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Iran launches 3 new satellites aboard Russia’s Soyuz carrier

Iran launches 3 new satellites aboard Russia’s Soyuz carrier

It marks latest launch in growing Iran-Russia space cooperation amid Western criticism

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China’s 1st 6-ton-class tiltrotor aircraft makes maiden flight
28.12.2025

China’s 1st 6-ton-class tiltrotor aircraft makes maiden flight

Lanying R6000, world’s first aircraft of its kind, can smoothly transition between vertical takeoff and high-speed horizontal flight

Top Russian diplomat says Moscow against ‘any form of independence’ for Taiwan
28.12.2025

Top Russian diplomat says Moscow against ‘any form of independence’ for Taiwan

Sergey Lavrov tells state media that Russia to support China in ‘protecting national unity and territorial integrity’ in event of possible escalation of tensions in Taiwan Strait

Search on for 21 missing people, including 4 Spanish tourists, in Indonesia after boats sink
28.12.2025

Search on for 21 missing people, including 4 Spanish tourists, in Indonesia after boats sink

2 separate incidents occurred in Papua and East Nusa Tenggara regions of Indonesia, reports local media

UN Command reasserts authority over Korea border amid South shift
28.12.2025

UN Command reasserts authority over Korea border amid South shift

United Nations Command says armistice gives it control of Military Demarcation Line, seen as rebuff of South Korea rule change

Wolf escapes enclosure at Tokyo Zoo, visitors flee
28.12.2025

Wolf escapes enclosure at Tokyo Zoo, visitors flee

Officials say no injuries reported, efforts underway to capture wolf located in bushy area within Tama Zoological Park