At Least 1,000 Dead After 5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Afghanistan
WANA (May 05) – Iran’s Foreign Minister is continuing his diplomatic consultations and will travel to Beijing today, where he is set to discuss bilateral relations as well as regional and international developments with his Chinese counterpart. Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, will depart for Beijing on Tuesday, May 5, as part of his…
MOSCOW, July 21 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused NATO member Poland of having territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union, and said any aggression against Russia’s neighbour and close ally Belarus would be considered an attack on Russia. Moscow would react to any aggression against Belarus, which forms a loose “Union State”…
Spain said around 50,000 people had crossed the border since Thursday morning, and estimated that 48,300 had voluntarily returned by 6 p.m. (1600 GMT) on Friday. Juan Jesús Vivas, head of Ceuta’s local government, said as many as 60,000 people had pushed across over the past couple of days. Fifty-seven bodies had been recovered on…
The White House has defended President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter, after repeatedly insisting he had no plans to grant such executive clemency. The press secretary said Biden had pardoned his son, who was facing sentencing later this month in two federal cases, to shield him from potential persecution by the outgoing president’s…
CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese paramilitary forces seized a key military base in the army’s last stronghold in the western Darfur region, activists and aid groups said Monday, a significant blow in the war that has gripped the country since 2023. Medical groups reported dozens of civilians killed. Over a quarter-million people — half of them…
China has approved a 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) plan to bolster its ailing economy by allowing local governments to refinance their debt, unveiling additional stimulus measures to counter a potentially volatile growth path marked by the impending return of Donald Trump to the White House. Finance Minister Lan Fo’an said at a press conference Friday…