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Hundreds of Singaporean football fans have flown into Hong Kong for what some call the city state’s biggest football match when the Lions take on the hosts on Tuesday for a place at the 2027 Asian Cup. “Singapore has not qualified for the Asian Cup since 1984, when we hosted the games,” said Chue Guo-xian, who works in the sports …

The United Nations Security Council has given the green light to Donald Trump’s groundbreaking Gaza peace plan, paving the way for international troops to be deployed in the region. The momentous 13-0 vote, with Russia and China abstaining, authorises the second phase of Mr Trump’s 20-point plan to move forward. This crucial step involves establishing an International Stabilisation Force (ISF) …

Berlin halted weapons supplies to West Jerusalem over its campaign in Gaza in August Germany will resume its arms exports to Israel starting November 24, the government deputy spokesman, Sebastian Hille, told journalists on Monday. The deliveries were suspended in August when West Jerusalem announced its plans to occupy Gaza City as part of its military campaign against Hamas. According …

Not since the first salvos of Russia’s 2022 invasion has Ukraine’s defense industry sounded so enthusiastic about a weapon manufactured on its soil. The successes of Ukrainian defense technology are well known; as The Cipher Brief reported last month, the country is now widely believed to have the world’s most innovative defense sector. Its drone technology in particular continues to …

Former television actor Danny Masterson claims a mix of failures by his defence lawyer and a police investigation that was biased against Scientology led to his conviction on two counts of rape, according to a lengthy motion filed on Monday. Masterson, 49, was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison in September 2023 after a jury found he sexually …

A young girl has died nearly a week after she was allegedly made to perform 100 sit-ups as punishment for arriving late at school. The tragic case has sparked widespread outrage about discipline in the country’s schools, as well as calls for a full inquiry. On November 8, the 12-year-old pupil, a Class 6 student at a private school in …

Brussels reportedly plans to offer bloc countries a choice between paying $100 billion, taking on joint debt, or seizing Russia’s frozen money The EU has reportedly told its members that should a controversial plan to leverage Russian assets frozen in Belgium to finance Ukraine prove unworkable, it will seek a cut of each member state’s GDP to put up cash …

Russia’s sinister ‘Doomsday Radio’ broadcast a threat to NATO in a burst of coded messages on Monday (November 17). One read simply ‘LATVIA’ – the name of an allied state that shares a 170-mile border with Vladimir Putin’s state. Latvia and its neighbours, Estonia and Lithuania, are viewed as among those most vulnerable to a Russian invasion, which would trigger …

Paris’ Louvre Museum said on Monday that it was closing one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building. The Campana Gallery, which houses nine rooms dedicated to ancient Greek ceramics, will be closed while investigations are conducted into “certain beams supporting the floors of the second floor” …

Andrey Yermak must be sacked, according to opposition politician Yaroslav Zheleznyak Vladimir Zelensky’s chief of staff was aware of the corruption scheme involving the Ukrainian leader’s longtime business partner and some of the country’s top officials, opposition MP Yaroslav Zhelezhnyak has said. Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies alleged earlier this month that Zelensky’s former business partner Timur Mindich led a criminal operation …