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President Joe Biden sent a high-powered U.S. delegation to the United Arab Emirates on Monday to offer condolences after the death of its ruler, in an apparent bid to repair frayed ties with Gulf Arab allies. Washington's desire to improve rel..
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman left King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah after undergoing medical tests and successfully completing his treatment plan, the Royal Court said on Sunday. On May 8, King Salman had a colonoscopy..
Ukraine said on Monday troops defending the country's second-largest city, Kharkiv, had repelled Russian forces and advanced as far as the border with Russia. Reuters could not immediately verify Ukraine's battlefield account and it was no..
South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Monday the country will spare no effort to help North Korea, as the isolated nation battles a COVID-19 outbreak, and reiterated he will remain open for humanitarian aid. "If North Korea respon..
Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered North Korea's military to stabilise distribution of COVID-19 medicine in the capital, Pyongyang, in the battle against the country's first confirmed outbreak of the disease, state media said. Last week brough..
While three of his men heaped dark soil into a chin-high berm to shield their trench, Ohor Obolenskiy gestured on Sunday across sun-dappled fields to a tree-clad ridge line sweeping the nearby horizon. “We can see the Russian positions from ..
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met today with his Rwandan counterpart Vincent Perrotta, who is currently visiting Riyadh. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and means of enh..
Somalia's Federal Parliament is expected to elect Country's 10th President in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday. The presidential elections are taking place amid strict security measures imposed by the authorities, as a state of curfew was d..
Sri Lanka lifted the nationwide curfew for 12 hours on Saturday as new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe made his first cabinet appointments. The curfew was lifted from 6 am (0030 GMT) on Saturday until 6 pm. A 24-hour curfew imposed on Monday h..