International

A Blue Origin rocket exploded during a launch-pad test on Thursday night, shaking homes near Florida’s Space Coast and briefly lighting up the sky with a massive orange fireball. The company founded by Jeff Bezos said its New Glenn rocket…
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The United States will designate Brazilian criminal groups PCC and Comando Vermelho as “Foreign Terrorist Organizations” from June 5, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday. Brazil’s administration under President Luiz Inácio…
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A Russian influence operation hijacked hundreds of Bluesky accounts — including those of prominent Americans — to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda, researchers said, marking a striking shift from fake personas to the weaponisation of authentic…
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that the number of drone attacks on Russian territory originating from the direction of Europe and Northern European countries was increasing. Speaking amid growing…
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The head of the WHO, en route to the Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, pledged to do “everything in my power” to help contain the deadly outbreak. “I want to be with you during this time. And I want you to know that you…
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The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP), led by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, has announced applications for the COP31 CCMP Reporting Fellowship Programme for journalists from…
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday that it had targeted a US airbase at around 4:50 am local time in retaliation for what it described as an American attack near Bandar Abbas airport earlier in the day.…
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Israel’s military said on Thursday that it had launched strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in and around the southern Lebanese city of Tyre after issuing evacuation warnings to residents. In a statement, the Israeli military said it was…
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The United States has re-added Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, to a list of sanctioned individuals, according to a notice published on the US Treasury Department’s website…
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A former senior CIA official with top secret-level clearance has been accused of stealing hundreds of gold bars worth more than $40 million from the US government and storing them at his home. David Rush was arrested last week and charged…
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