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Russia ‘dangerously’ intercepts British spy plane over Black Sea: Ministry 

20 May 2026

Two Russian jets have “repeatedly and dangerously” intercepted a British Royal Air Force surveillance aircraft in Ap...

Sierra Leone receives first group of West African deportees from US 

20 May 2026

The first plane carrying nine migrants from West African countries has arrived from the United States to Sierra Leone, m...

Trump administration indicts Cuba’s Raul Castro over 1996 plane shootdown 

20 May 2026

United States federal prosecutors have indicted Cuba’s former President Raul Castro in connection with the 1996 downin...

Iran claims it coordinated passage of 26 vessels out of Hormuz in 24 hours 

20 May 2026

News|US-Israel war on Iran Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it coordinated the transit of 26 v...

At least eight killed in Israel’s air attacks on southern Lebanon 

20 May 2026

At least eight people have been killed in Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon, in the latest violation of an ongoing “...

‘Multipolar world’: What Xi and Putin announced after Beijing summit 

20 May 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, have signed a joint declaration following thei...

US imposes sanctions on Gaza flotilla organisers: Why it matters 

20 May 2026

The United States has imposed sanctions on four activists involved in flotilla missions seeking to break Israel’s 19-y...

Israeli lawmakers advance bill to dissolve parliament 

20 May 2026

Israeli lawmakers have voted to advance a bill that would dissolve parliament and pave the way for early elections. In a...

WHO says 600 suspected cases, 139 deaths in growing Ebola outbreak 

20 May 2026

News|Ebola The number of suspected Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has risen to 600, with 139...