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Moscow may seize private US assets in Russia if US seizes frozen reserves, says Putin ally
MOSCOW - Russia may respond to any U.S. confiscation of its currency reserves frozen in the West by seizing the assets, including...
Apr 29, 20242 min read


Scotland's Humza Yousaf expected to resign as first minister
LONDON -Scotland's first minister Humza Yousaf is expected to resign later on Monday, British media reported, after the possibility of...
Apr 29, 20242 min read


Polish protesters lift months-long blockade at Ukraine border
KYIV - Polish farmers stopped protesting at the last blocked border crossing with Ukraine on Monday, Kyiv and Warsaw said, suspending a...
Apr 29, 20242 min read


China's Xi to visit France, Serbia and Hungary, aims to boost EU ties
BEIJING -Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit France, Serbia and Hungary from May 5-10, his first Europe trip in five years aimed at...
Apr 29, 20241 min read


Pedro Sanchez stays on as Spain's prime minister after weighing quitting
MADRID -Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday he had decided to continue in office, days after abruptly announcing he was...
Apr 29, 20241 min read


Socialist supporters call on Spanish prime minister to stay
MADRID -Thousands of Socialist Party supporters travelled from across Spain for a rally in Madrid on Saturday to call on Prime Minister...
Apr 28, 20242 min read


Ceasefire monitoring centre in Nagorno-Karabakh shuts as Russian peacekeepers withdraw
AGDAM, Azerbaijan - The Russian and Turkish flags were lowered on Friday to mark the closure of a centre set up to monitor a ceasefire...
Apr 27, 20242 min read


Gaza protest in Paris sees tense standoff with Israel supporters
PARIS - Tensions flared in front of Paris' prestigious Sciences Po university over the war in Gaza on Friday as pro-Israeli protesters...
Apr 27, 20242 min read


Analysis-Arrest of Russian defence minister's deputy may be strike by rival 'clan'
LONDON - Sergei Shoigu, Russia's defence minister, has tried to send a "business as usual" message since his deputy was arrested on a...
Apr 27, 20244 min read


Sweden should hike military budget to 2.6% of GDP, defence committee says
STOCKHOLM -Sweden should raise its military spending to around 2.6% of GDP by 2030, a parliamentary committee said in a report on Friday,...
Apr 27, 20242 min read


South Sudanese comedians find laughs in painful past
JUBA - When Isaac Anthony Lumori launched South Sudan's first weekly comedy show at the height of a civil war in 2014, his performers'...
Apr 27, 20242 min read


India votes in second election phase as Modi vs Gandhi contest heats up
BENGALURU/NOIDA, India -India voted on Friday in the second phase of the world's biggest election, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
Apr 26, 20243 min read
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