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China and Russia should jointly safeguard their security and development interests, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the visiting Russian parliament speaker on Tuesday, in their efforts to build a more “equitable” international order. The two sides should continue their traditional friendship and deepen strategic mutual trust, state-run Xinhua news agency
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US President Donald Trump said Monday he hoped to meet again with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, possibly this year, as he held White House talks with South Korea’s dovish new leader that got off awkwardly. Hours before President Lee Jae Myung arrived for his long-planned first visit
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The Norwegian government aims to maintain its aid to Ukraine at 85 billion kroner ($8.4 billion) in 2026, the same level as this year, the office of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said Monday. The proposal, made as Store visited Kyiv, must be ratified by parliament and if passed
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Syria’s interim president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, will speak at the United Nations General Assembly next month, a foreign ministry official told AFP on Monday, the first Syrian leader to do so in decades. Sharaa “will take part in the United Nations General Assembly in New York where he will deliver
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he welcomed the Lebanese cabinet’s “momentous decision” earlier this month to work towards the disarmament of Hezbollah by the end of 2025 and it could lead to Israel's troops withdrawing from the country. He said that if Lebanon takes the necessary
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New Zealand’s postal service said it had suspended most deliveries to the United States, citing uncertainty over the impact of President Donald Trump’s looming tariffs. NZ Post said it had temporarily suspended services as of August 21 before the US 15 percent tariff takes effect on August 29.
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Indonesia and the United States launched joint military drills on Monday that will last more than a week, joining allies from 11 countries in exercises aimed at ensuring stability in the Asia-Pacific region. The annual “Super Garuda Shield” drills will take place in the capital Jakarta and several locations on
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US Vice President JD Vance said Russia has made “significant concessions” towards a negotiated settlement in its war with Ukraine and was confident progress was being made despite the lack of clear advances towards ending the conflict. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker,” Vance said Russian
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Russia and Ukraine each sent back more prisoners of war on Sunday in the latest in a series of exchanges that has seen hundreds of POWs released this year, the two sides said. Large-scale prisoner exchanges were the only tangible result of three rounds of talks between Russia and Ukraine
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Iran’s supreme leader said the current situation with the United States was “unsolvable,” and that Tehran would never bow to pressure to obey Washington, amid a standoff with Western powers over its nuclear program, state media reported on Sunday. The Islamic Republic suspended nuclear negotiations with the United States
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Sunday called off the launch of Starship’s tenth mission from Texas over an issue at its launch site, delaying an attempt to achieve several long-sought development milestones missed due to past tests ending in early failures. The 70.7-meter-tall Super Heavy booster and its
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted Sunday that a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin remained “the most effective way forward” as the two sides exchange prisoners and the country celebrated Independence Day. Kyiv’s military chief said that Ukrainian troops had recaptured three villages in its Donetsk region that
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Top US envoy Thomas Barrack arrived in Israel on Sunday and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Syria and Lebanon, three Israeli officials said. The meeting was first reported by Axios, citing three Israeli and US sources, and followed discussions between Barrack and Israel’s Minister for Strategic
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Under President Donald Trump the United States has reset relations with west Africa’s military leaders on a mutual back-scratching basis, bartering help fighting militants for the Sahel region’s mining riches, experts say. While Joe Biden was in office the US suspended most of the development and military aid
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Syria’s first parliamentary election under its new Islamist administration, scheduled for September, will not include the southern province of Sweida and two other provinces because of security concerns, the electoral commission said on Saturday. Hundreds of people were reported killed in July in clashes in Sweida province pitting Druze
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to slash consumption taxes on everyday goods could deliver billions of dollars in annual relief and boost demand in an economy bracing for painful US tariffs, experts say. US President Donald Trump has threatened to double import duties on India from 25 to