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Students wait for the start of the annual college entrance examinations at an exam hall in Seoul, South Korea, November 13, 2025
South Korea bans flights as 500,000 take crucial university admission test
SEOUL — More than half a million people in South Korea sat for the country’s grueling university entrance exam on Thursday as police mobilized to ensure they made it to the test sites on time and all flights were halted for half an hour.The number sitting the test, essential to secure a place at the country’s top universities, was the highest in seven years, according to Reuters. Most of the candidates were born in 2007 when there was a surge in births because it was considered an auspicious time to have a baby.Flights at all airports, including Incheon International Airport, were banned from landing or takeoff between 1:05 p.m. and 1:40 p.m. to ensure there was no disturbance while the students sat for the listening comprehension section of the English test.The decision affected 140...
November 14, 2025

South Korea bans flights as 500,000 take crucial university admission test

Germany plans to boost its army to 260,000 by 2035
Germany agrees new military service plan to boost troop numbers
BERLIN — Germany's coalition government has agreed a new military service plan to boost troop numbers following months of wrangling between political forces.The new military service plan will mandate all 18-year-old men to fill out a questionnaire on their suitability to serve and, from 2027, to undergo medical screening.The decision comes as Berlin aims to create Europe's strongest conventional army.The boss of Germany's biggest defence firm, Rheinmetall, has told the BBC he believes that target could be met in five years.Lawmakers are expected to vote on the plan by the end of 2025.Armin Papperger said Chancellor Friedrich Merz's aim to boost the Bundeswehr was "realistic" and he told the BBC that "clear decisions" were coming from government.Earlier this year...
November 14, 2025

Germany agrees new military service plan to boost troop numbers

Members of the Israeli special forces check the apparent remains of a ballistic missile lying on the ground following missile attacks by Iran in June
US lawmakers demand answers over Chinese chemical shipments to Iran 
WASHINGTON — US lawmakers have called for the Trump administration to respond to reporting that Chinese firms are helping Iran rebuild its ballistic missile program in defiance of United Nations sanctions.The call, from Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi and Joe Courtney, follows CNN reporting last month detailing what Western intelligence sources said were several shipments of sodium perchlorate, a missile propellant precursor, from China to Iran since the end of September.These shipments are “indispensable to Tehran’s efforts to rebuild its ballistic missile arsenal following its 12-day war with Israel last summer,” the congressmen wrote in a letter to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Central Intelligence Agency director John Ratcliffe.“Beijing’s support for Tehran’s...
November 13, 2025

US lawmakers demand answers over Chinese chemical shipments to Iran 

About 1,400 Africans are said to be fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine
Over 200 Kenyans fighting for Russia in Ukraine, says minister
NAIROBI — Some 200 Kenyans are fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine and more could be recruited into the conflict, authorities say.Among them are former members of Kenya's security forces, according to Kenya's Foreign Affairs Minister Musalia Mudavadi.Some of those who have been rescued said they were forced to assemble drones and handle chemicals without proper training or protective gear, the minister added.Kenyan President William Ruto last week requested the Ukrainian government to secure the release of Kenyans currently held in the conflict zone.About 1,400 citizens from across Africa are fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, with some recruited through deception, the Ukraine government said last week.A young Kenyan athlete was in September captured in...
November 13, 2025

Over 200 Kenyans fighting for Russia in Ukraine, says minister

Indian security personnel stand guard near the blast site outside Red Fort in Delhi
Indian police investigate Kashmir link to Delhi blast
NEW DELHI — Three days after a car exploded near the Red Fort in the Indian capital, Delhi, killing eight people, investigators have told the BBC they are checking if it has any links to the recent arrests of seven men by police in Indian-administered Kashmir.They say they are also investigating if it has any connections to the recent seizure of 2,900kg of explosives from Faridabad, a Delhi suburb.On Wednesday, the federal cabinet issued a resolution calling it "a heinous terror incident, perpetrated by anti-national forces".The reaction matched earlier comments by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who spoke of a "conspiracy", warned that "the conspirators will not be spared" and "all those responsible will be brought to justice".Similar comments were made by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh...
November 13, 2025

