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Japanese media voice concern over Takaichi admin’s push to ease lethal arms exports

TOKYO - Japanese media have voiced growing concern over the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and its attempt to relax export rules for...

Russia urges Azerbaijan, Iran to exercise restraint over drone incident

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova called on Azerbaijan and Iran to exercise restraint and avoid taking hasty actions following a drone...

Explosion hits US embassy in Oslo, causing minor damage, thick smoke

OSLO - The US embassy in Oslo was hit by a loud explosion early on Sunday, causing minor damage but no injuries, Norwegian police...

Malaysia’s Transport Ministry announces no findings in latest MH370 search

KUALA LUMPUR - The ongoing search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight in a new area of the southern Indian Ocean has not led...

Death toll from Israeli strikes rises to 294 in Lebanon after Hezbollah’s rocket barrages

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - The death toll from Israeli attacks on since early Monday has risen to 294, with 1,023 people injured, Lebanon's authorities said...

Rocket barrage targets US embassy in Baghdad, explosions heard

BAGHDAD - The US embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad was targeted by rockets on Saturday evening, and explosions were heard, an Interior Ministry...

Kuwait’s national oil company announces precautionary production cut amid tensions

CAIRO - Kuwait's major national oil company the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) announced Saturday a precautionary cut in crude oil production and refining.Citing escalating...

Thousands march in London against US, Israeli strikes on Iran

LONDON - Anti-war protesters marched through central London on Saturday, denouncing US and Israeli bombing of and urging the British government not to...

Iran strikes Israeli refinery after attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure

TEHRAN/JERUSALEM/DUBAI/AMMAN/MANAMA - Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it attacked a refinery in Israel's Haifa on Saturday night in retaliation for a US-Israeli...

Death toll from Israeli strikes rises to 294 in Lebanon after Hezbollah’s rocket launches

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - The death toll from Israeli attacks on since early Monday has risen to 294, with 1,023 people injured, Lebanon's authorities said...

Economic concerns, calls for diplomacy as ME tensions ripple across Asia-Pacific

HONG KONG – The ongoing has sent shockwaves across the Asia-Pacific, triggering economic uncertainty, energy security alarms and urgent diplomatic calls for an...

NBC: Trump privately weighs small US ground forces in Iran

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS/TEHERAN - US President Donald Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying US ground forces into Iran, NBC News reported on Friday,...

Russia warns of countermeasures if Finland deploys nuclear weapons

MOSCOW – Russia would take appropriate countermeasures against the potential deployment of nuclear weapons in Finland, a Kremlin spokesman said on Friday.“The fact is...

Spanish PM: US-Israeli action against Iran ‘extraordinary mistake’

MADRID – Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sanchez said on Friday that the US-Israeli military action against Iran is an "extraordinary mistake" and rejected criticism...

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