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EXIT INTERVIEW: Army Gen. Mark A. Milley has had a momentous — and at occasions polarizing — four-year run as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff below Presidents Trump and Biden. In the primary of a sequence of articles forward of the scheduled finish of his tenure in October, Gen. Milley sat down with senior Washington Times army correspondent Ben Wolfgang to debate a few of the achievements and controversies of his time because the Pentagon’s highest-ranking army officer. ...

Dramatic footage reveals individuals being rescued from uneven seas within the Mediterranean - as reviews emerge {that a} mom and her one-year-old baby have misplaced their lives after two boats capsized.Video launched on Sunday reveals individuals clinging to life rings as they drift within the heaving waves whereas others are hoisted aboard a coastguard vessel.Around 30 individuals remained lacking on Sunday after the 2 shipwrecks in a single day, the Italian coastguard mentioned, and two individuals have died.Around 57 individuals have been rescued off the island of Lampedusa, situated within the Mediterranean between Italy and northern Africa. Rescue operations started on Saturday and have been "complex", the coastguard mentioned, confirming re...

MALE, Maldives — The highest court docket within the Maldives on Sunday rejected a plea from the nation’s jailed former president that he be made eligible to contest subsequent month’s presidential election. ...

At least 30 individuals have been killed and 60 are injured after a prepare derailed in Pakistan.The incident befell close to the city of Nawabshah within the southern Sindh province, officers have stated. The Hazara Express was travelling from Karachi to Rawalpindi when its 10 carriages went off the observe, they added. Image: Pic: AP Railway minister Khawaja Saad Rafique stated: "Ambulances are rushing towards the scene."An emergency has been declared on the Nawab Shah and Sukkur hospitals." Read extra:Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan spends night time in high-security jail after arrestPakistan bombing is a reminder of the conflict on terr...

The State Department has joined the Philippines in condemning what it known as “dangerous actions” by China’s coast guard within the newest flare-up of tensions over clashing territorial claims within the South China Sea. ...

A deadline for Niger's coup leaders to face down and reinstate the nation's elected president has arrived.The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mentioned on Friday its defence chiefs had drawn up a plan for army motion if the junta, which has mentioned it won't bow to exterior strain, didn't comply by Sunday. Hours earlier than the deadline, supporters of the coup joined safety forces within the streets of Niger's capital Niamey to face guard and verify automobiles for weapons following a name from leaders to be careful for overseas intervention and spies. Image: Defence chiefs from some members of the West African bloc "I'm here to support the military," mentioned Ibrahim Nudirio, one of many...

ISLAMABAD — The political way forward for Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was thrown into doubt Saturday when police arrested him at house after a court docket handed him a three-year jail sentence for asset concealment. ...

North Korean arms factories have been instructed to extend their output by chief Kim Jong Un, as a part of a drive to improve the nation's defence capabilities, state media stories.It comes simply days after the US accused Russia of requesting weapons from the secretive state, following a go to by Moscow's defence minister Sergei Shoigu. Kim Jong Un inspected munitions factories on the finish of final week, watching the manufacturing of cruise missiles, aerial autos and rocket launchers, information company KCNA stated. Image: Pic: KCNA through Reuters He additionally burdened the "important responsibilities and tasks in perfecting [the North's] war readiness".It is believed that Pyongyang is making an attempt...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Regional mediation efforts to reverse the coup in Niger and restore its democracy collapsed as quickly as they began. Tensions have escalated because the Sunday deadline nears for attainable army intervention by different West African nations. ...

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has spent the evening in a high-security jail after he was handed a three-year jail time period for illegally promoting state presents.The standard opposition chief, who was ousted from energy in a no-confidence vote final April, was arrested at his residence within the japanese metropolis of Lahore on Saturday, quickly after a court docket handed down its verdict. It is the second time the 70-year-old former cricketer has been arrested this yr, having been held on corruption prices in May earlier than Pakistan's supreme court docket ordered his launch days later.It sparked a wave of lethal protests that noticed Khan's followers assault authorities and navy property throughout the nation. ...