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Belgian vice-Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs minister Sophie Wilmes said on Thursday she will temporarily 'step down' from the government to take care of her husband, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer. "This difficult hardship…

French President Emmanuel Macron was found to be more convincing than far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in a pre-election debate on French televison ahead of Sunday's presidential runoff vote, an opinion poll showed. The snap survey by…

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday proposed a "global security initiative" that upholds the principle of 'indivisible security', a concept also endorsed by Russia, although he gave no details of how it would be implemented. During…

UK: Queen Elizabeth gets own Barbie doll for Platinum Jubilee Britain's Queen Elizabeth is being honoured with a Barbie doll in her likeness to mark her Platinum Jubilee this year. Toy maker Mattel said on Thursday it was…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to cancel plans to storm the Azovstal plant in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, saying he wants it to continue to be "securely blockaded" instead. The last Ukrainian…

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has named Tiemoko Meyliet Kone, governor of the West African central bank, as his vice president in a possible clue to his succession plans. The 80-year-old leader made the announcement…

Kenya has commenced inspection of product standards for all imported cargo at its ports of entry, a government official said Tuesday. The managing director of Kenya Bureau of Standards, KEBS, Mr. Bernard Njiraini, told journalists in…

Germany will continue to support Ukraine militarily and financially although it has practically maxed-out the weapons it can deliver from its own stocks and is instead working with the armaments industry, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on…

Lithuania's parliament on Tuesday voted to ban public displays of the letter "Z", the black and orange ribbon of St George, and other symbols seen as expressing support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russian military vehicles in…

'Communal meals' in which hundreds of people pack around long tables to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan have returned to Egypt's streets after being widely suspended for the past two years due to COVID-19 restrictions.…