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The Ukrainian president called the US decision strong, but added that delivery of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles ⁠could take years The US has approved the sale ⁠of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles ⁠to Ukraine for an estimated $2.1bn, but Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned deliveries could take years and stockpiles were needed now to counter Russian ballistic missile attacks. “The proposed sale will improve Ukraine’s capability to meet current and future threats by improving its integrated air and missile defense capabilities,” the US state department said in a statement on Friday. Continue reading...

If the accusations are true, the record-making heist shows how powerful suspected North Korean hackers have become.

Indian chef Ranji Smile opened America’s first Indian restaurant in 1901 - then became a fake prince.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declined to comment on Russia's participation in the G20 summit in December, telling DW that Volodymyr Zelenskyy should travel to Russia if he wanted talks with Vladimir Putin.

Filter straws to a disposable toilet - people in the US, Japan, Sweden and Netherlands on what's in their emergency stashes.

Vatican confirms the pope submitted a mail-in ballot in his native Chicago ahead of November 3 midterm elections

Fabricated surveys are adding to tensions in the country's increasingly polarised political environment.

Footage shows masked ICE agents pointing a handgun at a bystander walking his dogs as they arrest another man in the US.

A search is underway for three armed men who broke into a mansion in Toronto, Canada, belonging to a real estate CEO in the early morning hours Thursday and attacked and injured the family inside, authorities said.

The departing leader of the European Central Bank wagers that her brand of politics still has a place in a world increasingly driven by polarization.

France braces for another weekend of unrest as the Yellow Vests return to the streets under the rallying cry of ‘Act III – Halloween’, with 70,000 police and security forces deployed after the riots and looting of recent weeks. A cash-strapped government faces mounting grievances, a rolling protest movement and little room for manoeuvre ahead of elections, as it struggles to restore order while grappling with crippling debt.

Tens of thousands of satellite images, Iranian media statements and a custom-built computer program helped reporters pierce a U.S. blackout.

Satellite imagery shows damage at more than two dozen installations, in the fullest accounting of the destruction yet.

Marco Rubio pulls plug on traditional photo op at meeting of foreign ministers after about one-third of countries threaten boycott The traditional “family photo” to open the G20 foreign minister’s meeting has been abruptly cancelled in the US after a host of nations – including Australia and the UK – refused to appear beside Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov. US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, pulled the plug after several European officials, the UK and Australia made it known they would boycott or walk out of the snapshot that often kicks off such international gatherings. Continue reading...

A wave of youth-led protests has swept Europe, with demonstrators denouncing rising prices and a lack of prospects.

From Alaska to Texas, candidates with an eye on Congress are using their personal style to stand out.

Rex Patrick’s latest transparency fight is over what he calls ‘most open secret in the history of Australian spying’ – maybe even the world Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast A campaign to uncover any documents relating to whether Australian spies bugged Timor-Leste to gain the upper hand in sensitive oil and gas negotiations will be a little less secret after a critical win by the former senator Rex Patrick. The politician turned transparency advocate is trying to finally lift the lid on the top-secret mission in 2004 that became a public scandal years later after an ex-spy and a former attorney general attempted to mount a case in The Hague . Continue reading...

The move threatens to further strain relations between Brazilian President Lula and his Argentinian counterpart, Milei.

IRGC says four tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz as Trump says war on Iran will 'get wrapped up soon'.