When Ukrainian troops started massing in the Sumy region in the country’s northeast during the early weeks of the summer, it was clear some kind of operation was in the works, …
Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honours Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalised again overnight on Monday. “It is deplorable that an act seeking to denigrate …
The film vividly recreates the memories of these workers – more than 80 per cent of whom were teenage girls – who crossed the sea to work in spinning mills …
Two people were wounded in a Moscow car bombing on Wednesday, with investigators probing the incident amid conflicting reports over whether a Russian military official and his wife were involved. …
The death toll from a landslide in a remote area of southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 146, a local official said on Tuesday, warning that the number could …
An armed assailant entered a care home for older people in central Croatia on Monday and opened fire, killing five people and wounding several others, authorities and media reports said. …
A Nepali man whose followers believe him to be a reincarnation of Buddha has been convicted of child sexual abuse, a court official said Tuesday. Ram Bahadur Bomjan, known as …
A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital on Monday, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight, officials said. …
A quarter of the approximately 400 Nir Oz residents fell victim to the attack. Hamas militants killed more than 20 and kidnapped over 80. In the dining hall, a wall …
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