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Prominent Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko has ignited fierce debate by saying Kyiv is "losing the war" against Russia and suggesting it should consider making controversial compromises with Moscow in the name of peace.

Governor Newsom today announced California's new disaster intelligence satellite capability and opened a modernized State Operations Center to coordinate faster, smarter responses to disasters, as climate change intensifies threats and the Trump administration retreats from federal preparedness.

For a long time, launching something beyond Earth was reserved for a relatively small number of national space programmes. That is changing.

Montenegro has extradited Iranian-Turkish dual national Amir Barati to the United States to face charges over an alleged hacking campaign that US prosecutors say stole research and intellectual property from American universities for the benefit of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and other Iranian entities.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has reaffirmed its support to Kenya following confirmation of the country's first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease and the subsequent death of the patient.

This is a summary of what was said by Halimatou Amadou, Chief of Communication, UNICEF Democratic Republic of the Congo - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is robbing children of their loved ones - with some succumbing to the deadly disease themselves, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday.

Vladimir Putin took part, via videoconference, in a ceremony to launch an electric battery manufacturing cluster.

Just over two weeks ago, Russia organised sham elections. The only anti-war party was banned from participating. Putin did not allow OSCE observers in for monitoring and refused an independent assessment of the results. There was zero tolerance for dissent. So of course, the outcome was never in doubt.

A suspected case of pneumonic plague killing a laboratory technician in Russia has sparked global alarm about the possibility of wider transmission. But how easily does pneumonic plague spread, how dangerous is it today, and why are laboratories working with the bacteria that causes it?

The death of a lab worker in Russia's Siberia region has sparked concerns over a possible plague case, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, adding that it was following the situation closely.

Pakistan today conducted a successful test launch of indigenously developed extended version of Fatah-4, Ground Launched Cruise Missile. Equipped with advanced avionics and state of the art navigational aids, the weapon system is capable of engaging targets at extended ranges with high precision and lethality, reported DND News Agency.

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India's Foreign Ministry said on October 6 that 12 crew members of the Panama-flagged oil tanker On Peace were injured after an unidentified projectile struck the vessel while it was passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Eleven of those injured were Indian nationals, and there were 19 people aboard.

The Islamic Republic will send a technical team to Qatar to hold further talks on the fate of Iranian pilots, Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni says.

Defense Ministry spokesperson Reza Talaei-Nik says any US or Israeli aggression against Iran would face a firm response, stressing the country's readiness to counter threats.

Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, addressing the United States, emphasized, "You lost the military war. You will fail in the economic war too."

In a statement commemorating the 7th of October-marking the third anniversary of the historic and strategic Operation Al-Aqsa Storm-the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) described the operation as the beginning of the end for Zionism and the shattering of the myth of the Zionist army's invincibility, as well as a future-shaping event that accelerates the definitive decline of the racist, occupying regime of the Holy Quds.

The UN Secretary-General appealed on Tuesday for an end to the United States-Iran war and the toll it has taken on global trade, as he began an official visit to Pakistan.

An Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force team has arrived in Belarus to represent Iran's Armed Forces at a joint anti-terrorism exercise involving Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states, the IRGC Ground Force has said.