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Rubio arrives in Iceland to push for greater US presence in Arctic

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Iceland late Monday at the start of a three-nation European tour to push for greater US influence in the Arctic after Washington sealed a pact on Greenland. Rubio will meet with officials in Reykjavik “to discuss economic and security collaboration,” the US State Department said in a statement […]

Nigeria’s Tinubu confirms 32 dead after military plane crash

A Nigerian Air Force plane crashed on Monday in the country’s southwestern Ondo state, killing all 32 people on board, President Bola Tinubu said. It is one the worst air disasters in recent years in Africa’s most populous country. The passenger aircraft was on a “routine mission” from Benin City in southern Nigeria to the […]

Teenager loses hand picking up grenade in France school protests

A 15-year-old lost a hand on Monday picking up a police grenade as students across France demanded better classroom conditions in a days-long wave of protests that have erupted into blazes and barricades at some schools while disrupting lessons at hundreds nationwide. The incident occurred ahead of larger demonstrations expected on Tuesday, dubbed “Act III” […]

Ukraine blames Russia for deadly sinking of Turkish ship in Black Sea

Russian drones struck a grain ship in the Black Sea on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, after Romania reported a ship had caught fire and sunk near its coast with two crew members killed.”A horrific strike by two Russian drones on a civilian vessel in neutral waters carrying corn,” Zelensky said in a post […]

Quebec votes as separatist surge poses test for Canada PM

Quebec separatists eyed a return to power in Canada’s majority French-speaking province Monday in an election that could test Prime Minister Mark Carney’s message of national unity to confront the United States. Carney is popular in Quebec, and the possible success of the separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) is not seen as a repudiation of his […]

Ukraine says using AI robot guns to shoot down new Russian drones

Ukraine has begun using artificial intelligence-enabled robot guns to take down Russia’s new and fast-moving jet-powered drones, the Ukrainian air force said Monday. For months, Kyiv has been seeking new ways to intercept the new Russian drones pounding the Ukrainian capital as it faces a dire lack of suitable ammunition to take them out. Russia’s […]

EU, China to hold Beijing talks to avert trade war

EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic will travel to Beijing Thursday for two days of high-stakes talks aimed at staving off a trade war with China. The trip comes as the European Union has toughened its stance towards Beijing to defend businesses against what it believes is unfair competition in sectors ranging from cars to industrial […]

Drone hits Ethiopia IDP camp as fears grow of regional war

A drone strike in Ethiopia’s Tigray region killed several people in a displacement camp, sources said on Monday, as the government pressed north into rebel territory after almost two weeks of internal conflict that threatens a wider regional war. Fighting broke out between the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and federal forces on September […]

Disgraced former US House speaker dies at 84

Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican speaker of the US House of Representatives whose career ended in disgrace after he admitted sexually abusing teenage boys he had coached, has died aged 84, officials said Monday. The Kendall County Coroner’s Office in Illinois said Hastert died at his home Saturday night while under hospice care. Hastert was […]