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AFP — Britain on Thursday announced that it was sending one of its most advanced naval vessels to the Gulf to shore up its presence in the region. The HMS Diamond, a Type 45 destroyer, will conduct operations to ensure freedom of navigation, reassure merchant vessels and ensure the safe flow of trade, the defence ministry…
March 12 (UPI) — Somali pirates hijacked a Bangladeshi cargo ship on Tuesday and took more than 20 of the crew hostage. The cargo ship “MV” Abdullah was hijacked while on its way to Al Hamriyah port in the United Arab Emirates. According to reports, 23 crew members were taken hostage along with the ship,…
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea, South Korea’s military has said. In a statement it said two launches had been detected from the North’s eastern coastal Tongchon area around mid-day on Friday. Tongchon is about 60km (37 miles) away from the inter-Korean border. The area was apparently closer to South…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance sued in U.S. federal court on Tuesday seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban its use. The companies filed their lawsuit in the U.S. Court of…
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said the desperate search would continue as officials warned the death toll is likely to climb. At least 920 people have been killed and 3,360 injured following powerful back-to-back earthquakes that rocked Venezuela, officials said on Friday. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said the coastal state of La Guaira, north of the…
Feb. 22 (UPI) — The social media platform X said Thursday it had blocked some accounts and posts in India in line with executive orders from the government in New Delhi that threaten hefty fines and/or imprisonment for failure to comply. X said it would appeal the orders, which come amid a long-running free speech…