Russia, China, Iran leaders to attend Kyrgyzstan summit
Around a dozen heads of states will head to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek to mark 25 years of the Shanghai Cooperation Group (SCO).The group brings...
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Russian strike on Warehouse near Kyiv kills 27
At least 27 people have been killed after an overnight Russian attack on a warehouse in the Bucha district, outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv,...
Ecuador ex-president sentenced to 5yrs for corruption
An Ecuadoran court on Friday sentenced ex-president Lenin Moreno to five years in prison for accepting bribes from a Chinese company that built the country’s...
Hezbollah chief rejects deal
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Friday again rejected a deal struck between Israel and Lebanon and said his Iran-backed group refused to “surrender” nearly six...
Tehran defies ‘unjust’ US sanctions
Iran’s government said Saturday it would stand firm against what it called “unjust” US sanctions, while signalling that Tehran would continue pursuing diplomacy alongside its...
India, Pakistan treat citizen lives as pocket change
This week, three newborns died in an NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) fire at a government hospital in Amravati, in the western Indian state of...
Trump announces historic Venezuela oil deal
The United States has struck a deal with Caracas that would give them control of some 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves, President...
Imran Khan’s sons fear for his health
The sons of the imprisoned former leader of Pakistan Imran Khan say they fear for their father’s health, claiming authorities in the South Asian country...
US judge blocks Trump’s bid to limit mail voting
A United States federal judge has for a second time blocked the Trump administration’s overhaul of election rules aimed at limiting voting by mail. District...
New Israeli strikes kill 3 in Gaza, authorities say
Israeli strikes killed three people in Gaza on Friday, authorities in the Palestinian territory said, in the latest day of attacks despite international appeals to...
Malaysia to return 1,500 Rohingya next month
Malaysia has finalised the first phase of a voluntary repatriation programme that will see at least 1,500 eligible Myanmar refugees return home on September 29,...
Diplomacy still open 6 months into war
Analysts broadly agree the United States and Israel’s war on Iran will not see regime collapse in Tehran or a definite victory for Washington, but...