Ukraine mulling martial law amid tensions with Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has proposed the introduction of martial law in response to what he describes as Russia’s “growing aggression,” following the breach of...
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EU leaders approve Brexit deal with UK
European Union leaders formally agreed a Brexit deal at a Brussels summit on Sunday, urging Britons to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s package, which faces...
China warns of ‘profound crisis’ facing WTO, urges reform
China has called on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to block loopholes and rectify practices by some member states that harm global trade, warning of...
Pakistan: Deadly blast hits market in Orakzai district
A bomb explosion has ripped through a busy marketplace in Kalaya town in Pakistan’s northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killing at least 25 people, officials...
Trump barred from denying asylum to people entering US informally
A US judge on Monday put a temporary halt to an order by US President Donald Trump’s administration denying the possibility of asylum to people...
Syrian forces liberate last Daesh holdout in south: Monitor
Syrian government forces have managed to wrest control over the last holdout of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the country’s south, a UK-based monitoring...
Russia says nearly 270,000 Syrian refugees returned home in recent months
The Russian military says nearly 270,000 Syrian refugees have returned home in recent months, some seven years after various militant outfits started wrecking havoc in...
China, Russia hail positive cooperation, seek ‘new achievements’
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Russian President Vladimir Putin have applauded an expansion of mutual ties after meeting on the sidelines the Association of...
Indonesia blames Boeing for recent deadly plane crash
Indonesian authorities investigating the recent crash of a passenger plane that killed 189 people on board have announced that the pilots of the Boeing 737...
Trump, Putin hold ‘good’ meeting on sidelines of Paris event
Russian President Vladimir Putin briefly meets with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in the French capital as tensions pile up between Moscow and Washington over...