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The Swiss government says they want to participate in the European Sky Shield air defence umbrella, a move which critics say is incompatible with the country's long-standing tradition of neutrality. European Sky Shield is a common air…

Egypt and Turkey have appointed ambassadors to each other's capitals for the first time in a decade to restore normal diplomatic relations, their foreign ministries announced. Report says consultations between senior foreign ministry…

The Israeli government has unveiled plans to build an underwater electric cable that will run along its Mediterranean coast and offer the possibility to connect to electricity grids in Europe. The proposed 150 km cable will carry…

The Chinese and Honduran governments have started talks over a free trade pact. The Central American country's government announced in a post on social media, the latest advance between the two nations and their recent diplomatic…

Ukraine has launched a drone attack on Moscow, the Russian defence ministry says, forcing flights to be diverted from Vnukovo International Airport. Five drones were reportedly used in the attack, which also targeted locations in the…

A bus crashed and burst into flames killing at least 25 people in India's western state of Maharashtra, police and officials said. "The bus was travelling from Nagpur to Pune when at around 1:35 am it met with an accident on Samruddhi…

Ghana's independent power producers IPPs have suspended a threatened shutdown from July 1 after reaching an interim deal with the state-run Electricity Company of Ghana over arrears owed to them. Report says in late May, the IPPs rejected…

Sierra Leone's main opposition party said it had decided to formally reject the results of the national election won by President Julius Maada Bio, citing "glaring irregularities", and called for a rerun of the June 24 poll. Bio was…

Japan's defence ministry said it had spotted two Russian Navy ships in the waters near Taiwan and Japan's Okinawa islands in the previous four days, following a similar announcement this week from Taiwan. Report says Taiwan's defence…

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Java, injuring at least 10 people, while one person died of a suspected heart attack during the quake, the country's disaster mitigation agency, BNPB said. The agency…