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The British government should further expand its lifeboat British National Overseas visa scheme for Hong Kongers fleeing a crackdown on dissent and slash their university tuition fees in recognition of the ongoing threat to the city's promised freedoms, a London-based rights group has told parliament.

The Italian Air Force has confirmed an EFA 2000 Typhoon aircraft encountered an unknown issue during a training flight.

The Australian Government has enhanced its maritime capability with the official opening of the new Kuru Wharf at HMAS Coonawarra in the Northern Territory.

The hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees forced to flee Myanmar to live in camps in Bangladesh appear no closer to a chance to return home nearly seven years later, with global attention on the humanitarian crisis waning, activists said Wednesday.

Flooding has devastated crops and forced schools to close in 30 villages across central Myanmar, residents told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday.

Insurgent forces in Myanmar's Mandalay region have captured the gem-mining town of Mogoke from military junta forces, a Ta'ang National Liberation Army spokeswoman told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday.

The United States urged Pakistan Wednesday to protect the rights of all citizens, including freedom of expression and assembly, as a military-backed crackdown on the opposition party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan continues.

Russian fighter Su-27 was scrambled as an RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft and two Typhoon fighters of the Royal Air Force approaching the state border over the Black Sea, foreign aircraft made a turn, and no breach of the state border was allowed, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given instructions on the development of shipbuilding to ensure the country's defense and security, they take into account the rapidly changing global situation, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev said on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's staunch ally Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the State Duma (lower house of parliament) toured Nicaragua, Cuba and Algeria July 20-22 to bolster Kremlin's influence and rally states against the U.S.

Vladimir Putin, 71, has been president or prime minister of Russia since August 1999, clamping down ever harder on dissent while building up a personalized authoritarian system that has proven durable through political upheaval, economic crises, wars, and the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Russia's 9K720 Iskander mobile ballistic systems have become a veritable bane of the Kiev regime military in recent months, delivering precise and deadly strikes against Ukrainian armor, command and control installations, trains carrying military equipment and logistical hubs.

Today, the frigate Tran Hung Dao of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Navy arrives in Vladivostok.

Hadi Matar, 26, of Fairview, New Jersey, was arraigned today in federal court in connection with attempting to provide material support to Hizballah, a designated foreign terrorist organization; engaging in an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries; and providing material support to terrorists.

Today, Secretary Yellen announced at the Pandemic Fund Investment Case launch event on the margins of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting that the United States is committing up to $667 million, or one third of the $2 billion resource mobilization goal, to support the Pandemic Fund through 2026, subject to Congressional appropriations and the availability of funds.

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Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence System on July 24, 2024

Iran says it will launch at least 6 to 8 satellites into space by the end of the current Iranian year on March 20, 2025.

China has achieved another significant milestone in its development of the new-generation manned carrier rocket, with the successful completion of a long-duration high-altitude simulation test for the vehicle's third-stage liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen engine, the Global Times learned on Tuesday.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities of Taiwan are desperately seeking to align with the US, stubbornly accelerating their attempts to seek "Taiwan independence" by force and by relying on external forces, which has led to tension and instability in the Taiwan Straits, seriously threatening security and wellbeing of Taiwan people, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council warned on Wednesday, slamming DPP