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November 30, 2024 11:36 AM

US approves $385 million arms sale to Taiwan

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of spare parts for F-16 jets and radars to Taiwan for an estimated $385 million, the Pentagon said on Friday, a day before Taiwan President Lai Ching-te starts a sensitive Pacific trip. The U...

November 30, 2024 9:47 AM

Biden says his administration working with FBI on hoax threats to lawmakers, Trump cabinet picks

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that his administration was working with the FBI to address "swatting" and bomb threats made this week targeting lawmakers and several of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks. Rep. Seth Magaziner, a Ho...

November 29, 2024 8:55 PM

Nepal’s Foreign Minister Dr Arzu Rana Deuba meets Wang Yi in Chengdu

Nepal's Foreign Minister Dr Arzu Rana Deuba held a bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on Friday. This marks Dr Deuba's first visit to China since her appointment. The visit comes at the friendly inv...

November 29, 2024 3:12 PM

UN talks struggle for breakthrough on plastics treaty as deadline looms

The chairman of talks aiming for an international treaty to rein in pollution from plastics issued a document on Friday outlining measures that could furnish the basis of a pact, in an attempt to spur discussions as a Dec. 1 deadline approaches. Sou...

November 29, 2024 2:40 PM

World markets head for reality check after month of Trump

November was a month of clear winners and losers from Donald Trump's Nov. 5 U.S. election victory. Trump trades, essentially punishing tariff-sensitive assets from European exporters to Mexico's peso and driving investment towards U.S. stocks an...

November 29, 2024 12:28 PM

Israeli military says Lebanese residents are prohibited to move south to several villages

Lebanese residents are prohibited from moving south to a line of villages and their surroundings until further notice, Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on X on Friday. Israel said it opened fire on Thursday towards what it called "s...

November 29, 2024 11:25 AM

Hindus are being subject to death: British MP condemns attack on Hindus in Bangladesh

Bob Blackman, a Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East in the United Kingdom, condemned the attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh and expressed concern over the Bangladesh High Court's attempt to ban ISKCON from the country. On Thursday, in a p...

November 29, 2024 11:05 AM

No discussion was held to ban ISKCON: Adviser Rizwana

No discussion was held to ban the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Bangladesh, said Syeda Rizwana Hasan Environment, Forest, Climate Change Adviser of the interim Government of Bangladesh on Thursday. “No discussion was ...

November 29, 2024 10:33 AM

Iran plans new uranium-enrichment expansion, IAEA report says

Iran has informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it plans to install more than 6,000 extra uranium-enriching centrifuges at its enrichment plants and bring more of those already in place online, a confidential report by the watchdog said on Thursday....

November 29, 2024 10:12 AM

Syrian and Russian jets bomb rebel-held northwest Syria

Russian and Syrian warplanes bombed rebel-held northwest Syria near the border with Turkey on Thursday to push back an insurgent offensive that captured territory for the first time in years, Syrian army and rebel sources said. Rebels led by Islamis...

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