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Iran blames US for stalemate

Pezeshkian says ‘bad faith, siege, and threats’ stopping talks as oil supply remains disruptedAmid the US-Iran ceasefire being unilaterally extended on Washington's terms and ongoing disruptions in the Strait...
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Japanese lower house okays bill to set up national intelligence committee

TOKYO – on Thursday passed a bill to establish a national intelligence committee,...
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Philippine senator criticizes ICC ruling on Duterte case jurisdiction

MANILA - Philippine Senator Imee Marcos has criticized ruling upholding jurisdiction in the...
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ICC confirms trial against former Philippine president Duterte

THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court on Thursday confirmed all three counts of...
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Peru defense, foreign ministers quit over dispute on US fighter jet purchase

LIMA – Peru's Defense Minister Carlos Diaz and Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela resigned...
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Iran’s Khamenei says US-backed ‘sedition’ defeated as schools set to reopen

TEHERAN - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the country had defeated the United States and Israel "once again" and had...

India’s largest airline fined $2.45m for mass flight cancellations

NEW DELHI - India's civil aviation watchdog imposed a fine of $2.45 million on IndiGo airline for its mass flight cancellations last month, officials...

Suspected wreckage found after aircraft carrying 10 people lost contact in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Parts believed to be the fuselage and tail of an aircraft carrying 10 people that lost contact Saturday while flying from Yogyakarta...

Israel opposes line-up of US-formed Gaza executive board

JERUSALEM/GAZA/WASHINGTON - Israel expressed dissatisfaction with the United States on Saturday for forming an executive board to oversee Gaza's transitional administration without coordinating with...

Fighting intensifies in N. Syria as Kurdish forces’ withdrawal deal falters

DAMASCUS - Military tensions between Syria's interim authorities and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sharply escalated on Saturday across northern , as clashes...

Philippine landfill landslide death toll reaches 36 as last missing worker found

MANILA - The body of the last remaining missing person in the Jan. 8 landfill landslide in the central Philippine city of Cebu was...

Iraq takes full control of airbase following US withdrawal

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Defense Ministry said on Saturday that the Iraqi army has taken full control of the Ayn al-Asad Airbase in western...

Flash flooding prompts evacuations in northern Sydney as houses impacted by landslide

SYDNEY - A landslide impacted three houses in northern Sydney as life-threatening flash flooding prompted evacuation orders on Saturday night.Residents of the Narrabeen Lagoon...

Iran’s supreme leader says US-backed ‘sedition’ defeated as schools set to reopen

TEHERAN - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the country had defeated the United States and Israel "once again" and had...

White House names members of Gaza peace board chaired by Trump

WASHINGTON/CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM - The White House on Friday officially announced the names of the members of the Board of Peace for Gaza in a statement.US...

Syrian interim leader issues decree affirming Kurdish rights as tensions escalate

DAMASCUS - Syrian interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa on Friday issued a decree affirming the cultural, linguistic and civic rights of Syrian Kurds, as tensions...

Iran accuses US Israel of meddling as foreign minister speaks to UN, SCO chiefs

TEHERAN/MOSCOW - Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi held separate phone calls on Thursday night with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Secretary-General of the...

Japan’s main opposition CDPJ, Komeito announce new centrist party name

TOKYO - The leaders of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) and Komeito announced Friday the new party they have agreed...

Tropical storm Nokaen raises lahar risk near Philippines’ Mayon volcano

MANILA - The first of this year, tropical storm Nokaen, locally named Ada, may trigger lahars and muddy streamflows around Mayon Volcano on...

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