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Explainer-How might a US-Saudi civil nuclear deal work?
WASHINGTON -White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend for talks expected to touch on a...
May 19, 20243 min read
Israel tells World Court South Africa case makes a mockery of genocide
THE HAGUE - Israel defended the military necessity of its Gaza offensive on Friday at the International Court of Justice and asked judges...
May 18, 20242 min read
Fierce fighting in northern Gaza as aid starts to roll off US-built pier
CAIRO -Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday in some of the fiercest...
May 18, 20244 min read
Aid begins to arrive in Gaza via US-built pier
GAZA -Aid deliveries began arriving at a U.S.-built pier off the Gaza Strip on Friday as Israel comes under growing global pressure to...
May 18, 20243 min read
US anchors aid pier to Gaza, now comes tough distribution job
WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS -The United States anchored a floating pier in Gaza on Thursday to boost aid deliveries, but Washington is...
May 17, 20244 min read
Olympics-Alizadeh aiming for taekwondo gold with Bulgaria after fleeing Iran
Kimia Alizadeh made history by becoming the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal back in 2016 and, despite since defecting and all...
May 17, 20242 min read
Taiwan lawmakers exchange blows in bitter dispute over parliament reforms
TAIPEI - Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday in a bitter dispute about reforms to the...
May 17, 20242 min read
German defence industry says it will need government help to reduce dependence on China
BERLIN - German arms producers will need help from the government if they are to reduce their dependency on Chinese materials and still...
May 17, 20242 min read
Hugs but not the full socialist-era kiss for Putin, Xi in Beijing
BEIJING -A vaunted 'new era' of strategic partnership between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Xi Jinping begun in...
May 17, 20242 min read
Putin calls U.S. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles 'unfair competition'
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a visit to China that U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles...
May 17, 20241 min read
Russia and China to sign Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline contract 'in near future', says Novak
MOSCOW - Russia and China expect to a sign a contract "in the near future" on the Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline, which will carry...
May 17, 20242 min read
Putin to push growing Moscow-Beijing trade in China's northeast
BEIJING - After sealing pledges of a "new era" of strategic partnership with China's Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin on...
May 17, 20242 min read
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