Iran’s acting top diplomat makes first official visit to Lebanon
Iran’s acting foreign minister arrived in Lebanon Monday, his first official diplomatic visit since his predecessor died in a helicopter crash last month. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that Ali Bagheri Kani would visit Lebanon and then Syria “to meet with the two countries’ officials as well as the...
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‘Israeli airstrikes near Aleppo kills several’
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Mexico’s first woman pres faces pressing gender-related issues
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Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as president
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Israel seeks alternative to Hamas in Gaza
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Israel tells citizens to avoid travel to Maldives
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Spelling Bee finalists, mostly Indian-American children, visit WH
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Sexist tropes and misinformation swirl online as Mexico prepares to elect its first female leader
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Suu Kyi close ally Tin Oo, dies
Tin Oo, one of the closest associates of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi as well as a co-founder of her National League for Democracy party, has died. He was 97. Tin Oo died Saturday morning at Yangon General Hospital, said Moh Khan, a charity worker, citing a member...
North Korea launches more trash-carrying balloons to South
North Korea launched more trash-carrying balloons toward the South after a similar campaign earlier in the week, according to South Korea’s military, in what Pyongyang calls retaliation for activists flying anti-North Korean leaflets across the border. South Korea’s Defence Ministry did not immediately comment on the number of balloons it had...
Sri Lanka police arrests wanted handler of 4 ISIS suspects
(): Sri Lankan Police have arrested the suspected handler of the four of its nationals who were arrested at Ahmedabad airport in India for their alleged links with the banned Islamic State (ISIS) outfit.The Criminal Investigation Department arrested Pushparaja Osman, 46, on Friday in Colombo.Sri Lanka Police recently announced a...
ANC party that freed S Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority
The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. With nearly 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant...
19 hurt as Russia hits Ukraine’s power grid with fresh barrage
Russia pummelled Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with a large-scale drone and missile attack Saturday, injuring at least 19 people, local officials said. The Ukrainian military reported that it had downed 35 out of the 53 missiles launched at targets across the country overnight on June 1, as well as 46 out...
It’s ‘hard to meet’ call for talks on Russia-Ukraine war: China
(): China said Friday it would be “‘hard to meet” calls for discussions on the Russia-Ukraine war, citing problems with arrangements that appear to point to Beijing’s strongly pro-Moscow stance. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that “China’s hopes appear to be hard to meet at the meeting”. “There is still...
‘War with China neither imminent nor unavoidable’
United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a gathering of top security officials Saturday that war with China was neither imminent nor unavoidable, despite rapidly escalating tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, stressing the importance of renewed dialogue between him and his Chinese counterpart in avoiding “miscalculations and misunderstandings.” Austin’s comments...
