EU sanctions Iran Guards over closure of Hormuz
The EU on Monday imposed sanctions on the spokesman for the naval arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and a regional command over the closure of...
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China’s Xi in North Korea for rare visit
China’s President Xi Jinping made a rare visit to North Korea on Monday, where he met an emboldened Kim Jong Un who has drawn closer...
Powerful quake kills 19 in Philippines; triggers tsunami
An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the southern Philippines Monday, killing at least 19 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in damaged buildings and...
S Korean president nominates would-be second woman PM
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung nominated Han Seong-sook to be his next prime minister on Sunday, making her only the second woman to hold...
Armenia votes in test of Westward pivot away from Russia
Armenia votes Sunday in a parliamentary election set to test Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s tilt to the West, as the country faces threats and allegations...
Greece arrests Palestinian suspected of Hamas links
Greece has arrested a Palestinian man suspected of links to the Islamist movement Hamas for “planning terrorist acts”, police said late Saturday. The 37-year-old was...
Missing Malaysian hiker’s rescue hailed a ‘miracle’
The rescue of a Malaysian hiker found alive after two weeks missing in the wilderness was hailed as “a miracle” by a friend on Sunday,...
Pentagon raises threat of Israeli spying to ‘critical’: US media
The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat level for Israel to its highest level, US media reported on Saturday. The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)...
Biles reveals health scare after ‘almost dying’
Seven-time Olympic champion Simone Biles has revealed she suffered a health scare, describing the experience as “almost dying”. American Biles, the most decorated gymnast of...
Giant crowds greet Pope Leo at public mass in Madrid, Spain
An oceanic crowd has filled the streets of the Spanish capital Madrid with chants, cheers and applause to greet Pope Leo XIV on the second...
Zelensky criticises ‘vile’ Chornobyl drone strike ahead of London talks
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will host Volodymyr Zelensky in Downing Street later on Sunday, alongside French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich...
Nearly 500 confirmed cases in Central Africa Ebola outbreak: WHO
Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in the deadly outbreak raging in central Africa, a WHO overview showed Saturday, amid mounting concern over...