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Ukraine: Swiss president defends neutrality, Ukraine arms ban
GENEVA: Swiss neutrality is more important than ever, President Alain Berset said in an interview published Sunday, defending the controversial ban on transferring Swiss-made arms…
Iran: Iran to buy Su-35 fighter jets from Russia – Iranian broadcaster
DUBAI: Iran has reached a deal to buy advanced Su-35 fighter planes from Russia, Iranian state media said on Saturday, expanding a relationship that has…
Bilawal Bhutto: Pakistan FM Bilawal Bhutto calls India ‘friend’, stutters and corrects it to ‘neighbouring country’
NEW YORK: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto referred to India as a “friend” for a brief moment and immediately rephrased his remarks and called India…
Iran, Saudi Arabia agree to resume ties, with China’s help
DUBAI: Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed Friday to re-establish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after seven years of tensions. The major diplomatic breakthrough negotiated with…
Syria: Syria’s Aleppo airport reopens after Israeli air strike
DAMASCUS: Syria‘s Aleppo airport, a key conduit for relief flights after the devastating February earthquake, reopened on Friday, an official said, following Israeli air strikes…
Satellite photos: Likely Israel strike damages Syria airport
DUBAI: A suspected Israeli airstrike targeting Aleppo International Airport in Syria again tore multiple craters on its runway, satellite images analysed by The Associated Press…
Women’s Day events highlight major gaps in gender equality
MADRID: From demands for constitutional rights in Islamabad to calls for economic parity in Manila, Paris and Madrid, International Women’s Day demonstrations in cities around…
UK defends asylum plan after Nazi-era Germany comparison
LONDON: Britain Wednesday hit back at critics including the UN refugee agency and football presenter Gary Lineker, after he compared its new plan on illegal…
Haiti: UN report: Modern weapons being smuggled to Haiti from US
UNITED NATIONS: Increasingly sophisticated weapons are being trafficked into Haiti mainly from the United States and especially from Florida amid worsening lawlessness in the impoverished…
Zelenskyy tells US, Europe law chiefs Russia must face court
LVIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US Attorney General Merrick Garland and top European legal officials on Friday, and called for Russia to face…