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Venezuela resumes IMF ties after years of suspension

CARACAS -- Venezuela has resumed relations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after years of suspension, acting President Delcy Rodriguez said on Thursday.Speaking on state television, Rodriguez welcomed remarks...

Macron for stricter EU rules on children’s social media access

PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that children under the age...

Former Australian soldier granted bail on war crime charges

SYDNEY -- Former Australian special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was on Friday granted bail...

Former Myanmar president U Win Myint released under amnesty

YANGON - Former Myanmar president U Win Myint was released under amnesty on Friday,...

Japanese protest against govt plan to lift ban on lethal arms exports

TOKYO - Japanese citizens staged a protest rally on Thursday evening in front of...

Hamas calls for transitional administrative committee to manage Gaza

GAZA - Hamas on Friday called for the start of work of a transitional Palestinian administrative committee to manage the and implement the...

WHO calls for urgent support for health systems in nations affected by Mideast conflict

GENEVA - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General said on Friday in a social media post that urgent support is needed for the health...

Iran defiant after Trump’s latest threat

kept exchanging fire with Israel and the United States on Friday, with strikes expanding beyond military sites to civilian infrastructure, as US President Donald...

Japan begins ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater for fiscal 2026

TOKYO -- Japan on Thursday began the first round of discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the...

Min Aung Hlaing elected Myanmar’s president

NAY PYI TAW -- Min Aung Hlaing on Friday secured more than half of the votes in Myanmar's Union Parliament, winning the country's presidential...

Iran says it hit Amazon’s cloud computing center in Bahrain

TEHRAN/DUBAI- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Thursday it has targeted and destroyed Amazon's cloud computing operation center in Bahrain in its first...

Myanmar’s Union Parliament to elect president Friday

NAY PYI TAW -- Myanmar's Union Parliament announced on Thursday that it will elect the country's president on Friday, with three vice-presidents having passed...

S. Korea’s Lee urges quick passage of $17b extra budget amid ME energy crisis

SEOUL - South Korean ​President on ‌Thursday urged parliament to promptly pass a 26.2 trillion won ($17.3 ​billion) supplementary budget to ​shore up...

Tehran seeks assurances as Trump signals war’s end

Global optimism has been reignited over a potential de-escalation of the war in Iran, following remarks by United States President Donald Trump suggesting a...

Russia says Japan’s missile deployment could be ‘more than tragic’

MOSCOW - The deployment of anti-ship hypersonic missiles at Japanese military garrisons in Kumamoto and Shizuoka represents yet another indication that Japan is moving...

Mongolia to form coalition govt

ULAN BATOR - Mongolia is expected to form a coalition government following recent political developments.The opposition Hun Party announced on its official social media...

Aussie PM announces interest-free loans for biz affected by rising fuel prices

CANBERRA - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday announced the government will provide interest-free loans to fuel and supply chain businesses as the...

1 dead as 7.6-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia, tsunami warning lifted

JAKARTA- Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has lifted the tsunami early warning issued after a powerful 7.6-magnitude struck the Maluku region...

Trump threatens to hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ over next 2 to 3 weeks

TEHRAN/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/PARIS/ST. PETERSBURG - While saying the United States is "nearing completion" of its core objectives in Iran, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday night...

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