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This undated satellite image shows Patikul, Sulu. COTABATO, Philippines (UPDATE 4, 4:14 p.m.) — At least 17 people were killed and 40 injured when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed after missing the runway in the country’s south, officials said. Ninety-two people, most of them army personnel, were on board the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft when the […]

   Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at a ceremony marking the CPC’s centennial at Tian’anmen Square in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua Addressing a grand ceremony to celebrate the centennial of the Communist Party of China […]

MWFP/Rein Skullerud The World Food Programme (WFP) resumed its operations in the Tigray region of Ethiopia after fighting had halted its emergency response.  Humanitarian Aid The World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed operations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, after fighting halted the emergency response last week, although the agency warned on Friday that “serious challenges” continue […]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Ankara, Turkey, Dec. 22, 2018. (Getty Images File Photo)  Turkey strongly rejected “baseless” allegations by the U.S. – which claims that Ankara violated the Child Soldiers Prevention Act in Libya and Syria – as the country noted that Washington turns a blind eye to the activities of YPG/PKK terrorists. […]

  July 1, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – Ethiopia said the withdrawal of its troops from the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), requires the agreement of the two parties to the temporary security arrangements agreement in the disputed area. Following the deterioration of bilateral relations between Sudan and Ethiopia over the Al-Fashaga border strip, […]

  The U.S. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) Aerial porters work with maintainers to load a UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter into a C-17 Globemaster III in support of the Resolute Support retrograde mission in Bagram, Afghanistan, June 29, 2021. (Photo by Sgt 1st Class Corey Vandiver/U.S. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service via AFP)  American troops […]

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at a campaign rally in Jimma on June 16, 2021. AFP – EDUARDO SOTERAS The surprise fall of the Tigrayan regional capital, Mekelle, this week has put Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in a tough spot, dealt a blow to the country’s military and placed the Tigrayan forces in a position […]

June 30, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – 52 policemen were injured in the anti-government protests that swept through different parts of the capital, Khartoum, on Wednesday, also 3 other police agents were injured in Gedaref state. The Sudanese authorities deployed thousands of policemen and security forces in the capital and closed vital roads as many business and […]

VICTORIA—From last Friday to Wednesday afternoon — about the length of time British Columbia has been affected by a multiple-record-breaking heat wave — the province has seen 486 sudden and unexpected deaths. The staggering number is 321 more than what is usually expected in B.C. over a period of five days, according to provincial coroner’s […]

Photo:Li Hao/GT A total of 71 top Chinese military aircraft, including an unprecedentedly large formation of J-20 stealth fighter jets and a new type of large helicopter, joined the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Thursday in Beijing by delivering an aerial performance that experts […]