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Iran warns France over ‘insulting’ cartoons depicting supreme leader Ali Khamenei

Thursday 05-01-2023 02:49 PM

Iran has summoned the French ambassador over publication of caricatures of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The weekly magazine ...

Charity saplings will bear fruit in Afghanistan stripped of trees

Thursday 05-01-2023 02:34 PM

Tree-planting in Afghanistan can seem like a quixotic idea in a country racked by unrest and grinding poverty. Faced with economic hardship since the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, some Afghans ...

Wagner Group chief impassive as Russian casualties soar in Ukraine

Wednesday 04-01-2023 06:10 PM

The head of the Wagner Group of mercenaries watched impassively as his fallen fighters were stacked up in black body bags in a gloomy makeshift morgue in eastern Ukraine. “Their contracts ...

French firm Bonduelle denies sending food parcels to Russian troops

Wednesday 04-01-2023 06:03 PM

A French food giant operating in Russia has denied reports that it supplied 10,000 Christmas parcels to troops in Ukraine but has acknowledged that it is donating produce to a Russian food bank. ...

Iran president vows vengeance 3 years after general’s death

Wednesday 04-01-2023 02:25 PM

Iran’s president on Tuesday vowed to avenge the killing of the country’s top general on the third anniversary of his death, as the government rallied its supporters in mourning amid months of ...

South Korea-U.S. Military Drills Could Use Nuclear Assets, President Yoon Suk-yeol Says

Tuesday 03-01-2023 03:21 PM

South Korea’s president said the country is discussing conducting joint exercises with the U.S. using nuclear assets, although President Biden played down the claim. Yoon Suk-yeol told a ...

Russia, shaken by Ukrainian strike, said mulling more drones

Tuesday 03-01-2023 02:46 PM

Russia is preparing to step up its attacks on Ukraine using Iranian-made exploding drones, according to Ukraine’s president, as Moscow looks for ways to keep up the pressure on Kyiv after at least ...

‘400 Russian recruits killed’ in Donetsk missile strike

Tuesday 03-01-2023 02:03 PM

Some 400 newly mobilised Russian army recruits were killed by a strike on a facility in occupied eastern Ukraine over new year, the Ukrainian armed forces have claimed. “Santa packed close ...

Extreme-right Israeli minister visits al-Aqsa mosque compound

Tuesday 03-01-2023 01:34 PM

The extreme-right Israeli firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir has visited Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound for the first time since becoming a minister, his spokesperson has said, angering Palestinians ...

South Korea: Talks with US on management of nukes underway

Tuesday 03-01-2023 01:24 PM

South Korea confirmed Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in U.S. nuclear weapons management in the face of intensifying North Korean nuclear threats, after President ...

‘Vileness and brutality’: Mother in Iran jail for 13 years shares letter from inside ‘hell’ prison

Monday 02-01-2023 06:25 PM

A mother jailed in Iran for 13 years has shared a letter from inside her “hell-like” prison. Maryam Akbari Monfared was detained in 2009 on the charge of being a supporter of the ...

Nato chief calls for more support for Ukraine as Russia launches more missile strikes

Monday 02-01-2023 06:14 PM

Western countries need to “ramp up” their military support to Ukraine – and be prepared to provide long-term assistance – Nato’s secretary general has said, as Russia began the new year with ...

The jumper that highlights plight of Afghan girls

Monday 02-01-2023 04:54 PM

Richard Pohle was in a remote mountain village in Afghanistan taking pictures of a businesswoman for our Christmas charity appeal when a small girl wandered into the shot. It was only when ...

China’s warplane incursions into Taiwan air defence zone doubled in 2022

Monday 02-01-2023 03:52 PM

China’s warplane incursions into Taiwan’s air defence zone nearly doubled in 2022, with a surge in fighter jet and bomber sorties as Beijing intensified threats towards the island democracy. ...

Iranian police detain top footballers at New Year’s Eve party

Monday 02-01-2023 03:36 PM

Iranian police briefly detained several top-tier football players in a raid on a New Year’s Eve party east of Tehran, where men and women allegedly mingled and alcohol was served in violation of ...