Indian police investigate Kashmir link to Delhi blast

Debris is seen at a crash site of a Turkish military cargo plane in Georgia's Sighnaghi municipality, 12 November, 2025
Turkey grounds C-130 planes after crash kills 20 military personnel
ANKARA — Turkey has temporarily grounded all of its C-130 military cargo planes as a precaution, the defence ministry said on Thursday, following a crash in Georgia that claimed the lives of all 20 military personnel on board.The cargo plane was flying from Azerbaijan back to Turkey when it went down in Georgia's Sighnaghi municipality close to the Azerbaijani border on Tuesday.The cause of the crash is still being investigated.The military personnel were part of a unit responsible for the maintenance and repair of Turkish F-16 jets that had flown to Azerbaijan to participate in the country's Victory Day celebrations.The National Defence Ministry said C-130 flights were temporarily suspended to allow the aircraft to undergo detailed technical inspections.Only those who...
November 13, 2025

Turkey grounds C-130 planes after crash kills 20 military personnel

Sam Hamdi
Bitish journalist Sami Hamdi headed home after more than two weeks in ICE detention
SAN FRANCISCO — Bitish journalist Sami Hamdi, who was detained by United States immigration officers for more than two weeks, will return to the United Kingdom Thursday, Hamdi and his legal team said in a statement.The London-based journalist and commentator was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on October 26 at San Francisco International Airport, one day after speaking at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) California’s annual gala.Authorities told Hamdi he was being held after overstaying his US visa. However, Hamdi and his legal team claimed he was in the US on a valid visa and was detained for speaking out about Israel’s war in Gaza.Hamdi said he was leaving the US “voluntarily,” in a statement Thursday.“I am profoundly grateful to my...
November 13, 2025

Bitish journalist Sami Hamdi headed home after more than two weeks in ICE detention

Marco Rubio
US calls for international action to cut weapons supply to Sudan paramilitaries
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for international action to cut off weapons supplies to Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), following reports of mass killings in el-Fasher.At the end of a G7 foreign ministers meeting in Canada, Rubio said the RSF had committed systematic atrocities, including murder, rape and sexual violence against civilians.The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army since April 2023, when a power struggle between their leaders erupted into a civil war.El-Fasher was captured last month by the RSF after an 18-month siege, meaning they now control all of the cities in the western Darfur region.At the talks near Niagara Falls, America's top diplomat said women and children had been targeted in acts of the most horrific kind...
November 13, 2025

US calls for international action to cut weapons supply to Sudan paramilitaries

Boualem Sansal, 81, was immediately taken to hospital on arrival in Germany
French relief as Algeria frees jailed novelist at center of diplomatic crisis
ALGIERS — Almost a year to the day since French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was arrested on arrival at Algiers airport, the Algerian president has pardoned him and allowed him to leave the country.Sansal, 81, has been at the center of a bitter diplomatic row between Paris and Algiers and President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's decision came in response to a direct approach from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.The writer arrived in Germany on a military plane on Wednesday evening and was taken to hospital.French President Emmanuel Macron, who spoke to Sansal by phone, said France had used respect and calm to bring about his freedom."I thank President Tebboune for this act of humanity," said Macron.Although Paris had for months sought to lower tensions with Algeria, it was the...
November 13, 2025

French relief as Algeria frees jailed novelist at center of diplomatic crisis

Trump signs bill to end longest US government shutdown
Trump signs spending bill to end longest shutdown in US history
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed a spending bill to reopen the government and end the longest shutdown in US history.He signed the short-term bill into law just hours after the House of Representatives voted 222-209 to approve it on Wednesday night, and two days after the Senate narrowly approved the same bill.Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump said the government would now "resume normal operations" after "people were hurt so badly" from the 43-day shutdown.Many government services have been suspended since October, and around 1.4 million federal employees have been on unpaid leave or working without pay. Food aid has also been left in limbo and air travel has been disrupted nationwide.Government services are expected to reopen in the coming days, while disruptions to air...
November 13, 2025

Trump signs spending bill to end longest shutdown in US history

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