ABC: KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, Ukraine’s military intelligence said Saturday, a claim that came amid a sustained Russian campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The operation was carried out late Friday, according to a statement on the Telegram messaging […]
ABC BERLIN — A late evening drone sighting at Berlin’s airport suspended flights for nearly two hours, according to the news agency dpa, before air travel returned to normal in the German capital on Saturday morning. Flights were suspended between 8:08 p.m. and 9:58 p.m. local time at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, the news report cited the […]
ABC: PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan on Saturday partially reopened the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan to allow thousands of stranded Afghan refugees to return home, officials said. Restrictions remain on all other cross-border movement, including trade. Pakistan closed all border crossings with Afghanistan on Oct. 12 following deadly clashes in which both sides claimed to have […]
BBC: President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been declared the winner of Tanzania’s presidential election, securing another term in office amid days of unrest across the country. According to the electoral commission, Samia won 98% of the votes, nearly sweeping the 32 million ballots cast in Wednesday’s election. International observers have expressed concern over the lack […]
BBC: Beijing has said it will loosen a chip export ban it imposed after Dutch authorities took over Nexperia – a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands. In September, the Netherlands used a Cold War era law to take over the company after citing “serious governance shortcomings” and to prevent the chips from becoming unavailable in an […]
ABC: GYEONGJU, South Korea — Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations are to set to wrap up their annual economic forum on Saturday after President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a temporary truce on their trade war, generating relief around the world. This year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the South Korean city of […]
BBC: The Trump administration cannot suspend food aid used by more than 40 million low-income Americans amid the ongoing US government shutdown, two federal judges have ruled. The decisions, issued within moments of each other on Friday by judges in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, said the government must pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, […]
BBC: More than 60,000 people have fled the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, which was captured by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over the weekend, according the UN refugee agency. There have been reports of mass executions and crimes against humanity as the RSF fighters stormed the city after an 18-month siege marked by starvation […]