The Chinese and Russian leaders criticised Western governments during the summit on Monday, where Xi slammed "bullying behaviour" from certain...
President Xi Jinping gathered the leaders of Russia and India among dignitaries from around 20 Eurasian countries on Sunday to...
Twelve Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed in the two-day raid on Jenin and its adjacent refugee camp, a...Soon after the raid, several top officials of Abbas's Fatah party, including deputy chairman Mahmoud Aloul, had visited the camp only to be heckled by crowds of angry residents
On Wednesday, Abbas was expected to visit the city as well as the camp to review "progress of work in the reconstruction of the camp and the city", his office said in a statement
- Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani has described the three-day trip as "a new turning point" which could bolster economic...
The visit comes as the Islamic republic tries to shore up diplomatic support to ease its international isolation, with Raisi also due to travel to Uganda and Zimbabwe
In addition to meeting Williams Ruto, Raisi will hold talks with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa
- Opponents have accused Netanyahu, who is on trial on corruption charge he denies, of trying to use the reforms to...
Parliament voted overnight Monday-Tuesday on the so-called "reasonability" clause, which will be put through second and third readings at a later stage.
Netanyahu's coalition also wants to change the system through which judges are appointed, giving the government a de facto majority in the nomination process.
- Russia vetoed a nine-month extension of the agreement allowing for the conduit during a vote at the UN headquarters in...
Many council members including the US, the UK and France have called for a full-year extension, but they backed a nine-month compromise proposed by Switzerland and Brazil.
The proposal was vetoed by Russia, however, whose six-month offer only secured China's support. US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield called the veto "an act of utter cruelty".
- The economy has been stricken by a balance-of-payments crisis as it attempts to service crippling external debt, while months of...
It brings state foreign reserves to a total of $6.5 billion, an almost 50 percent increase compared to last week's account balance.
Years of financial mismanagement have pushed Pakistan's economy to the limit, exacerbated by the Covid pandemic, a global energy crisis and record floods.
German Patriot missile systems and French fighter jets were guarding the skies as NATO leaders gathered in Lithuania, on NATO's...Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to head to Vilnius for the two-day summit to make the case that Kyiv has earned the right to join when the Kremlin's invasion ends
The alliance will draw up a path of reforms that Ukraine will need to undertake in order to eventually join, but without giving a "timetable", White House official said
A statement from the prosecution said that the appeals court pronounced the verdict against a "criminal gang" whose members organized...According to the prosecutor's office, five of the guilty were sentenced to life in jail and nine other to 15 years
A United Nations report in March said that some migrants had been subjected to sexual slavery
- Racial tensions flared into violence against migrants from sub-Saharan African countries in Tunisia's port city of Sfax last week, with...
Refugees International said foreign nations should “suspend security assistance to Tunisia until further expulsions cease and the abuses are investigated"
Tunisia has seen a rise in racially motivated attacks after President Kais Saied in February accused "hordes" of undocumented migrants of bringing violence
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's block on Sweden's membership bid had cast a cloud over preparations for Tuesday's meeting, but...Erdogan on Monday upped the stakes, demanding that the European Union revive Turkey's stalled EU membership bid as a precondition for Sweden joining NATO
In a statement after the three-way talks between Erdogan, Kristersson and Stoltenberg, Sweden vowed to boost bilateral trade and anti-terrorism coordination
- Tel Aviv, Israel - Israel's parliament adopted in a first reading a controversial bill that would limit court powers, in...
The changes, proposed by the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have sparked one of the country's biggest ever protest movements
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in weekly rallies, demanding a halt to the planned overhaul of Israel's justice system
