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Jun 6, 20244 min read
Biden imposes sweeping asylum ban at US-Mexico border
WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday instituted a broad asylum ban on migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico...
Jun 6, 20244 min read
Security tight in Hong Kong and China on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
HONG KONG/TAIPEI -Hong Kong police detained several people and Chinese authorities restricted access to Beijing's Tiananmen Square on...
Jun 3, 20242 min read
Factbox-What to expect from Swiss summit on Ukraine's peace terms
KYIV - Switzerland will host a summit on June 15-16 that aims to build broad international support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
May 31, 20242 min read
Ukraine concludes long-term security deals with Sweden and Norway
STOCKHOLM/KYIV -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy concluded long-term security agreements with Sweden and Norway on Friday, a sign...
May 31, 20242 min read
Iran registers presidential candidates for early vote after Raisi's death
DUBAI -Iran on Thursday started registration of candidates for an early election next month following the death of President Ebrahim...
May 30, 20242 min read
Xi says China wants to work with Arab states to resolve hot spot issues
BEIJING -China wants to work with Arab nations to resolve hot spot issues in ways conducive to upholding fairness, justice and achieving...
May 29, 20242 min read
Putin warns West not to let Ukraine use its missiles to hit Russia
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Tuesday that NATO members in Europe were playing with fire by proposing to...
May 21, 20244 min read
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, hardline ally of Khamenei, killed in helicopter crash
DUBAI -Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed...
May 21, 20247 min read
Reactions to the death of Iran's president in a helicopter crash
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a...
May 21, 20243 min read
Factbox-What we know about the crashed helicopter carrying Iran's president
The helicopter that crashed in Iran on Sunday, killing the country's president and foreign minister in mountain fog, was a Bell 212...
May 21, 20244 min read
Iran's President Raisi took hard line with national protests and nuclear talks
Ebrahim Raisi, who died aged 63, rose through Iran's theocracy from hardline prosecutor to uncompromising president, overseeing a...
May 21, 20242 min read
Russia stresses strong ties with Iran as Putin calls interim president
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin phoned Iran's new interim president on Monday as Moscow made clear its desire to preserve and...
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