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Missile that killed 12 in Russian strike on Kyiv was North Korean, Zelenskiy says

25 Apr 2025

By Tom Balmforth (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday the Russian missile that struck a residential building in Kyiv overnight and killed 12 people was supplied by North Korea, confirming an earlier Reuters report. A North Korean KN-23 (KN-23A) missile hit a residential block in the Sviatoshynskyi district west of Kyiv’s centre during …

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Zelenskiy: Russian strike that hit residential building in Kyiv used North Korean missile

24 Apr 2025

(Reuters) – Russia used a North Korean ballistic missile for the deadly overnight strike that hit a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday, citing preliminary information. “If the information that this missile was made in North Korea is confirmed, this will be further proof of the criminal nature of the …

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China launches Shenzhou-20 mission to Chinese space station, state media report

24 Apr 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) -China sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station on Thursday in its 15th crewed spaceflight and 20th overall in the Shenzhou program that started more than three decades ago. The spacecraft Shenzhou-20 and the crew lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China …

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Pakistan pauses key canal irrigation project

24 Apr 2025

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan is pausing a key canal irrigation project, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday, adding that no new canals will be built until a special committee formed to address concerns on the project reaches a consensus. (Reporting by Asif Shahzad; writing by Sakshi Dayal)

Soccer-Malaysia’s sports minister demands overhaul

24 Apr 2025

KUALA LUMPUR  (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh has urged the country’s soccer authorities to undertake a sweeping overhaul of the sport’s ecosystem, emphasising comprehensive solutions rather than piecemeal fixes are required to address any problems. “The issues in our football scene require more than just reactive measures. It’s time we look …

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What steps have India and Pakistan taken against each other after the Kashmir attack?

24 Apr 2025

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An attack on tourists in India’s Himalayan territory of Kashmir this week sparked a new crisis between nuclear armed South Asian neighbours India and Pakistan, with New Delhi blaming militants with “cross-border linkages” for the killings. Here is a look at the tit-for-tat measures the two countries have announced in the …

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Azerbaijan begins trial of nine independent media employees as crackdown widens

24 Apr 2025

BAKU (Reuters) – A court in Azerbaijan began the trial of nine employees of the independent Toplum TV station on Thursday, the latest in a series of prosecutions targeting independent media in the South Caucasus country. The defendants, three of whom worked as journalists at the station, are charged with offences related to smuggling and …

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Pakistan closes air space for Indian airlines, warns against water treaty violation as ties plummet

24 Apr 2025

By Asif Shahzad, Ariba Shahid and Fayaz Bukhari ISLAMABAD/SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) -Pakistan closed its air space for Indian airlines and rejected New Delhi’s suspension of a critical water sharing treaty on Thursday in retaliation for India’s response to a deadly Islamist militant attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir. The tit-for-tat announcements took relations between the …

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Philippines, US begin joint maritime drills after Chinese carrier group spotted

24 Apr 2025

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine Navy said a Chinese aircraft carrier battle group had passed near its northern maritime boundaries in the run-up to a six-day maritime exercise with the U.S. that began on Thursday as part of their annual Balikatan military drills. The coordinated naval drills, focused on enhancing interoperability, maritime domain awareness, and …

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