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Poland says has ‘duty’ to down stray Russian missiles
Warsaw has a "constitutional duty" to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine that are on course to hit Polish territory, Poland's foreign minister told
EU nation vows to defy Western ‘blackmail’
Hungary will continue to defy Western pressure and insist on a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict, Peter Szijjarto says
No TV or screens for toddlers, Sweden tells parents
Toddlers should not be allowed to watch screens at all, Sweden told parents on Monday. Children under the age of two should be kept away from digital
Several Chinese provinces log hottest August on record: weather service
Swathes of China logged the hottest August on record last month, the weather service said, as much of the northern hemisphere comes to the end of a summer
Taliban chief tells officials to enforce new morality law
Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has ordered Afghan officials to enact a sweeping new morality law curtailing women’s rights and enshrining an
Libya people-trafficking kingpin assassinated: media
A former head of Libya's coastguard, who was known as a key trafficker of people and fuel, was killed by unknown assailants, local media has reported.
Norway’s electric car sales set new world record
Electric car sales in Norway took a 94-percent share of the market in August -- a new world record -- statistics showed Monday, as sales in the rest of
South Korea investigating Telegram
South Korean police have launched an investigation into the Telegram messaging app for allegedly abetting the distribution of deepfake porn
Biden preparing final Gaza truce proposal – Axios
Washington will present Israel and Hamas with a final proposal for a hostage-release and a ceasefire in Gaza this week, Axios has reported
Germany’s Scholz urges ‘democratic parties’ to exclude far-right after regional polls
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged mainstream parties Monday to maintain the firewall against the far-right AfD, after the party made record gains in two
South Korea opens Telegram deepfake porn probe
South Korean police said Monday they had launched an investigation into encrypted messaging platform Telegram for allegedly "abetting" the distribution of
Biden, Harris to meet US negotiating team on Gaza hostage deal
President Joe Biden will sit down on Monday with US negotiators pushing for a hostage-release deal in the Israel-Hamas war, the White House said, after
Murdoch looks to buy UK property website Rightmove
REA Group, the Australian online real estate business majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire, said Monday it is mulling a multi-billion-pound
Iran brings new charges against jailed reformist: media
Jailed Iranian activist and former cabinet member Mostafa Tajzadeh, a prominent figure of the Islamic republic's reformist camp, has been charged with
German chancellor ‘alarmed’ by right-wing party’s election success
The SPD’s Olaf Scholz has called on other German parties to snub the AfD despite its electoral successes in Thuringia and Saxony
Putin says Russia will deal with Ukrainian ‘bandits’ in Kursk region
President Vladimir Putin said Monday Kyiv's incursion into Russia's Kursk region will not stop Moscow's advance in east Ukraine and vowed to deal with