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NZ readies for further storm damage after floods kill one person

New Zealand was bracing for more heavy rains on Saturday after floods swept through one regional center, causing power outages, road collapses and home...

Iran says talks with US can progress positively without ‘excessive demands’

TEHERAN/CAIRO - A senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said negotiations between Teheran and Washington could advance and protect mutual interests if...

Thousands of Yemenis face deportation as US ends temporary protected status

ADEN - Nearly 4,000 Yemenis will be affected by a US decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemenis in the United States,...

DPRK’s Kim inspects under-construction overseas military operations memorial museum

PYONGYANG - , top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), inspected the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military...

Munich Security Conference kicks off with transatlantic rifts in focus

MUNICH – The 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) kicked off on Friday against the backdrop of deepening transatlantic tensions and an increasingly volatile geopolitical...

BNP sweeps Bangladesh election, son of former rulers set to become PM

DHAKA - Bangladesh’s opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a landslide parliamentary election on Friday, returning to power after nearly two decades and positioning...

US media: 2nd US aircraft carrier sent to Mideast

WASHINGTON - The United States has ordered the second aircraft carrier to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East, local media reported...

Russian astronomer proposes lunar archive to preserve human DNA

ST PETERSBURG -- A Russian astronomer has proposed establishing a repository on the Moon to store human DNA and key achievements of civilization, local...

BNP sweeps Bangladesh election, Tarique Rahman set to become PM

DHAKA - Bangladesh’s opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a landslide parliamentary election on Friday, returning to power after nearly two decades and positioning...

Malaysia’s cabinet orders probe into anti-graft chief Azam

Malaysia’s cabinet has ordered an investigation into the allegations surrounding anti-graft chief Azam Baki, days after a report said he had shareholdings that were...

DPRK urges ROK to ensure no infringement on sovereignty

PYONGYANG - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has urged authorities in the Republic of Korea to take measures to ward off any...

Moscow: Force has become Washington’s primary foreign policy tool

MOSCOW/OSLO/HELSINKI/BRUSSELS - Force has become Washington's primary foreign policy instrument, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday.Speaking at the Zhirinovsky Readings International Scientific...

Britain’s top civil servant resigns after two officials quit amid Mandelson fallout

LONDON / OSLO -- Britain's Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Chris Wormald, has become the third senior official to step down...

Defense ministry: Russia strikes Ukrainian energy, drone facilities

MOSCOW - Russian forces carried out a group strike on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and drone production and storage sites over the past day, the...

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