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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
Xi and Putin set out ambitions for Eurasian security club
ASTANA - Chinese President Xi Jinping urged members of a regional security club on Thursday to resist external meddling, while President...


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, 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...


Jul 4, 20241 min read
Egypt's Sisi names new armed forces chief of staff, defence minister
CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi named a new chief of staff for the armed forces on Wednesday, after replacing the defence...


Jul 3, 20242 min read
Russia's Putin and China's Xi to meet at security summit in Kazakhstan
ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping are due to meet on Wednesday at a summit of a Eurasian security and...


Jul 3, 20243 min read
Hungary's Orban, in Kyiv, proposes ceasefire to speed up peace talks
KYIV - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday to consider a ceasefire to...


Jul 3, 20243 min read
Iran presidential contenders face hurdle of voter apathy
DUBAI - The zealous anti-Westerner and the low-key moderate hoping to become Iran's next president could struggle to mobilise millions of...
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