‘No dialogue with Turkey before Ankara announces plans to withdraw its troops’
Syria’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that any dialogue between Syria and Turkey should follow Ankara’s announcement that it will withdraw its troops from all Syrian territories it controls. Faisal Mekdad’s comments during a joint news conference with Iran’s acting foreign minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, came after Turkey threatened in...
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Hunter Biden's federal firearms trial begins, first lady attends
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US urges UNSC to support cease-fire plan in Gaza
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Guilty verdict won't stop Trump from appearing on 2024 primary ballots
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Israel declares 4 more hostages dead in Gaza
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Swelling lakes in Tibet due to climate change could cause heavy losses for China: Study
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2 die in Germany floods; situation remains tense
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South plans to nullify peace deal to punish N Korea over trash balloon launches
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S Africa’s president urges parties to find common ground in talks after election deadlock
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called on Sunday for parties to overcome their differences and find “common ground” to form the first national coalition government in the country’s young democracy. South Africa announced its final election results on Sunday, confirming that no party won a majority, and unprecedented coalition talks were...
‘Tens of thousands of children in Af affected by flash floods’
Tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan remain affected by ongoing flash floods, especially in the north and west, the UN children’s agency said Monday. Unusually heavy seasonal rains have been wreaking havoc on multiple parts of the country, killing hundreds of people and destroying property and crops. The UN...
Zelenskyy in Manila to promote peace summit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Philippine president on Monday in a rare Asian trip to urge regional leaders to attend a Swiss-organized global peace summit on the war in Ukraine that he accuses Russia, with China’s help, of trying to undermine. Zelenskyy arrived unannounced and under heavy security in...
Christian man attacked by mob in Pak’s Punjab dies
(): An elderly Christian man has succumbed to his injuries sustained during an attack by a mob led by a radical outfit following a blasphemy allegation last week in Pakistan’s Punjab province, police said on Monday. An enraged mob led by radical Islamist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) activists on May 25 attacked...
Courts acquit Imran Khan in 3 high-profile cases
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party founder Imran Khan was on Monday acquitted in three high-profile cases, including the cipher case, in a major relief to the beleaguered former prime minister who was sentenced to 10 years in jail for making public a secret diplomatic communication. The 71-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician has been in jail...
Quakes in north-central Japan collapse 5 homes
Earthquakes early Monday again struck Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa, still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on January 1, but the latest shaking caused no major damage. A magnitude 5.9 temblor on the northern top of the Noto Peninsula was followed minutes later by a 4.8 and...
More women among top paid CEOs in 2023, still outnumbered by men
More women are attaining the top job at companies in the S&P 500, but their numbers are still minuscule compared to their male counterparts. Of the 341 CEOs included in the AP’s annual compensation survey, 25 are women. That’s the most women making the list since the survey began in...
