Russia’s defence ministry announced today that its air defences had shot down 51 Ukrainian drones overnight. The ministry said in a statement that air defence systems destroyed 36 drones over…
Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s left-wing party has secured a majority in parliament, a strong mandate for his economic recovery programme, according to preliminary official results of Sri…
The head of Libya’s transitional government of national unity, Abdelhamid Dbeiba, on Friday called on Libyans to take part in local elections, the first phase of which begins on Saturday.…
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck Papua province on Friday, Indonesia’s geophysics agency said, ruling out a tsunami. The epicentre of the quake was at a depth of ten kilometres, the…
Military police in the Federal District announced on Thursday that they had found explosives in the home of Brasilia bomber Francisco Wanderlei in Cilandia, an administrative district about 30 kilometres…
The China Automobile Industry Association (CAIA) released a press release on Thursday stating that the annual production of renewable energy vehicles in the country has exceeded 10 million vehicles for…
The 2024 World Conference on the Development of Vocational and Technical Education will be held in Tianjin, northern China, from 20 to 22 November, the Chinese Ministry of Education announced…
China has secured more than $40bn in orders for its first dollar bond offering since 2021, as part of plans to support its struggling economy. The amount is 20 times…
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Ankara on Thursday to chair a meeting of the Qatari-Turkish Supreme Joint Strategic Committee with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…
Negotiators at the United Nations climate change conference (COP29) in Azerbaijan warned on Thursday that money must be raised now to help the poorest countries cope with climate change, to…