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Zelenskiy welcomes French promises of Mirage 2000 warplanes to help fight Russia
PARIS -Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he hoped to see French-supplied warplanes in Ukrainian skies soon after...
Jun 8, 20242 min read


Biden, Macron to discuss Israel and Ukraine in pomp-filled state visit
PARIS - Fresh from commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, French President Emmanuel Macron will host U.S. President Joe Biden on...
Jun 8, 20242 min read


Displaced Ukrainians make remote-controlled stretchers in family workshop
KYIV REGION, Ukraine -Ukrainian teenager Yelisei Mamonov dreams of attending his country's top technical university one day. For now, he...
Jun 6, 20242 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


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...
Jun 3, 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 31, 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 29, 20242 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, 20244 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, 20247 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, 20243 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, 20244 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...
May 21, 20242 min read
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