A French soldier has died during a ‘maintenance operation’ in northern Mali. The incident brought France’s death toll, since the start of the so-called anti-terror mission in the African country, to 53.
Beijing and New Delhi doubled down on their rhetoric over border tensions on Wednesday. China and India held the 13th round of talks in an effort to settle the conflict, but failed to come to a compromise.
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has urged the (Persian) Gulf Corporation Council ,(P)GCC, to engage with Tehran. The top diplomat says Qatar considers Iran “part of our region”.
The Taliban warns Afghanistan is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. Meanwhile, representatives of the new rulers of Afghanistan, attending talks with the EU and US officials in Doha, say the west is keeping silent over the Taliban request to unfreeze Afghan assets.
Iran’s nuclear programme and China will be at the top of the agenda of a trilateral meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts from Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The US says it prefers diplomacy in dealing with the Iran nuclear case, adding time to the revival or Iran nuclear deal is limited. Tehran has stressed it's ready to restart talks to save the landmark agreement, but not under western pressure, and that talks should realize the rights of the Iranian people.
Moscow-Washington ties may worsen further, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov cautioned after meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in Moscow on Tuesday.
Several American employees at the US Embassy in Colombia and their family members have reported symptoms consistent with "Havana syndrome" in recent weeks. The incident comes as the US Secretary of State Tony Blinken is set to visit Bogota next week.
The vast majority of Americans are concerned about cyber-attacks on financial and national security sectors, a new poll has found. According to the poll, over 90 percent of the respondents are also very concerned about their data being hacked.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett next week in Sochi for talks over a range of issues including Iran's nuclear programme.
An Iranian diplomat in New York has said the Zionist regime’s fabricated accusations against Iran are a tool the regime constantly uses to cover up its crimes against the Palestinian people.
A top European official is likely to visit Tehran this week, seeking an agreement with Iran over the resumption of the nuclear talks, according to informed officials.
The Russian foreign minister says deliberate attempts are being made to escalate the security situation in Asia. Sergey Lavrov attributes this to the military blocs seeking ‘the logic of the cold war and policy of containment.’
A probe into the huge explosion at Beirut port last year has been halted again after two former Lebanese ministers facing charges in the case, lodged a new legal complaint against the investigator.
The commander of the Naval Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says Americans were slapped six times in the Persian Gulf during confrontations with Iranian forces in the 1980s.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to build an “invincible” military. He has also blasted hostile U.S. policies toward Pyongyang as well as its joint war games with neighboring South.
A whistleblower has accused US capitol police of failing to take appropriate measures to prevent the civilian deaths during last January riots in the Capitol complex. Five people were killed in the incidents.
Nearly 54 percent of voters in Turkey believe that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will lose office in the general elections of 2023, a recent survey by private pollster Metropoll revealed.
A new parliamentary report has described the UK’s response to the Covid-19 during early months of the outbreak, as one of ‘the worst ever public health failures.’ The report singles out ‘major deficiencies in the machinery of government’ in handling the pandemic.
Taliban representatives are to hold joint talks with EU and US officials on Tuesday in Doha, the bloc has confirmed. The new Afghanistan rulers, seeking international recognition and support, have recently held negotiations with US representatives.
Concerns over supply-chain woes, soaring energy bills and staff shortages have prompted Britons to stockpile essentials for Christmas. The supply crisis in the UK has left supermarket shelves empty.
China's military announced it has carried out beach landing and assault drills in a province directly across the sea from Taiwan amid heightening tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled island.
Talks between Chinese and Indian army commanders to defuse border tensions ended in a stalemate and failed to ease months-long standoff which has sometimes led to deadly clashes, the two sides announced.
