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China can not stop US officials from visiting Taiwan: Pelosi
Tokyo: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that China will not isolate Taiwan by preventing US officials from travelling there. She made the remarks in Tokyo on the final leg of an…
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Iran, US, EU to send envoys to Vienna for nuclear talks
Tehran: Iran, the United States and the European Union said Wednesday they would send representatives to Vienna amid what appears to be a last-ditch effort at reviving talks over Tehran’s tattered 2015…
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OPEC+ boosts oil output by slower pace than previous months
Vienna: The OPEC oil cartel and its allies decided on Wednesday to boost production in September at a much slower pace than in previous months at a time of high oil prices…
- Middle East
Israel police exceeded their powers to wiretaps
Jerusalem: An Israeli government investigation into the use of powerful eavesdropping technology by the police found that they only used it after securing a judicial warrant but that the flood of information…
- Middle East
Russia FM visits Egypt, part of Africa trip amid Ukraine war
Cairo: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was in Cairo for talks on Sunday with Egyptian officials as his country seeks to break diplomatic isolation and sanctions by the West over its invasion…
- Middle East
Israeli forces kill 2 in West Bank gun battle: Palestine
Nablus: Israeli troops and special forces on an arrest mission exchanged fire with Palestinians barricaded in a house in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli police said. The local rescue service…
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Monkeypox virus could become entrenched as new STD in the US
New York: The spread of monkeypox in the US could represent the dawn of a new sexually transmitted disease, though some health officials say the virus that causes pimple-like bumps might yet…
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WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency
Geneva: The World Health Organisation said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an extraordinary situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur…
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Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild symptoms
Washington: President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation’s efforts to resume normalcy after two and a…
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UN slams killings, rights abuses under Afghanistan’s Taliban
Islamabad: Hundreds of people have been killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban overran the country nearly a year ago, even though security, on the whole, has improved since then, the United Nations…
- Middle East
Vladimir Putin heads to Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey
Tehran: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iran starting Tuesday is intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow’s challenge to the United States and Europe amid its grinding…
- Middle East
UAE sentences Jamal Khashoggi’s former lawyer to 3 years in prison
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates has sentenced the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi – the dissident Saudi journalist who was killed at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018 – to three years…
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Russia increases attacks across Ukraine’s north, east, south
Kramatorsk Russian forces fired missiles and shells at cities and towns across Ukraine on Saturday after Russia’s military announced it was stepping up its onslaught against its neighbour. Ukraine reported at least 17…
- Middle East
Biden says US ‘will not walk away’ from Middle East
Jeddah: President Joe Biden, speaking at a summit of Arab leaders, said Saturday that the United States will not walk away from the Middle East as he tries to ensure stability in…
- Middle East
Joe Biden meets with Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Saudi Arabia
Jeddah: President Joe Biden began his final day in Saudi Arabia by meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who survived an assassination attempt with explosive drones last year. Some in the…
