China is sharply increasing its nuclear arsenal and could have up to 700 deliverable warheads by 2027 and at least 1,000 by 2030, as the Communist giant aims to surpass US global power by the middle of the 21st century, the Pentagon has warned in a new report ... "The US is using this report to hype up the "China nuclear threat" theory.
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa could fall within "months if not weeks", an Oromo group allied with Tigrayan rebels told AFP Wednesday, as the fighters advanced southwards ... Earlier on Wednesday OLA spokesman Odaa Tarbii said his group intended to topple Abiy's government, calling his removal "a foregone conclusion" ... Image. Section ... Right .
The Lebanese judge leading investigations into last year's Beirut port blast was forced to stop work Thursday over a lawsuit filed by an ex-minister he had summoned for interrogation ... .
Police forces in England and Wales have recorded the highest number of rapes and the second highest number of sexual offences in a 12-month period, figures show ... They included 17,285 between April and June – the highest quarterly figure ... He added ... Most Read ... .
The visit comes at a time when China has ramped up military pressure, including repeated missions by Chinese warplanes near democratic Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own and has not ruled out taking by force. “We came here with a very simple, very clear message. You are not alone ... .
It finds evidence of serious abuses, some of which may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity ... An international investigation that identifies the pattern and scale of abuses, and those responsible for the worst crimes up to the present, will be key for future reparations and accountability ... .
The OPEC+ alliance, made up of OPEC members led by the Saudis and non-members led by Russia, has moved cautiously to restore production cuts made during the coronavirus pandemic, aiming to support prices that collapsed during the COVID-19 downturn and have since surged to seven-year highs.
With no resolution in sight, one member of the Afghan diaspora decided to act ... "It was quite common back then that Afghan children who had fled to Iran couldn't go to school, because they didn't have the right documents," Angela recalled, looking out the window towards the sea from her home in Brighton in the UK ... .
PresidentVladimir Putin says Russia's navy is to begin taking delivery of the country's trademark Zircon hypersonic missiles, whose tests are nearing completion, in 2022 ... He said that in testing, the missile had successfully hit both ground and sea targets when fired from under water or from surface ships ... Kremlin ... www.presstv.ir. www.presstv.co.uk.
Mexican PresidentAndres Manuel Lopez Obrador Wednesday slammed participants in a major UN climate summit for their "hypocrisy," accusing them of failing to address the root causes of the crisis and pointing to their use of private jets ... "And then they arrive in private planes." "Enough hypocrisy and fad ... ....
Turkish authorities have opened a legal inquiry against 30 people accused of tweeting disinformation about the health of PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan. They posted "manipulative content" on Twitter using the hashtag #olmus (dead in Turkish), police said. The hashtag started trending amid mounting speculation about Mr Erdogan's health.
Britain’s regulator became the first in the world to approve Merck & Co.’s COVID-19 antiviral pill, describing the treatment as safe and effective following a swift review. The drug, molnupiravir, ... .
International talks on the future of Iran’s nuclear program will resume on Nov. 29 in Vienna after a five-month hiatus, the Iranian government and other participants confirmed Wednesday ... The talks are aimed at a U.S ... ... 29 meeting ... attempt to detain a tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Sea of Oman ... At one point, an Iranian boat pulls up alongside a U.S ... .