G7 countries slam Chinese firms’ support for Russia’s defence industry | Russia-Ukraine war News

G7 countries slam Chinese firms’ support for Russia’s defence industry | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ministers say the transfer of weapons components is enabling Russia to ‘reconstitute and revitalise’ its defence production for its war in Ukraine. Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries have expressed “strong concern” about the transfer of materials and weapons components from Chinese businesses to Russia for its…

Ukraine says it shot down Russian strategic bomber after strike kills nine | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine says it shot down Russian strategic bomber after strike kills nine | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian officials says the plane crashed over the southern Stavropol region due to a technical malfunction.  Ukraine’s air force says it shot down a Russian strategic bomber with antiaircraft missiles for the first time since the war began in 2022. The warplane was downed in Russian airspace, 300km (186 miles)…

How Iran-Israel tensions have escalated since the war on Gaza: A timeline | Conflict News

How Iran-Israel tensions have escalated since the war on Gaza: A timeline | Conflict News

Iranian state media reported on Friday that the country had activated its air defence systems over the central city of Isfahan, to bring down three aerial objects, amid sounds of explosions. Flights were briefly suspended in many parts of the country, before the alert was lifted. US broadcasters, quoting senior…

Russia doesn’t have capability to knock Ukraine out of war: Ex-US commander | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia doesn’t have capability to knock Ukraine out of war: Ex-US commander | Russia-Ukraine war News

Athens, Greece – For General Ben Hodges, who once commanded NATO forces in Europe, the worst-case scenario for Ukraine is for Western powers to “keep doing what we’re doing, exactly right now”. He told Al Jazeera in an interview on the sidelines of the recent Delphi Economic Conference in Greece…

‘Triple spending’: Zimbabweans bear cost of changing to new ZiG currency | Business and Economy News

‘Triple spending’: Zimbabweans bear cost of changing to new ZiG currency | Business and Economy News

Harare, Zimbabwe – At a shopping centre in Glenview, a busy working-class suburb of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, carpenter Arnold Mutiri stopped to buy a 2-litre (half-gallon) Mazoe Raspberry drink. The price tag said US$3.70. With Zimbabwe’s volatile currency and years of economic crisis, most goods are priced in more stable…

Pakistan attack targets van carrying Japanese autoworkers | News

Pakistan attack targets van carrying Japanese autoworkers | News

Police said three people were wounded in port city of Karachi but bomber and accomplice died. A suicide bomber has detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, police said, injuring three bystanders. The van was heading to an industrial area…

Israeli missiles hit site in Iran, explosions heard in Isfahan: Report | Politics News

Israeli missiles hit site in Iran, explosions heard in Isfahan: Report | Politics News

BREAKINGBREAKING, ABC News reports missiles striking a target in Iran, with Iran’s state TV reporting explosions in Isfahan. Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, according to the US broadcaster ABC News. The Iranian state television reported explosions in Isfahan. Israel had promised to respond after Iran last Saturday…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 785 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 785 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 785th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, April 19, 2024. Fighting Two people were killed and two injured by Russian shelling in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region near the front line. Russian shelling in the southern Kherson region, meanwhile, injured…

Full jury panel seated on third day of Trump’s New York hush-money trial | Donald Trump News

Full jury panel seated on third day of Trump’s New York hush-money trial | Donald Trump News

Twelve jurors and one alternate have been sworn in to serve in the criminal trial against former United States President Donald Trump, as the third day of his New York court proceedings concludes. Thursday saw Trump return to court after Wednesday’s weekly break. There, lawyers for both the defence and…