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North Korea rejects call to halt nuclear tests
North Korea's foreign ministry on Thursday rejected an international statement urging it to halt nuclear tests, with a spokesperson calling it "a grave political provocation against our state" by "hostile forces".
A meeting of…
Iranian flights cancelled as new US ‘D-Day’ sanctions take effect, Saudis say they shoot…
Iranian flights to Gulf neighbours including travel hub Dubai appeared to have been cancelled on Thursday after a US deadline passed for global firms to halt work with Iran's airlines, a major step in a campaign President Donald Trump…
China, US should be ‘partners rather than rivals’, says Xi Jinping
China and the United States should be partners rather than rivals, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a written speech upon his arrival in Washington on Wednesday for a three-day state visit, as the world's two largest economies moved to…
US sets new rules that could block Green Cards for drug traffickers and money launderers
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Wednesday issued new policy guidance outlining how immigration officers should determine whether noncitizens are inadmissible to the United States because of controlled-substance trafficking,…
Upcoming superpower: India’s push for permanent UNSC seat gets backing from 4 European nations
India’s push for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council has received collective backing from four Central European countries, giving fresh diplomatic momentum to its long-standing demand for reform of the global body.
The four…
Trump to hold talks on Iran with Gulf leaders next week, Axios reports
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet Gulf leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday to discuss the next steps in the Iran war, Axios reported late on Wednesday, citing sources.
The meeting is…
US interest rates raised for first time in three years
US interest rates have been raised for the first time in more than three years and could be increased further in a bid to slow rising prices.
Rates were hiked to 3.75%-4% from 3.5%-3.75% by the Federal Reserve in a unanimous decision,…
Senior Sunni cleric shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southeast Iran – Iranian state media
Molavi Yusef Gorgij, a senior Sunni Muslim cleric, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southeastern Iran on Monday, the official news agency IRNA reported.
IRNA quoted a local governor as saying Gorgij "was active in the…
Oil tanker has exploded in Strait of Hormuz, says Iran’s IRGC
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said late on Monday that an oil tanker had struck a sea mine and exploded in the Strait of Hormuz.
The tanker El Gaia was travelling along the southern route through the strait, which was…
Diplomacy stumbles with postponement of meeting on Strait of Hormuz proposal
Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Persian Gulf powers, while fresh attacks around the region's two most important oil transit routes deepened concern over…