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Hungary to block 90b-euro EU military loan for Ukraine over pipeline dispute

BUDAPEST - Hungary will block the disbursement of a planned 90-billion-euro ($106-billion) European Union (EU) military loan for Ukraine until crude oil deliveries via...

Canadian officials hail US Supreme Court ruling against ‘unjustified’ tariffs

OTTAWA - Senior Canadian officials on Friday welcomed a landmark decision by the US Supreme Court that ruled as illegal tariffs imposed by the...

Iran to prepare nuke deal draft in days as Trump ‘considering’ limited military strike

CAIRO - Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that Tehran will prepare the draft of a possible nuclear deal with the...

UN warns of deepening hunger crisis in Afghanistan

KABUL - The United Nations World Food Programme has issued an urgent warning about a deepening hunger crisis in , saying that limited resources...

Trump signs 10% global tariff in bid to salvage trade plans

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday imposing a 10 percent global tariff on foreign goods, moving quickly to preserve his trade agenda...

S. Korea protests Japan’s territorial claims to islets

SEOUL - South Korea on Friday protested Japan's renewed territorial claims to the islets lying halfway between the two countries, called Dokdo by South...

S. Korea’s ex-president Yoon apologizes to public for own shortcomings

SEOUL - Former South Korean president apologized to the public on Friday for his shortcomings following a lower court's decision to sentence him...

Belarus rejects Western troop deployments along its borders

MINSK - Belarus firmly opposes any deployment of Western military contingents along its borders, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said Thursday following a briefing for...

Russia denies proposing $12t projects to US in exchange for lifting sanctions

MOSCOW - Russian special presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev denied on Thursday that Russia was offering the United States projects worth $12 trillion in exchange...

Iran, Russia hold joint drill as Trump hints at 15-day deadline

CAIRO - Naval forces of Iran and Russia held a joint drill on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean,...

KCNA: DPRK’s Ninth Party Congress opens in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG - The Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), opened...

UK royals face biggest challenge in decades with Andrew’s arrest

Until Thursday morning, it had been nearly four centuries since the arrest of a senior British royal.On his 66th birthday, the late Queen Elizabeth...

DPRK top leader attends ceremony presenting rocket launchers

PYONGYANG -- Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), attended a ceremony of presenting large-caliber multiple rocket launchers in...

Death toll rises to 16 in Pakistan’s Karachi building explosion

ISLAMABAD - The death toll from a gas explosion at a residential building in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi has risen to 16,...

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