical, said Rishi Sunak (File) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will on Monday announce £200 million ($252 million) of public investment to boost the UK’s nuclear deterrent programme and its civil nuclear industry, which the government says will support 40,000 expected new jobs. The government will partner with…
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Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday his visit to Washington this week would focus on maintaining Israel’s military superiority in the Middle East, as fighting rages in Gaza. Gallant is expected to meet his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin and other senior U.S. officials, as relations between the two allies become strained over the…
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U.S. forces engaged six Houthi unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) over the southern Red Sea after the group launched four anti-ship ballistic missiles toward a Chinese-owned oil tanker, the U.S. Central Command said on Saturday. Iranian-backed Houthis launched the missiles in the vicinity of M/V Huang Pu, a Chinese-owned oil tanker, the Central Command said in…
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Somali security officers hold position on their open trucks near Syl Hotel, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group’s attack in Mogadishu, Somalia March 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Somalia’s intelligence agency said 16 suspects had been arrested over a deadly attack on a popular hotel in the capital Mogadishu 10 days…
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Simon Harris entered politics by campaigning for autism services for his autistic younger brother Simon Harris, who is set to become Ireland’s youngest ever prime minister after being appointed party leader on Sunday, will be hoping his social media skills and fresh face can save his party’s flagging fortunes as elections loom. The 37-year-old, who…
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Members of the Russian Emergencies Ministry clear rubble at the Crocus City Hall concert venue after a shooting attack and fire, outside Moscow, Russia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Moscow’s Basmanny district court on Sunday charged two suspects in Friday’s concert hall attack in which at least 137 people were killed with an act of…
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U.S. intelligence chief Bill Burns and his Israeli counterpart David Barnea left Qatar late Saturday following talks on a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, a source briefed on the talks told AFP. The CIA and Mossad chiefs “departed Doha to brief their respective teams back home on the latest round” of talks, the source…
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“Let me recall that Osama Bin Laden, the face of global terror, was found in Pakistan,” he said New Delhi: India on Sunday hit out at Pakistan at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), saying lectures by a country with an abysmal track record of democracy is laughable and advised it to stop its terror factories from…
Russia has also resumed targeting Kyiv. (Representational) Kyiv: Ukraine claimed Sunday to have hit two Russian military ships stationed at the annexed peninsula of Crimea in overnight strikes, as it suffered another night of “massive” Russian aerial attacks. Ukraine’s ally and neighbour Poland said a Russian cruise missile headed for western Ukraine breached its airspace…
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Ireland’s Minister for Higher Education, Simon Harris, speaks after being announced as the new leader of Fine Gael at the party’s leadership election convention, in Athlone, Ireland, on March 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ireland is poised to get its youngest-ever premier after Simon Harris secured the leadership of the Fine Gael party on…
