The move would "not only save money for the state budget but more importantly, boost the efficiency of the system", General Secretary of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party, To Lam, told parliament last week.

Argentina's federal prosecutor's office will examine whether Milei engaged in fraud or criminal association or was in breach of his duties when he praised the $LIBRA cryptocurrency on social media Friday evening, according to news reports.

Passenger John Nelson posted a video of the aftermath on Facebook, showing a fire engine spraying water on the plane that was lying belly-up on the snow-covered tarmac.

The 88-year-old pontiff had a peaceful night on Sunday, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. The Vatican had not yet provided an update on the pope's condition on Monday.

"Iran's peaceful nuclear programme is ongoing, and has been for the last three decades, based on Iran's rights as a member in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons... definitely we will not show any weakness in this regard," he said. 

"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law," Trump, a Republican, proclaimed on his Truth Social network. The White House did not respond to a request for more details. 

In a departure from the tentative reprimands of his predecessor, former president Joe Biden, Trump and his top diplomat have declared themselves resolutely behind Netanyahu's objectives, whether over Israel's war in Gaza or the threat from Iran.

Since coming to power more than a decade ago, Xi has consistently sought to bolster the role of state enterprises in the world's second-largest economy and warned against the "disorderly" expansion of the private sector.

Approximately 4,276 Indonesian nationals have been marked for deportation by United States authorities as the administration of President Donald Trump continues its crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

Seeking a return to traditional gender norms, the new administration is making a big show of centering men -- from Elon Musk declaring that "testosterone rocks!" to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doing push-ups to redefining government acronyms from a male perspective.

Other members of the trading bloc include Russia, India, China and South Africa and others.

The MK-84 is an unguided 2,000 pound bomb, which can rip through thick concrete and metal, creating a wide blast radius. 

Khadiza's first initiative was to start accompanying female Rohingya refugees to hospitals and schools, before opening a Japanese language school as a volunteer while offering consultations to help them solve their problems.

Mediators earn fees from overseas casino operators for providing gambling points in exchange for cash or cryptocurrencies, according to the investigative source.

The Black Hawk's cockpit voice recorder (CVR) then appears not to have picked up crucial instructions to veer out of the Bombardier CRJ-700's path seconds before the collision.

Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's borderlands and are staffed by foreigners who are often trafficked and forced to work, swindling their compatriots in an industry analysts say is worth billions of dollars.

The United States State Department statement said the attack was carried out "reportedly by a group of Hezbollah supporters", referring to the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon.

Trump rattled Ukraine and its European allies on Wednesday by agreeing to launch peace talks in his first publicly announced call with Putin since returning to office. 

Modi, only the fourth world leader to visit the White House since Trump's return, described the fellow nationalist as a friend and told him he was adopting a take on his "Make America Great Again" slogan.

"The Secretary intends to continue his travel to Germany and the Middle East on a separate aircraft," Bruce said in a statement.

In collaboration with the Indonesian Defense Ministry, several Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems will be jointly manufactured in the country by Turkish drone maker Baykar Makina and Indonesian private weapons company PT Republikorp.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Prabowo exchanged gifts during the state visit on Wednesday as a symbol of friendship and strong ties between the two nations.

Beijing swiftly hit back, accusing the Australian plane of "violating Chinese sovereignty and endangering Chinese national security".

The Akash missile system developed by India's defence research body has drawn interest from the Philippines, which has told New Delhi it would make an order in the fiscal year that begins in April, said three sources.

Chinese officials in recent weeks have raised a proposal with the Trump team through intermediaries to hold a summit between the two leaders and to facilitate peacekeeping efforts after an eventual truce, according to people in Beijing and Washington cited by the newspaper. 

Trump first broke the news Friday that he would make himself the Kennedy Center chairman, as he fires off a blitz of policy changes that are upending the city and the country, and attacking people, causes and policies he says are dangerously liberal.

Such an attack would set back Iran's nuclear program by weeks or months while escalating tension in the region and risking a wider conflict, according to multiple intelligence reports from the end of the Biden administration and start of the Trump administration, the newspaper reported.