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Poland Holds Emergency Security Meeting Over ‘Deadly Serious’ Threat to Prime Minister, Defence Minister
WARSAW: Polish security services convened a special meeting on Sunday after receiving information about a potential attack targeting Prime Minister Do...
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Dutch Riot Police Disperse Far-Right Protesters in The Hague After Violence Erupts
THE HAGUE — Dutch riot police dispersed several hundred protesters in The Hague on Saturday after a demonstration against immigration and asylum polic...
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Navy says it is spending 25% more time monitoring Russian vessels around UK waters
The Royal Navy has warned of increasing Russian activity around the UK’s waters after it spent 21 days in July monitoring Moscow’s ships. Naval operat...
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‘US and China should be partners, not rivals’, Xi says after earlier warning on Taiwan
The US president spent day one of his summit in Beijing basking in rigid pageantry, heroically managing not to offend his hosts and offering the verdi...
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Collapse of US-Iran talks heightens fears of prolonged energy shock
The failure of the US and Iran to reach a peace deal after marathon negotiations has put markets on alert for further oil and gas price rises. With la...
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Putin’s ‘hidden hand’ lies behind Iran’s drone tactics, UK defence secretary says
Vladimir Putin’s “hidden hand” lies behind Iran’s military methods, the UK defence secretary has said, after a night in which drones struck a base use...
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Hegseth says US won’t get ‘bogged down’ in Iran – but doesn’t rule out sending troops
The US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, has called the joint US-Israeli strikes in Iran the “most lethal and precise air power campaign in history”...
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How Edge Computing Is Changing Modern Applications
Think about what happens when a piece of industrial machinery fails or a vehicle needs to avoid an unexpected obstacle. Those fractions of a second ma...
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Gen Z Visuals Unveils Modern Media Studio at Grand Inauguration Ceremony
LAHORE: Gen Z Visuals, an emerging media production house co-founded by Meer Hamza Abbas and Muhammad Matloob, officially inaugurated its brand-new pr...
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University courses should be about acquiring skills, not just a job
Pete Dorey and Pat Stevenson respond to a letter that made the argument for employers funding universities. What a depressingly narrow, economistic vi...
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Met chief says British Jews ‘not safe’ in London after series of attacks
Counter-terrorism officers in London have launched 11 investigations and arrested 35 people after “a sustained period of attack” upon the Jewish commu...
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Israel’s ruling coalition proposes early elections amid ultra-Orthodox anger at Netanyahu
Israel’s ruling coalition has submitted a proposal to dissolve parliament to pave the way for early elections as the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyah...
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Canadian officer accused of spying for China acquitted of charges
A retired police officer Canada accused of being an agent for China has been acquitted of national security charges after prosecutors failed to prove ...
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Blatant disregard for rights’: concern grows over Gabon’s social media clampdown
When Gabon’s media regulator indefinitely suspended major social media platforms in February, citing security concerns during anti-government protests...
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