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400 Iranian nationals are set to be deported, according to Reuters The Trump administration is deporting 120 Iranians, some of whom entered the country illegally, after the U.S. and Tehran reached a deal, according to reports. Iranian officials told The New York Times that the planeload of migrants took off from Louisiana on Monday night…
China will “gradually raise” its retirement age for the first time since the 1950s, as the country confronts an ageing population and a dwindling pension budget. The top legislative body on Friday approved proposals to raise the statutory retirement age from 50 to 55 for women in blue-collar jobs, and from 55 to 58 for…
Israeli airstrikes pounded Lebanon’s northeast city of Baalbek after Hezbollah fired 100 rockets in Israel in the heaviest exchange of fire since October. BEIRUT — The Israeli military resumed airstrikes in northeastern Lebanon on Tuesday after exchanging fire with Hezbollah overnight. Late on Monday, Israel struck Baalbek and the heavily armed Hezbollah movement responded by…
Concerns over the stability of Afghanistan are growing as the country struggles with its economy and humanitarian crises under Taliban rule. Calling for a representative government in Afghanistan, the foreign ministers of India, Russia and Pakistan on Friday urged the Taliban to respect the rights of all Afghans. The ministers were speaking at the day-long…
A Chinese spy who ran a “secret police station” in Manhattan to help Beijing target government dissidents faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to acting as an illegal foreign agent, federal prosecutors said. Chen Jinping, 60, admitted in Brooklyn federal court to “conspiring” to act on behalf of the People’s…
Oct. 13 (UPI) — North Korea Friday called the arrival of U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in South Korea an undisguised military provocation and warned of “catastrophic consequences” and the danger of outbreak of a nuclear war. In a statement published on the state news agency KCNA, North Korea threatened “the most powerful and…