JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunbattle involving an Egyptian border guard in southern Israel along the border left three Israeli soldiers and the Egyptian officer dead Saturday, officials said. It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier. Lt. Col ... He said several hours later, two soldiers in a guard post were shot and killed ... .
Reuters. Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan announces new cabinet during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, on June 3, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday pledged to introduce a new constitution to replace the current one, as he officially began a new five-year term as the Turkish head of state ... .
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine is ready to launch its long-awaited counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published on Saturday. "We strongly believe that we will succeed,” Zelenskiy told the Wall Street Journal. "I don’t know how long it will take ... .
An explosion near the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday hit a two-storey dwelling, injuring 20 people including five children, and rescuers pulled residents out from under the rubble, the regional governor said ... ‘We will succeed’ ... TopicsUkraineEuropenews ... .
North Korea denounced the U.N.Security Council for holding a meeting on its recent satellite launch upon "robbery demands" from the U.S., vowing to continue rejecting sanctions and taking "self-defensive" action, state media KCNA said Sunday. The U.S ... North Korea will never acknowledge U.N ... and its allies' "anti-North Korea, hostile policy." .
BHUBANESWAR, India - The death toll from the collision of two Indian passenger trains in Odisha state has surged to 288 and more than 850 are injured, a state government official told AFP on Saturday, making the rail accident the country's deadliest in more than two decades ... "I was asleep," an unidentified male survivor told NDTV news ... .
The top official of OdishaFire Services on Saturday said a crane has arrived at the accident site to pull up the coaches to look for survivors beneath. Sudhanshu Sarangi, director general of Odisha Fire Services, however, admitted that they don't expect any survivors under the coaches ... Those found guilty will be punished stringently ... ....
The agreements on vaccines negotiated via SMS between EU CommissionPresidentUrsula von der Leyen and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's CEOAlbert Bourla have caused much ink to flow, not least because many legally knowledgeable claim that the EU Commission, which is not elected, does not have the mandate to negotiate in these matters ...Chaos ... ....
It’s a growing problem that has United States naval commanders scratching their heads. How to keep up with China’s ever-expanding fleet of warships. Not only is China’s navy already the world’s largest, its numerical lead over the US is getting wider, with the head of the US Navy warning recently that American shipyards simply can’t keep up ... .
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