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A fire at a chemical factory in southern India killed at least six people and injured 12, a government official said on Thursday, with more casualties feared in the second such accident this week. Pictures of the scene provided by…

The United States is preparing new efforts to crack down on sanctions evasion by Russia, President Joe Biden's national security adviser said on Thursday. "Where our focus will be over the course of the coming days is on evasion,"…

Russia already has nuclear weapons in the Baltic region, Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on Thursday. One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies warned NATO on Thursday that if Sweden and Finland joined…

Fiji police investigated on Thursday the arrival of a luxury vessel suspected of being owned by a Russian oligarch, questioning its captain about how he brought the boat to the Pacific island nation. Fiji newspapers reported that police…

At least eight people have been killed and a number of others injured after gunmen attacked Zacholi village in north-eastern Ghana. Some houses were also 'destroyed' in the attack. The police say they are investigating the incident.…

China's financial hub Shanghai reported over 27,000 coronavirus cases on Thursday, a new high, a day after President Xi Jinping said that the country must continue with its strict "dynamic COVID clearance" policy and pandemic control…

The director of the Russia Maritime Studies Institute at the US Naval War College, Prof Michael Petersen, has been speaking to Radio 4's Today programme about the news that Russian vessel the Moskva has been seriously damaged. He says…

he World Bank has announced that it has approved a 300 million U.S. dollars rehabilitation fund for Ethiopia. In a press statement, the World Bank said the 'newly approved funds will be used to rehabilitate those affected by…

The British Home Secretary is in Rwanda to sign a deal that will offshore some of the UK's asylum processing to the African country. 'Single men who pay smugglers to get them into Britain on small boats will be sent to Rwanda to have…

Kenyan authorities have reportedly cancelled the work permit of a French chief executive of one of the biggest oil marketers in Kenya amid a fuel shortage crisis. The government is said to have ordered the deportation of Christian…