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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks a defense development exhibition held in commemoration of the 76th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, Sunday, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) the next day. Yonhap North Korea has doubled down on its ambition to be declared a […]

Serious mistakes by ministers and scientists at the start of the Covid pandemic cost lives and hampered the country’s ability to respond to the threat of the virus, a damning new report has found.   MPs have criticised the time it took to lock the country down in March 2020, the lack of testing early […]

Image caption,Mr Khalili (third from right) and his family An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-senator Joe Biden from the harsh Afghanistan countryside has managed to leave the region with his family. In 2008, a blizzard forced a military helicopter carrying Mr Biden and other US lawmakers to land in a snowy valley where they […]

The group of 10 countries wants the Commission to include nuclear in the so-called green taxonomy. –   Copyright  Virginia Mayo/Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved A group of ten EU countries, led by France, have asked the European Commission to recognise nuclear power as a low-carbon energy source that should be part of the bloc’s […]

Somalia’s government controls only a small portion of the country – it depends heavily on some 20,000 AMISOM soldiers Tina SMOLE AFP/File  The African Union says it will extend and expand its military operations against Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists in Somalia to include other member states, as its current mandate nears an end on December 31. The Horn […]

Target missiles launched from small missiles and anti-submarine ships were fired upon, in total, 10 missile launches were carried out as part of practical actions Varyag missile cruiser© Russian Ministry of Defense/TASS THE SEA OF JAPAN, October 11. /TASS/. The Varyag missile cruiser belonging to the Pacific Fleet and the Admiral Tributs large anti-submarine ship […]

Taliban fighters sit on a vehicle as they take a day off to visit the amusement park at Kabul’s Qargha reservoir, at the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan October 8, 2021. (Reuters Photo)  The first high-level talks between the Taliban and U.S. officials focused on humanitarian aid and security, while the new Afghan rulers called for […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party in Pyongyang. (KCNA-Yonhap) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un urged his party officials to improve people’s lives in the next five years amid a growing economic crisis aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, the official Korean Central […]

[Patrick Gathara/Al Jazeera] When he was first elected in 2013, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, along with his running mate, William Ruto, was awaiting prosecution at the International Criminal Court. They had been indicted for crimes against humanity in relation to the post-election violence that rocked Kenya following the December 2007 elections. Once in power, the duo set […]

Taliban delegates meet with Qatar delegates in Doha, Qatar, in this handout photo uploaded to social media, Oct. 9, 2021. (Reuters Photo)  Representatives from the Taliban and the U.S. delegations ended their first high-level meeting after the pullout in Doha, Qatar, Al-Jazeera reported Sunday. The meeting tackled bilateral relations between Kabul and Washington, the implementation of the […]