Foreign ministers meet in Italy for last G7 of Biden admninistration
(): Foreign ministers from the world’s leading industrialized nations are meeting Monday, with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East entering decisive phases and a certain pressure to advance diplomatic efforts ahead of the new US administration taking over. Hopes for brokering a cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon are foremost...
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Leftist opp candidate Orsi becomes new president of Uruguay
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Education, opportunities pull Indian students to US univs
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Court acquits S Korean opp leader on charges of instigating perjury
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Cargo plane crashes, killing Spanish crew member
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Imran supporters march towards Islamabad amid crackdown
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Iraq’s population grew to 45.4 million according to first survey in decades
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UAE arrests three Uzbek nationals for killing of rabbi
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‘Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists most likely deliberate’
An Israeli airstrike that killed three journalists and wounded others in Lebanon last month was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and an apparent war crime, an international human rights group said on Monday. The October 25 airstrike killed three journalists as they slept at a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon...
Hezbollah ceasefire deal could come ‘within days’
The Israeli ambassador to Washington says that a cease-fire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah could be reached “within days.” Ambassador Mike Herzog told Israeli Army Radio on Monday that there remained “points to finalize” and that any deal required agreement from the government. But he said...
Romanians cast ballots in presidential race
Romanians are casting ballots on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that could pit a far-right nationalist against the incumbent leftist prime minister in the runoff. Thirteen candidates are vying for the presidency in the European Union and NATO member country, and the vote is expected to go...
B’desh to review major energy projects
A review committee formed by Bangladesh’s interim government on Sunday recommended engaging an investigation agency to examine power agreements signed by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime with different business groups, including one with India’s Adani Group. “The National Review Committee on Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has recommended...
Stolen shoe mystery solved; weasel caught in act!
(): Police thought a shoe thief was on the loose at a kindergarten in southwestern Japan, until a security camera caught a furry culprit in action. A weasel with a tiny shoe in its mouth was spotted on the video footage after police installed three cameras in the school in...
New poll panel sworn in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin and four other commissioners were sworn in on Sunday nearly three months after the resignation of the previous commission as deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime was toppled in a student-led mass upsurge. Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath...
Sado mines memorial held despite S Korean boycott
Japan held a memorial ceremony on Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines despite a last-minute boycott of the event by South Korea that highlighted tensions between the neighbors over the issue of Korean forced laborers at the site before and during World War II. South Korea’s absence at Sunday’s memorial,...
