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A Panama-flagged tanker called White Pearl has caught fire near Assaluyeh on Iran's Gulf coast. "Twenty-two of the ship's crew have been rescued by Iranian rescue teams after the ship's captain requested assistance from the port…

The United States has sanctioned the former governor of Lebanon's central bank, Riad Salameh, and four others close to him, saying his "corrupt and unlawful actions have contributed to the breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon." Members…

Five Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. Turkey's defence ministry said the conflict took place in Zap region, where Turkey has been carrying out a…

Pakistan's outgoing prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and the leader of the opposition will meet to pick a caretaker leader to oversee a general election due by November, a government official said. Sharif and opposition leader Raja Riaz…

Ecuador presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, a vocal critic of corruption and organized crime, was killed at a campaign event. Report says some 30 shots had been fired at an event in the north of the capital, Quito. Video…

The Deputy Interior Minister of Poland says Poland will send 2,000 troops to its frontier with Belarus to stem illegal crossings and maintain stability. Poland has increasing worries about the border area since hundreds of battle-hardened…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has denied making an agreement with China to remove a grounded warship that serves as a military outpost in South China Sea, and said if there ever were such a deal, it should be considered…

Iraq's Official Media Regulator has  ordered all media and social media companies operating in the Arab state not to use the term "homosexuality" and instead to say "sexual deviance.” A Government spokesperson said that a document from the…

Norway has evacuated thousands of people as rivers swelled to their highest levels in at least 50 years on Wednesday. Homes and businesses were submerged or swept away by landslides. Major roads were closed and train services suspended…

Britain has said it had struck a deal with Turkey in a bid to slow the flow of illegal immigrants passing through the Mediterranean country on their way to Europe. With the issue of illegal migration high on the political agenda in Britain…