JEDDAH: French President Emmanuel Macron met with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler in Jeddah on Saturday to discuss regional security, particularly crisis-hit Lebanon, after asserting that he has not disregarded Riyadh’s record on human rights. Macron arrived in the Red Sea city following trips to the United Arab Emirates andContinue Reading
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed outrage at the lynching of a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot on Saturday, but voiced confidence in Prime Minister Imran Khan’s determination to prosecute all those responsible. PM Mahinda Rajapaksa reacted to Twitter to denounce the tragic Friday event in which aContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR (ASIA NEWS NETWORK/THE STAR) – Malaysia’s Merdeka 118 skyscraper will be the world’s second highest structure and the tallest structure in South-East Asia. This comes after the completion of its spire and tower, which will stand at a height of 678.9m. Only the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (830m)Continue Reading
(Reuters) – STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – On Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Russian counterpart to warn him face-to-face of the “severe implications” of an invasion of Ukraine and to encourage him to seek a diplomatic solution to the problem. Blinken issued the warning to Russian ForeignContinue Reading
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called for the “rapid halt” of the restarted nuclear talks between Iran and Western nations in Vienna on Thursday, accusing Iran of “nuclear blackmail.” Bennett, who has been a strong opponent of the 2015 accord that the powers are attempting to resurrect,Continue Reading
RIGA (AFP) – NATO foreign ministers will meet on Tuesday to discuss ways to resist a Russian military buildup on Ukraine’s border, amid worries that the Kremlin is planning an invasion. The long-planned meeting in Latvia’s capital Riga comes at a dangerous time on NATO’s eastern border, as members copeContinue Reading
(Reuters) – NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s parliament passed a bill on Monday to abolish three laws aimed at deregulating agricultural markets, caving in to farmer demands that the regulations be repealed after a year of protests. Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration used an executive order, which isContinue Reading
CALAIS, France (AFP) – On Sunday, France will host a conference of European ministers to explore measures to prevent migrants from crossing the Channel in dinghies, but Britain will be absent due to a disagreement last week. Ministers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium will meet on Sunday afternoonContinue Reading
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The U.S. The US, led by President Joe Biden, will restart indirect talks with Iran in Vienna on Monday, but is significantly less hopeful than it was in the spring about the chances of salvaging the Iranian nuclear agreement. And if negotiations fail, its options for preventingContinue Reading
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The U.S. The United States, Brazil, Canada, and Saudi Arabia became the latest countries on Friday to impose travel restrictions from southern Africa, where a new Covid strain labelled a “variant of concern” was discovered, dealing a potentially devastating blow to the world’s efforts to end theContinue Reading
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