Russia-Nato conflict just one step from WW3

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West yesterday that a direct conflict between Russia and the US-led Nato military alliance would mean the planet was one step away from World War Three but said hardly anyone wanted such a scenario.

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Scale of Iran rights abuses slammed at UN

Several countries yesterday condemned the extent of human rights violations in Iran during a UN meeting, denouncing the sharp increase in death sentences and executions.

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‘Mass death’ imminent in Gaza

Food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already far exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now imminent without an immediate ceasefire and surge of food into areas cut off by fighting, the global hunger monitor said yesterday.

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West decries Putin’s landslide election win

Western governments yesterday lined up to condemn Vladimir Putin’s landslide election victory as unfair and undemocratic, but China, India, Iran and North Korea congratulated the veteran Russian leader on extending his rule by a further six years.

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What are Putin’s top challenges in new six-yr term?

Vladimir Putin has won six more years in the Kremlin with a landslide victory in an election where he faced no serious competition. Looking ahead, he faces important challenges.

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Gaza world's biggest 'open-air graveyard'

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell yesterday said that Israel's military campaign in Gaza had turned the territory into the world's biggest "open-air graveyard"

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Anti-piracy ops: Pentagon chief praises Indian navy’s role

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin today appreciated Indian navy's important role in conducting anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean region

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Putin: The autocrat eyeing a new world order

Abroad, 71-year-old Putin has spearheaded efforts to challenge the dominance of the West.

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Kabul says 8 killed in Pakistan air strikes on eastern Afghanistan

Eight people, all women and children, were killed on Monday in "reckless" air strikes by the Pakistan military in the border regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban government's spokesman said..Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban government seized powe

China congratulates Putin on election victory

Key Russian ally China on Monday congratulated President Vladimir Putin on his election victory

Drop Rafah invasion plan ‘in name of humanity’

The head of the World Health Organisation appealed to Israel “in the name of humanity” not to launch an assault on Rafah, where most of Gaza’s population is sheltering.

Israeli PM vows to invade Gaza’s Rafah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday to send ground forces into Gaza’s southern Rafah city despite international fears for the fate of Palestinian civilians sheltering there. 

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US destroys Houthi drones over Red Sea

The United States shot down a drone fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward the Red Sea and destroyed more of their weaponry on Saturday, its military said yesterday.

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SpaceX building spy satellite network

SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a US intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company and national security agencies.

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Trump warns of ‘bloodbath’ if he’s not elected

Donald Trump told a rally in Ohio on Saturday that November’s presidential election will be the “most important date” in US history, painting his campaign for the White House as a turning point for the country.

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Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 31,645

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Sunday that at least 31,645 people have been killed in the territory during more than five months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants

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21 dead in bus collision with tanker in Afghanistan: provincial official

Twenty-one people were killed and 11 injured in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Sunday when a bus collided with a tanker and a motorbike, a provincial official said

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Taiwanese man goes for leg amputation in scam to claim million-dollar payout

A Taiwanese university student was hoping to pocket over NT$41 million (S$1.7 million) in insurance payouts by claiming that he lost his feet to frostbite

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Biden roasts Trump at Washington press dinner

US President Joe Biden joked about Donald Trump and his own age at an annual media dinner on Saturday -- before unloading deadly serious criticisms of his rival in November's election

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India recaptures Maltese ship from Somali pirates, rescues crew

India's navy recaptured a ship from Somali pirates off the Indian coast Saturday, the military said, rescuing the crew and ending a three-month takeover of the Maltese-flagged bulk carrier MV Ruen

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US suspect in custody after fatal shootings of 3 family members

An "extremely dangerous" suspect was taken into custody in New Jersey on Saturday after allegedly shooting dead three family members, authorities said, following an hours-long effort to detain him

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