Saudi crown prince kicks off regional tour in Egypt
BSS :Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman began a two-day visit to Egypt on Monday evening, the presidency in Cairo said, kicking off a regional...
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You’re my hero’ Hollywood’s Ben Stiller tells Zelensky in Kyiv
BSS :Hollywood star Ben Stiller met Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Monday, hailing the comedian-turned-president as “my hero” for rallying the world’s support for Ukraine...
US is in talks with allies about caps on Russian oil : Yellen
BSS/AFP :The US is in talks with Canada and other allies around the world about curbing Russian energy revenues by imposing a price cap on...
Sonia Gandhi discharged from hospital
BSS :President of Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi, 75, was discharged from hospital last evening and she is now staying at home on doctor’s advice....
Hundreds of thousands evacuated in China after heaviest rains in decades
BSS :The heaviest rainfall in decades has triggered floods and landslides in southern China, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people, state media...
UN chief calls for extension of Syria cross-border aid resolution
BSS :UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for the Security Council to extend its authorization of cross-border aid into northwest Syria by a year-a...
Macron seeks to salvage power after France vote upset
BSS :French President Emmanuel Macron will meet party leaders including the far-right Marine Le Pen for talks, the Elysee said on Monday, after he and...
Flood situation in India’s Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya states worsens
NDTV :The flood situation in India’s Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya states has worsened. Assam has been reeling under devastating floods with 32 of the northeastern...
EU’s top diplomat calls Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian grain a war crime
Reuters :Russia is committing a war crime by blocking the export of millions of tonnes of Ukrainian grain, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said...
More than 100 killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region
Al Jazeera :More than 100 people, mostly from the Amhara ethnic group, have been killed in an attack in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, according to witnesses,...
French polling stations open for legislative vote
BSS/AFP :Polling stations opened in mainland France on Sunday for the second round of parliamentary elections, with recently re- elected President Emmanuel Macron’s second-term agenda...
Saudi crown prince to visit Egypt, Jordan ahead of Turkey
BSS :Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman begins a regional tour Monday in Egypt that will also take him to Turkey to bolster regional ties,...