Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on Thursday received a courtesy visit by his Turkish counterpart Yasar Gühler, during which the two military chiefs talked about cooperation in the defense sector and beyond, amid reported plans to purchase Turkish weapons systems. 

Judge John Thackray said David Wilkinson had played a leading role in what he described as "12 hours of racist, hate-fueled mob violence", kicking out and throwing missiles at officers, spitting at them and trying to start a fire.

In March 2023, the UN asked the ICJ to clarify "legal consequences" for states that "have caused significant harm to the climate system and other parts of the environment".

Mpox was also declared a global health emergency in 2022, and access was again unequal, as vaccines were widely available in regions like Europe and the United States, but there are still none in Africa two years later despite the severity of the ongoing outbreaks.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared the rapid spread of the new strain, dubbed Clade 1b, a public health emergency of international concern, the highest alarm the UN agency can sound.

The World Health Organization on Friday urged manufacturers to ramp up production of mpox vaccines to rein in the spread of a more dangerous strain of the virus.

The proposed sale of the PAC-3 MSE missiles "will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by improving the security of a NATO ally that is an important force for political and economic stability in Europe," the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a statement.

One pilot ejected following the crash over northeastern France, but authorities had launched a desperate search for a missing instructor and a student pilot on the second jet.

The Ukrainian army entered Russia's Kursk region on August 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II.

Identified by Austrian media as Beran A., the 19-year-old was said by neighbors to have been reserved but friendly before his arrest this week thrust him into international headlines when authorities announced they had thwarted the planned attack.

The Games' organizers pledged that Seine-Saint-Denis would be a pulsating focal point of the Paris Olympics, home to the athletes' village, the Stade de France national stadium and a new 5,000-seat aquatics center. But local residents complain that the Paris 2024 does too little to help them enjoy the Summer Games first hand.

Authorities would stay on high alert for further trouble and those involved in riots could expect to be brought before the courts, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, noting that what he called "significant sentences" had already been handed out.

Indonesians and other foreign nationals are looking with hope to Starmer's Labour government for potential easing of a new set of stringent visa rules designed by the previous Conservative administration that has left them with fewer options in a narrower jobs market.

The rapidly spreading anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim sentiments across the United Kingdom in recent days have caused anxiety among the Indonesian community, with some deciding to seek safety by staying at home and canceling plans in or out of town.

"This is the first tranche of direct budget support from the United States in 2024. In total, Ukraine will receive $7.8 billion in direct budgetary assistance from the United States this year, which will allow us to confidently pass this financial period," Shmyhal said on the Telegram messaging app.

Agitators have targeted Islamic places of worship since unsubstantiated rumours spread online that the teenage suspect behind a knife attack that killed three girls in northwest England on Monday was Muslim.

A 17-year-old boy appeared in an English court on Thursday charged with the murder of three young girls in a knife attack at a summer dance class in Southport that has shocked the nation and sparked two nights of violent protests. 

The visit, considered by the Defense Ministry an “important step” toward a stronger Jakarta-Moscow relationship, saw the first meeting between Prabowo and Russian President Vladimir Putin since Prabowo won the presidential election.

Prabowo intends to meet his Russian counterpart, the Indonesian ambassador in Moscow said, as quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency.

Defense Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto is continuing his European tour, with trips to Serbia and Turkey following his visit to France.

Russia is considered by most military analysts to have the world's third most powerful navy after those of the United States and China, and Russia has a significant ballistic-missile nuclear submarine fleet.

No immediate claim of responsibility was made for the arson attacks on cabling boxes at junctions strategically picked out north, southwest and east of the capital where the Olympics opening ceremony was staged on Friday night. Rail workers thwarted a fourth attempt to destroy safety equipment.

During his meeting with Macron, Prabowo congratulated France for hosting the Paris Olympics and conveyed his appreciation for the French president's role in maintaining and improving the bilateral relationship between Indonesia and France on various sectors, including security and defense.

The space-age looking Sarco capsule, first unveiled in 2019, replaces the oxygen inside it with nitrogen, causing death by hypoxia. It would cost $20 to use.

The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and French President Emmanuel Macron rejected on Tuesday a Palestinian demand that Israel be barred from the Paris Games over the war in Gaza.

Gershkovich was sentenced after just three court sessions in a secretive closed-door trial in the Urals City of Yekaterinburg, the city where he was arrested while on a reporting trip in March 2023.

Asked by Russian state TV reporter Pavel Zarubin about the possibility of the United States deploying hypersonic missiles to Europe, Peskov said: "We have enough potential to deter these missiles. But the capitals of these (European) states are potential victims."

As he began a visit to Ireland, Zelensky told reporters at Shannon Airport that "it's a mistake. I think United States gave a lot of support for Ukrainians. We can forget some mistakes, I think so."

Indonesia, which slammed the attack via a statement issued on Thursday, has drawn criticism after failing to mention Russia in its condemnation, with dozens of social media users urging Jakarta to attribute the attack to Russian military forces.

With relations between NATO on the one hand and China and Russia on the other at a low ebb, analysts believe that Beijing wanted to send the alliance a warning message with the timing of the drills.