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Kyiv, Ukraine, May 16 (AFP/APP):Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Finland and Sweden on Monday to expect a “response” for applying to join NATO as Ukraine braced for a new push by Moscow’s forces in its eastern Donbas region. Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Monday […]

Beirut, May 15 (AFP/APP): Lebanon voted Sunday in its first election since multiple crises dragged it to the brink of failed statehood, a major test for new opposition groups bent on removing the ruling elite. Observers have warned not to expect any seismic shift, with […]

COLOMBO – May 13 (ONLINE) The appointment of a new prime minister in Sri Lanka has failed to appease anti-government protesters demanding the resignation of the president for the country’s disastrous economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed veteran opposition politician Ranil Wickremesinghe as the island […]

BEIJING, May 13 (APP): Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian Friday said that the China would continue to work with Sri Lanka in restoring political, social and economic stability at an early date. “As a traditional, friendly country to Sri Lanka, we closely follow the latest […]

Abu Dhabi, May 13 (AFP/APP): The UAE’s President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan died Friday aged 73 after a years-long battle with illness, triggering a period of mourning and a handover of power in the oil-rich Gulf state. Sheikh Khalifa, who was in office during […]

TEHRAN – May 13 (ONLINE) Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has met the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran for talks that focused on bilateral and regional issues in addition to efforts to restore Iran’s 2015 […]

Moscow, May 13 (AFP/APP): A Russian court on Friday extended the pre-trial detention on drug charges of US basketball star Brittney Griner, state media said, as a US consular officer was able to see her. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and WNBA champion, was […]

Beirut, May 13 (AFP/APP): Syrian rebels killed 10 pro-regime fighters in northern Syria on Friday, in the deadliest such attack since a truce deal reached more than two years ago, a war monitor said. It was not immediately clear whether the attack was carried out […]

SYDNEY, May 13 (Xinhua/APP) –: As severe rain lashes Australia’s east coast, the government of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has set up new temporary accommodation sites for flood-affected communities. The NSW government has opened up nine sites for modular “pod” homes […]

Jerusalem, May 12 (AFP/APP): Israel advanced plans on Thursday for 4,427 housing units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli non-governmental organisation said. The Civil Administration’s high planning committee gave final approval to 2,791 units and initial endorsement for another 1,636 units, […]