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LONDON – March 16 (ONLINE) Britain is looking at ways to pay a historic 400 million pound ($522 million) debt to Iran, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Wednesday, adding that she would not say if it had been settled already. Iranian state media in […]

Tehran, March 16 (AFP/APP): Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday that two issues remain with the United States in paused negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. Iran has been engaged in direct talks in Vienna to revive the accord, known […]

Tokyo, March 16 (AFP/APP):A powerful 7.3-magnitude quake jolted eastern Japan on Wednesday night, rattling the capital Tokyo and prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the northeast coast. The quake, which cut power to more than two million households, was centred off the coast of […]

Kyiv, March 16 (AFP/APP):The United States will unveil a new round of security assistance to Ukraine Wednesday. A White House official said President Joe Biden will unveil another $800 million worth of military aid, expected to include more of the anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles that […]

UNITED NATIONS ñ March 15 (ONLINE) Yemenís already dire hunger crisis is teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe, UN agency chiefs said Monday, as new data analysis from the war-ravaged country indicated potentially record food insecurity. Today, more than 17.4 million Yemenis are food […]

MINSK ñ March 15 (ONLINE) Lawmakers from the lower house of the Belarusian National Assembly, the House of Representatives, ratified a package of documents on military cooperation with Russia, the press office of the parliamentís lower house said in a statement on Tuesday. “Draft laws […]

KYIV ñ March 15 (ONLINE) Three European prime ministers were travelling to Kyiv on Tuesday, the first foreign leaders to visit the Ukrainian capital since Russia launched its invasion in a striking symbol of Ukraine’s success so far in fending off Russia’s assault. Czech Prime […]

Kyiv, March 15 (AFP/APP): Russian forces pressed in on Kyiv Tuesday with a series of strikes on residential buildings that killed four people in the Ukrainian capital, despite a fresh round of talks aimed at halting the war. In the highest-level EU delegation to go […]