The US military says the GBU-57 -- also named Massive Ordnance Penetrator -- is designed to penetrate up to 200...
- New Delhi will "never" reinstate a key water treaty it suspended with Pakistan over deadly violence in India-administered Kashmir, the...
Tunisian President Kais Saied published an amended version of a draft constitution in an attempt to ward off criticism after...The new constitution, which will be put to a referendum this month, is the centerpiece of Saied's plan to remake the North African country's political system
Changes have been made to an article that stated Tunisia "is part of the Islamic community" and that "the State must work to achieve the objectives of Islam"
Russia on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended cross-border aid to Syria by one year...The aid is a lifeline for more than 2.4 million people in the northwestern Idlib region of Syria
British ambassador Barbara Woodward said Moscow veto will have a tragic impact.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi voiced hopes of working together as they opened...Wang said that President Xi Jinping believed in cooperation as well as "mutual respect" between the world's two largest economic powers
The meeting between the two, who were on the palm-fringed island for Group of 20 talks, is their first since October
Since February this year, the Gulf country has inked Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements with India, Indonesia and Israel. Trade deal...Since February this year, the Gulf country has inked Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements with India, Indonesia and Israel.
This month, the country will sign its fourth CEPA with Colombia and is in negotiations with Turkey and several African and East Asian countries
Overall, 50,000 species are used for food, energy, medicine, material and other purposes around the world, with more than 10,000...Wild plants, algae and fungi provide food and income for one in five people globally, the report said, while some 2.4 billion people rely on wood for cooking.
Illicit trade in wild species is estimated to be worth between $69 billion and $199 billion a year, the third largest illegal market after human trafficking and drugs.
UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan takes part in the G20 Foreign...The G20 foreign ministers meeting is keen to tackle global challenges to achieve stability and prosperity
Such meetings help in promoting international cooperation to achieve sustainable development goals
World food prices, including for wheat, fell in June for a third month running despite remaining near an all-time high,...Export flow disruptions resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24 and international sanctions on Moscow have sparked fears of a global hunger crisis.
After a record spike in March due to the war, the FAO food price index -- a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities -- fell 2.3%.
- The safe-haven yen also picked up following news of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe being shot during a campaign...
The safe-haven yen also picked up following news of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe being shot during a campaign rally
Equities were also boosted by reports that Beijing was considering a huge stimulus push to the struggling economy
Germany, home to a large Yazidi diaspora, is one of the few countries to have taken legal action against IS.Germany, home to a large Yazidi diaspora, is one of the few countries to have taken legal action against IS
Last November, a German court convicted an Iraqi of genocide against the Yazidi minority, a first in the world
- Tunisia's Ennahdha party urged its supporters on Thursday to boycott a July 25 referendum on President Kais Saied's new constitution,...
The constitution, the centerpiece of Saied's drive to remake the Tunisian political system, sparked instant criticism for the nearly unlimited power it gives the president
The legal expert who headed a committee to draw up the new charter said the final text published by Saied had nothing to do with the text they drafted
