China conducts first public test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile
“This is extremely unusual and likely the first time in decades that we’ve seen a test like this,” Ankit Panda, Stanton Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said. “(The test) likely speaks to China’s ongoing nuclear modernisation manifesting in new requirements for testing,” he added. The PLA Rocket Force, which oversees the […]
Zelenskyy appeals to global south to help ‘force Russia into peace’
“We know some in the world want to talk to Putin,” Zelenskyy said. “To meet, to talk, to speak. But what could they possibly hear from him? That he’s upset because we are exercising our right to defend our people? Or that he wants to keep the war and terror going, just so no one […]
Israeli strikes on Lebanon continue as Iran says Hezbollah ‘cannot stand alone’
Israel hits targets in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah fires rockets into northern Israel and Lebanese PM heads to UN Jason Burke and William Christou in Beirut Tue 24 Sep 2024 11.52 BST Share Thousands of Lebanese people fled the continuing bombing in the country’s south on Tuesday as Israel said it was conducting “extensive strikes” on Hezbollah targets, including on the […]
A path towards freedom: the new route to Europe for desperate Chinese migrants
Revealed: a small but growing number of Chinese people are travelling to the Balkans with the hope of getting into the EU Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent, in Bihać Wed 25 Sep 2024 00.02 BST In a sleepy Bosnian town, barely five miles from the border with the European Union, a crumbling old water tower is […]