by AFP Staff Writers
Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 30, 2026
Israel’s military denied on Friday having accepted the Palestinian health ministry’s death toll for the war in Gaza of 71,000 killed since October 2023, as was reported in Israeli…

by AFP Staff Writers
Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 30, 2026
Israel’s military denied on Friday having accepted the Palestinian health ministry’s death toll for the war in Gaza of 71,000 killed since October 2023, as was reported in Israeli…

by AFP Staff Writers
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Jan 21, 2026
An Israeli air strike killed an AFP freelancer and two other journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory’s civil defence agency said, while the…

By Mathieu RABECHAULT
Kajaani, Finland (AFP) Feb 6, 2026
Finland is barely out of the treaty banning them but the country’s armed forces are already training soldiers to lay anti-personnel mines, citing a threat from neighbouring…

By Barbara WOJAZER and Serhii OKUNEV
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 3, 2026
Russia launched its biggest drone and missile attack this year on Ukraine overnight, leaving hundreds of thousands without heating in freezing temperatures on…

Tokyo (AFP) Jan 19, 2026 –
A technical glitch pushed back the restart of the world’s biggest nuclear reactor in Japan, its operator said on Monday, a day before local media reported it would go online.
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)…

by AFP Staff Writers
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Jan 31, 2026
Israeli air strikes killed 32 people including children in Gaza on Saturday, according to the Palestinian territory’s civil defence agency, as the military…

by AFP Staff Writers
Havana (AFP) Jan 25, 2026
US President…

US lifts 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods linked to Russia oil purchases NST Online

A United States congressional hearing on global religious freedom has criticised the Federal Government’s reported $9m lobbying contract in Washington, with lawmakers warning that the deal…

On February 4, pro-war military bloggers reported that Russia’s frontline troops had lost access to Starlink satellite Internet. While Ukrainian forces have had official access to Starlink since the start of the full-scale invasion, many…