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India becomes first nation to land spacecraft near Moon’s south pole
By Aishwarya KUMAR AFP India on Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, a historic ...Russia launches 3-hour drone attack on Odesa as Ukrainian drones target Moscow again
Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks early Wednesday, officials said, with Kyiv apparently targeting Moscow again and the Kremlin’s forces launching another ...African Union suspends Niger over coup as 12 troops die in attack
BY Aymeric VINCENOT AFP The African Union said Tuesday that it had suspended Niger’s membership in the wake of a military coup, ...Japan to release Fukushima water into the ocean starting Thursday
By Sakura Murakami and Tom Bateman Reuters Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tonnes of ...Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrested, jailed after return from years-long exile
BY JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI AP Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra entered prison to begin serving an 8-year sentence Tuesday, hours after returning to ...Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary lashes California and Mexico, swamping roads and trapping cars
BY DAMIAN DOVARGANES and JORDI LEBRIJA AP Tropical Storm Hilary inundated streets across Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninsula with deadly floodwaters Sunday ...Suspected Palestinian gunman kills an Israeli, wounds another in latest attack in occupied West Bank
ISABEL DEBRE AP A suspected Palestinian attacker killed an Israeli woman and seriously wounded a man in the south of the occupied ...West African bloc says ‘we are going into Niger’ if all else fails
By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and Boureima Balima Reuters The West African bloc ECOWAS stands ready to intervene militarily in Niger should diplomatic ...Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Koran burnings
Sweden raised its terrorist alert to the second highest level on Thursday, saying it had thwarted attacks after Koran burnings and other acts against ...Ukraine port ship reaches Istanbul despite Russian blockade
A civilian cargo ship sailing from Ukraine reached Istanbul on Thursday in defiance of a Moscow blockade that sent tensions soaring after ...