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Moldova Backs Joining European Union
Moldovans have voted by the thinnest of margins in favor of joining the European Union, near-complete results showed Monday, as President Maia Sandu condemned an “unprecedented assault” by foreign actors on the country’s democracy.
With…
India, China Agrees To De-escalate Border Tension
India and China have agreed on patrolling arrangements to de-escalate tensions along their disputed Himalayan border, India’s top diplomat has said.
Vikram Misri said on Monday that the two sides have agreed on “disengagement and…
US Based Turkish Cleric Gulen Dies
Turkish Muslim leader Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara says was behind a 2016 failed coup, has died at 83 years in the United States where he was based, Turkish media and a website associated with Gulen.
Gulen built Hizmet, a powerful Islamic…
King Charles Heckled In Australia Visit
Britain’s King Charles III has been embarrassed by an Aboriginal lawmaker after he arrived in Australia for the first visit to the country by a reigning monarch in more than a decade.
Charles, who is on his first royal tour since…
US Envoy To Hold Ceasefire Talks With Lebanon Officials
U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein will be in Beirut on Monday for talks with Lebanese officials on conditions for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, as Israel expanded its air campaign on the group’s assets overnight.…
Russia, UAE Develop Strategic Partnership
President Vladimir Putin told the visiting president of the United Arab Emirates on Sunday that relations between the two states amounted to a "strategic partnership" and thanked him for mediation efforts in exchanging prisoners of war with…
New Indonesian President Vows to tackle Corruption
Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto on Sunday took over as president of the world's third-largest democracy, vowing to combat internal issues such as corruption that plague the country and to make it more self-sufficient.
The 73-year-old has…
Cuba Suffers Power Cut
Cuba's efforts to restore power to the island were derailed for a third time late on Saturday, Cuban authorities said shortly before midnight, leaving millions in the dark and raising fresh questions over the viability of the government's…
Iraqi Kurdistan Goes To Poll
Iraqi Kurds began voting in a parliamentary election in their semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq on Sunday, following repeated delays.
The vote is to elect 100 lawmakers who will then pick a parliament speaker, a president, and a…
Celebration: Crowded Ferry Dock Collapse Kill Seven
At least seven people have died after part of a ferry dock collapsed in Georgia's Sapelo Island on Saturday, local authorities say.
Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, which operates the dock, said at least 20 people plunged into…