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26 January

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his nomination hearing as Department of State Secretary in Washington DC, USA, on January 15, 2025. (Photo by Lenin Nolly/NurPhoto) (Photo by Lenin Nolly / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

Rubio Threatens Bounties on Taliban Leaders Over Detained Americans

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday threatened bounties on the heads of Afghanistan's Taliban leaders, sharply escalating the tone as he said more Americans may be detained in the country than previously thought.

26 January

Arms

Staff Writer With AFP

NKorea Test-Fires Sea-to-Surface Strategic Cruise Missile: KCNA

North Korea has test-fired sea-to-surface strategic guided cruise missiles, state news agency KCNA reported Sunday, adding that the weapons "precisely" hit their targets.

25 January

Arms

Staff Writer With AFP

Indian Munitions Factory Blast Kills at Least Eight Workers

At least eight workers were killed in a blast at a munitions factory in western India, government officials said, with several others still trapped inside the building.

25 January

Middle East

Conflict-related detainees were released in Sana’a. Photo: International Committee of the Red Cross

Staff Writer With AFP

Houthi Rebels Release 153 ‘Conflict-Related’ Yemeni Prisoners: ICRC

Yemen's Houthi rebels freed 153 "conflict-related" prisoners on Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, as a ceasefire largely holds after years of war.

25 January

Middle East

A member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) carries an automatic rifle on a road in the Qandil Mountains, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, 2018

Staff Writer With AFP

Iraq Ministry Says Two Border Guards Killed by PKK Fire

A shooting which officials blamed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party killed two Iraqi border guards on Friday near the Turkish boundary in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Iraq's interior ministry said.

25 January

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

US Lawmakers Say UAE Still Sending Arms to Sudan Fighters

Two US lawmakers said Friday that the United Arab Emirates has violated its promises and kept arming Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, which Washington has accused of genocide.

25 January

Terrorism

File photo of Al Shabaab fighters Somalia

Staff Writer With AFP

Somalia’s Puntland Army Takes IS ‘Strategic Mountain Base’

The army of the semi-autonomous Puntland region in Somalia said Friday they had taken control of a "strategic mountain command base" of the Islamic State group.

24 January

Americas

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News Contributor, visits the 138th Fighter Wing, Detachment 1, at Ellington Field, TX, on Feb. 1, 2017. Hegseth met with 138th Operations Group personnel, prior to his incentive ride in an F-16 Fighting Falcon, in order to be fully prepared for the experience of flying in a fighter jet. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Drew A. Egnoske)

Staff Writer With AFP

US Senate Confirms Former Fox News Co-Host as Pentagon Chief

The US Senate narrowly confirmed former Fox News co-host Pete Hegseth as Pentagon chief on Friday, despite allegations of alcohol abuse, sexual misconduct and other fears about his ability to lead the world's most powerful military.

24 January

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