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Russia promises retaliation after saying Ukraine fired US-supplied missiles 

04 January 2025

Russia has pledged to retaliate after it claimed to have shot down eight US-supplied ATACMS missiles fired by Ukraine at...

World’s oldest person dies in Japan aged 116 

04 January 2025

News|Women Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has ...

Rival camps protest in South Korea as authorities press for Yoon’s arrest 

04 January 2025

Thousands of South Korean protesters for and against impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol have staged rival rallies in Seou...

Syria’s FM to head to UAE, Qatar and Jordan to ‘build partnerships’ 

04 January 2025

News|Politics Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani has announced he will visit Qatar, the United Arab Emirat...

Fire at market in northern China kills at least eight people and injures 15 

04 January 2025

A fire at a market in China’s northern province of Hebei has killed at least eight people and wounded 15, according to...

Israeli forces kill teenager amid intensified raids in occupied West Bank 

04 January 2025

The Israeli military has killed a Palestinian teenager and injured nine other people in the Balata refugee camp, as Isra...

Could a board game help prepare Taiwan for war with China? 

04 January 2025

Taiwanese company Mizo Games has launched a new board game which allows players to take on roles from military commander...

Israel orders evacuation of two key Gaza hospitals as UN decries attacks 

04 January 2025

Israeli forces have ordered the immediate evacuation of staff and patients from two of northern Gaza’s most critical h...

Myanmar’s military regime to free thousands of prisoners in amnesty 

04 January 2025

News|Military Myanmar’s military rulers will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty to ma...

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,045 

03 January 2025

News|Russia-Ukraine war Here is the situation on Saturday, January 5: Fighting One person was killed and five injured in...