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Zelensky rages at Russia after strike on housing block kills 24

KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Friday for Moscow to be punished after laying red roses at the rubble of a Kyiv apartment building where a Russian missile strike killed 24 people, including three children....

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. — Reuters

Britain is introducing a digital ID. Here’s how it is expected to work

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Erdogan hails 'meaningful progress' in talks with Trump

US President Donald Trump with Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. — AFP

Compulsory digital ID for workers in Britain

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during the 2025 Global Progress Action Summit in London. — Reuters

EU holds talks on ‘drone wall’ to protect bloc from Russian threat

A soldier of the German armed forces demonstrates a HP 47 drone jammer during the defence exercise 'Red Storm Bravo' in which civilian and military coordination is trained and led by German army Bundeswehr in Hamburg. — Reuters

London nurseries hit by hackers, data on 8,000 children stolen

The gang which calls itself Radiant, attended one of Kido's 18 nurseries in Greater London

UK to launch digital ID scheme

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Sarkozy convicted in Libya case, ordered to serve prison term

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to the press next to his lawyer French Jean-Michel Darrois (2L) after the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris. - AFP

Zelensky threatens attacks on the Kremlin

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York. - Reuters

Denmark says airport drone flights designed to create fear

Denmark's Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, Denmark's Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard and Denmark's National Police Chief Thorkild Fogde hold a press conference on the recent drone activities at several airports in Denmark, at the Ministry of Defence in Copenhagen. — AFP

Germany woos Indian workers spooked by US visa changes

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UK police arrest man after European airports cyberattack

Travellers wait in terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport, west of London. — AFP file photo

Russia to press offensive, rejects Ukraine land retake

A resident walks near burned cars hit by a Russian drone strike, in Zaporizhzhia. — Reuters

2 boys among held over Oslo attack

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Cities face risk of water shortages in coming decades: study

Human-induced climate change and increased water consumption were both factors driving "Day Zero" events.

Cease air violations over members: Nato to Russia

An officer walks next to vehicles after drones were observed in Danish airspace, in Copenhagen. — AFP
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