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The Yuan Wang 5 is described as a Chinese research and survey vessel by international shipping and analytics sites, but according to Indian media it is a dual-use spy ship. Sri Lanka's government granted permission for a Chinese research vesse..
The round-the-year gesture aims to support the poor A restaurant in Saudi Arabia has launched an initiative offering free meals to the poor round the year, a Saudi newspaper has said. At the door of the restaurant in Rafha governorate in northe..
The Lebanese Army Command received today the first batch of financial support announced by the State of Qatar, in the framework of supporting the Lebanese army and contributing to the payment of its wages. The Lebanese army said in a communique th..
Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velazquez on Friday said he would resign and withdraw his candidacy for the presidency, after being blacklisted by the United States for alleged "significant" acts of corruption. Velazquez denied the accusa..
Indian steelmakers and cement manufacturers have purchased Russian coal using dirham, Hong Kong dollar, yuan and euro in recent weeks, according to Reuters news agency, circumventing Western sanctions against Moscow. Indian companies are using Asi..
Some 71 economists, including Nobel prize winners, ask Washington to return $7 billion to Kabul, saying over half of the poor country's population faces acute food insecurity and three million children are at risk of malnutrition. Several doze..
Three helicopters were sent to the scene, alongside fire and rescue services. More than 30 people have been injured, two of them severely, after two rollercoaster trains crashed into each other at an amusement park in southern Germany. One roll..
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared victory over COVID-19 and his sister indicated that he too caught the virus, while vowing "deadly retaliation" against South Korea, which the North blames for causing the outbreak. Kim ordered..
Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Thailand on Thursday, according to three Reuters witnesses, as he seek temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests. R..