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Jul 6, 20241 min read
Zelenskiy: Ukraine wants to double air defence capabilities through the summer
KYIV - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he wanted to double Ukraine's air defence capacity over the summer after receiving...


Jul 6, 20242 min read
Foreign minister says Moldova has right to expel more Russian diplomats
CHISINAU - The foreign minister of ex-Soviet Moldova was quoted as saying on Friday that his government reserved the right to order...


Jul 6, 20243 min read
Iran's Pezeshkian brings hopes of moderation after routing hardline rival
DUBAI - Iran's president-elect, low-profile moderate Masoud Pezeshkian, carries the hopes of millions of Iranians seeking less...


Jul 6, 20243 min read
Moderate Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential race, interior ministry says
DUBAI - The low-profile moderate Masoud Pezeshkian, who has pledged to open Iran to the world and deliver freedoms its people have...


Jul 5, 20243 min read
Iranians vote in run-off presidential race amid widespread apathy
DUBAI - Iranians voted on Friday for a run-off presidential election that will test the clerical rulers' popularity amid voter apathy at...


Jul 4, 20242 min read
India, China foreign ministers agree to resolve border issues at earliest
NEW DELHI - India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday in Kazakhstan where the two...


Jul 4, 20242 min read
China's Xi greets EU Council president ahead of EV tariffs taking effect
BEIJING - China's President Xi Jinping made a congratulatory call on Thursday to incoming European Council President Antonio Costa,...


Jul 4, 20241 min read
Ukraine, Russian armed group claim arson attack on Moscow warship in Baltic
A Ukrainian military intelligence official said on Wednesday that a fire on a Russian warship in the Baltic Sea in April was caused by a...


Jul 4, 20243 min read
New Cuban radar site near US military base could aid China spying, think tank says
WASHINGTON - Cuba is building a new radar site likely to be capable of spying on the United States' nearby Guantanamo Bay naval base, a...


Jul 4, 20242 min read
Russia claims control of part of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine reports heavy fighting
MOSCOW - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that its forces had taken control of a district in the key Ukrainian town of Chasiv...


Jul 4, 20241 min read
Turkey's Erdogan offers to help end Russia-Ukraine war; Kremlin rules him out as intermediary
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Ankara could help end the Ukraine-Russia war,...


Jul 4, 20241 min read
US says it had no involvement in attempted failed coup in Bolivia
WASHINGTON - The United States had no involvement in a failed coup attempt in Bolivia last week, the White House said on Wednesday. "The...
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