United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arrest, alleged enforced disappearance and detention of six Egyptian journalists who make up the entire newsroom of the independent investigative media platform Matsadaash, warning
Syria is set to hold its first parliamentary election under the new administration on 5 October, state news agency SANA reported Sunday. The upcoming vote will select members of the 210-seat People’s
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor In Colombo today, Maldivian officials visiting from Malé convened a press briefing at the High Commission to present the objectives of the recently enacted Media and Broadcasting
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UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has sparked controversy after formally recognising a Palestinian state, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from the families of Israeli hostages, Jewish leaders in the
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Hong Kong International Airport is considering grounding all passenger flights for 36 hours — the longest suspension in recent memory — as the city braces for Super Typhoon Ragasa, Bloomberg reported, citing
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized the central role of technological transformation in shaping Iran’s post-oil economy during a meeting on Saturday night to discuss strategies for the country’s technological development. “The government’s
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Yesterday, September 21, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, opening a government meeting ahead of Rosh Hashanah, highlighted Israel’s recent military achievements and hinted at the possibility of advancing peace talks with neighboring Syria
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Even as forests shrink in many parts of the world due to logging, wildfires, and other human activities, their total carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption is on the rise, spurred by warmer temperatures
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An Afghan defence official on Sunday firmly rejected calls to hand over the Bagram airbase to the United States, after the U.S. President Donald Trump threatened “punishment” if Washington was not given
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Voters in Guinea went to the polls on Sunday for a referendum on a new constitution that could set the stage for a return to civilian rule in the West African nation,
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The Democratic Republic of Congo, the world’s top cobalt producer, will lift its suspension on shipments of the metal next month, replacing a months-long ban with a quota system designed to stabilize
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Bernard Arnault, the billionaire head of luxury empire LVMH and France’s richest man, has sharply criticised a proposed 2 per cent levy on the country’s wealthiest households, warning it would be “deadly
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Argentina’s central bank has spent more than $1bn in just three days defending the peso, as mounting political turmoil around President Javier Milei unsettles investors and raises doubts over the future of
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Japan may soon make history with its first female prime minister, as Sanae Takaichi rises among the frontrunners in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership contest. The election, scheduled for October
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US President Donald Trump announced plans to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea, following a high-stakes phone call Friday
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President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation imposing a $100,000 annual fee on companies that sponsor foreign workers under the H-1B visa program, in what could be the most dramatic change
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