Category: 2. World

Beijing  –  Chinese, Russian and Iranian diplomats met Friday for talks, state media said, in a meeting Beijing hopes could restart long-stalled negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program. The United States withdrew from that landmark deal, which had imposed curbs on Tehran’s nuclear… Continue Reading

Moscow  –  Russia on Friday welcomed successful peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a day after the two countries said they had agreed upon a comprehensive peace treaty. The Caucasus neighbours fought two wars for control of Azerbaijan’s Armenian-populated region of Karabakh — at… Continue Reading

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DAMASCUS  –  Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa hailed the start of a “new history” for his country on Thursday, signing into force a constitutional declaration regulating its five-year transitional period and laying out rights for women and freedom of expression. The declaration comes three… Continue Reading

UNITED NATIONS  –  UN Secretary-General  Antonion Guterres warmly welcomed the presidential signing of a treaty on Thursday by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan demarcating their shared frontier, seeking to end a long-running border conflict that has seen dozens killed in skirmishes in recent years. … Continue Reading

BANGKOK  –  More than a million people have fled Myanmar’s brutal civil war to seek shelter and work in neighbouring Thailand, where experts say nationalists are using disinformation to fuel prejudice against them. Social media platforms have been flooded by false claims that Myanmar… Continue Reading

WASHINGTON  –  An American Airlines jet caught fire after landing at Denver International Airport in Colorado on Thursday, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. There were 172 passengers and six crew members aboard, the airliner said, according to local media. Denver… Continue Reading

LISBON  –  Portugal’s president on Friday announced a snap legislative vote for May 18, the third national election in barely three years, after Prime Minister Luis Montenegro resigned over a conflict of interests dispute. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said he wanted to move quickly to… Continue Reading

NAIROBI  – Twenty Burundian troops have been killed in fighting with the M23 armed group and Rwandan troops supporting it in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, military sources told AFP on Thursday. “We have unfortunately lost about 20 soldiers and about 10 others were injured when the… Continue Reading