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Ukraine destroys Putin's prized $10M air defense system
Kazakhstan’s last tigers disappeared decades ago. Now, they’re coming back
India successfully test-fires long range hypersonic missile
India test-fires long-range hypersonic missile, achieving historic milestone in advanced military technology development, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh announces.
Poland scrambles fighter jets due to large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine
Polish and allied aircraft have begun operations in Polish airspace in response to a large-scale Russian attack involving cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, targeting sites in western Ukraine.
Former student kills eight people in second mass attack in a week in China
Police say a former student who killed eight people in a stabbing spree at a vocational college in China was angry about not getting his graduation certificate.
G7 confirms pledge to impose severe costs on Russia for Ukraine war
Israeli strike on Iran's Parchin facility disrupts key nuclear bomb development capabilities
The sophisticated equipment destroyed in the attack was essential for shaping and testing plastic explosives that encase uranium in a nuclear device.
Brazil's first lady insults Elon Musk at G20 social event
North Korea delivers 70 missile launchers, artillery systems to Russia's Kursk Oblast, FT reports
North Korea has provided Russia with 50 domestically produced self-propelled howitzers and 20 multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), the Financial Times (FT) reported on Nov. 16, citing a Ukrainian intelligence assessment.
Xi Jinping tells Biden China 'ready to work' with Trump administration
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei In Coma After Serious Illness Fact-Checking Claim
Social media posts on Saturday claimed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 85, is in a coma, following an earlier New York Times report stating he's "seriously ill." However, no official confirmation has been provided regarding his health deterioration. Ali Khamenei was last seen in public on November 7. , Middle East News - Times Now
At least 3 Russian oil refineries on verge of closure, Reuters reports
At least three Russian oil refineries have been forced to halt or scale back production due to significant losses and now face the risk of closure, Reuters reported on Nov. 15, citing five undisclosed sources.
Non-Muslims in Jamia Millia Islamia University face harassments for not converting to Islam
New Delhi/IBNS: Students belonging to the Hindu religion were threatened to get raped or failed in examinations for resisting conversion into Islam at the Jamia Millia Islamia University, which has faced the allegations in a recent report that came to light.
Ukraine foils undercover Russian mole operation in special forces
Zelensky says Ukraine receives only half of pledged aid from U.S.
Ukraine receives less than half of the $175 billion worth of security assistance vowed by the United States for the fight against Russian aggression. — Ukrinform.
Top Senators call for federal probe into Musk's alleged contact with Putin
Musk’s reported relations with Russia “pose serious questions” about US national security, the Democratic senators argue.
Russian propaganda spreads fake news about Ukrainian soldiers surrendering en masse after U.S. election
To amplify their disinformation, propagandists employed a 'pocket' foreign pseudo-journalist and fabricated a video purportedly linked to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) — Ukrinform.
Kremlin-occupied Ukraine is now a totalitarian hell
The Trump administration should remember Vladimir Putin’s dark vision
Seoul Calls On Xi Jinping to Halt Pyongyang’s Military Cooperation with Putin
South Korea’s President called on Beijing to help put an end to the North’s assistance in Moscow’s War in Ukraine