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All Eurostar trains were cancelled yesterday due to flooded tunnels in southern England, causing misery for New Year travellers in the second major disruption in 10 days. The latest cancellations follow a wildcat strike by French unions days before Christmas and weather warnings from the UK’s Met Office for rain, …

GAZA CITY — Rescuers in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza, have pulled a baby girl alive from the rubble after an Israeli air strike. People used their hands to free Mariam Abu Akel from the debris, before a rescuer ran with her to a nearby hospital. Doctors there swabbed …

The attacks by the Yemeni rebels are targeting Israel and Israeli-linked vessels. (Representational) Washington: An American destroyer shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired from Yemen Saturday as it responded to a call for help from a container ship that was hit in a separate strike, the US military said. …

Protesters wave Serbian flags as they attend a rally of “ProGlas”, a Serbian pro-democracy movement, to protest against alleged electoral fraud in Belgrade on Saturday. (AFP) Thousands of protesters gathered on Saturday in Belgrade in the biggest of a series of rallies against alleged electoral fraud.It marked the 13th consecutive …

NEW YORK —The UN Secretary-General on Friday condemned in the strongest terms a massive aerial attack by Russia on Ukrainian towns and cities, which left at least 30 civilians dead and over 160 injured. Overnight, Russian armed forces reportedly launched 158 missiles and drones in several waves targeting locations across …

Kim promises further military modernisation after conducting a record number of weapons tests in 2023. North Korea has said it will launch three more military spy satellites, build military drones and boost its nuclear arsenal in 2024, continuing a military modernisation programme that saw a record number of weapons tests …

People enjoy a chain swing ride during the Christmas and New Year market in front of St. Basils cathedral on Red Square in Moscow on Saturday. (AFP) There will be no fireworks in Moscow again this year on Russia’s biggest family holiday, but in almost every other way, the capital …

MOSCOW — A Soviet-era Antonov-24 aircraft carrying 30 passengers landed on a frozen river near an airport in Russia’s far east on Thursday because of pilot error, transport prosecutors said. The Polar Airlines An-24 landed safely on the Kolyma river near Zyryanka in the Yakutia region, the prosecutors said. “According …

Seoul, South Korea CNN — North Korea will no longer seek reconciliation and reunification with South Korea, Kim Jong Un has declared, as his nation vowed to put three new military spy satellites into orbit in 2024. Kim said inter-Korean relations had become “a relationship between two hostile countries and …

Protesters during a blockade action of the A10 highway in Amsterdam on Saturday. (AFP) Climate activists blocked a major highway in Amsterdam on Saturday to demand an immediate end to the financing of fossil fuel projects by the country’s largest bank, ING.Hundreds of activists walked onto the A10 highway to …