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Delegations from Armenia and Azerbaijan met on their international border on Tuesday in a choreographed step toward ending a 30-year dispute over the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh and agreed on two further meetings. The leaders of both countries agreed in Brussels on Sunday to work on a peace plan, …

Russian forces were conducting an all-out assault on Tuesday to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin cities straddling a river in eastern Ukraine, a battle that could determine the success or failure of Moscow’s main campaign in the east. Exactly three months after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces into Ukraine, …

Eleven people were shot dead in a slum on the north side of Rio de Janeiro early on Tuesday during a police raid to capture heads of a drug-trafficking organization, police said. The deaths included a woman who was hit in the exchange of gunfire between gang members and police …

At least 17 Rohingya refugees, including children, have been reported dead after their boat capsized in bad weather off the Myanmar coast.

The administration of US President Joe Biden is secretly mediating negotiations among Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel as part of efforts aimed at normalizing ties between Riyadh and the occupying Tel Aviv regime, according to a report. Citing five American and Israeli sources, the Axios news website reported on Tuesday …

Media sources on Monday reported a terrorist attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The suicide attack took place in an educational institute in western Kabul. Several teachers were killed and wounded during the attack, according to the reports. Further information has not been published yet. The news comes as …

Chinese and Russian fighter jets carried out joint flights near Japan on Tuesday during the last day of Joe Biden’s visit to the region. South Korea’s military said it intercepts fighter jets after at least four Chinese and four Russian warplanes entered its air defense zone on Tuesday. The Russian …

Iraq closed public buildings and temporarily shut airports Monday as another sandstorm — the ninth since mid-April — hit the country.

Tunisia’s powerful trade union UGTT has refused to take part in a limited dialog proposed by President Kais Saied with the aim of rewriting the constitution and founding a “new republic.”

New photographs of Prime Minister Boris Johnson drinking at a leaving party at his Downing Street residence have been published, reigniting opposition accusations that he breached his own COVID-19 lockdown rules. The photographs, obtained by ITV News, were taken at a gathering in honour of Downing Street’s outgoing director of …

Two people were killed and 120 injured on Monday when a gas cylinder exploded inside a restaurant in the United Arab Emirates’ capital Abu Dhabi, police said. Civil defense firefighters managed to contain the fire, which damaged several shops and the facades of six buildings, the police added. They had …

The Palestinian presidency has denounced a ruling by an Israeli court for allowing Jewish rituals at al-Aqsa Mosque.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for “maximum” sanctions on Russia in a bid to prevent Moscow from continuing its offensive against his country while appealing for more weapons as the military operation heads to its four-month.

At least six people have lost their lives and some 80 others have been trapped under rubble after a building partially collapsed in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan.

After US President Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan, China’s foreign ministry said that “no one should stand against the 1.4 billion Chinese people.” US President Joe Biden in a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in response …

ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for yesterday’s attack near the Esteghlal Hotel where the anniversary of the assassination of former Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was held. In a statement on Monday, ISIS terrorist group announced that Shahram Movahed was the perpetrator of the terrorist act, who blew himself up …

A person has been killed at the Qatar Embassy in Paris and one person has been arrested as part of the investigation, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Monday, confirming earlier media reports. A source close to the investigation said the person killed in the early hours of Monday was …

The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces this weekend rose to at least eight, authorities said on Sunday. At least eight people were killed following powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces, the country’s authorities said, as emergency crews continued a massive clean-up to …

Russia’s lead negotiator in peace talks with Ukraine said on Sunday that Moscow is willing to resume negotiations, but Kyiv has to make the first step, state news agency TASS reported. “For our part, we are ready to continue the dialogue. But I will emphasize once again: that the ball …

After mass shootings killed and wounded people grocery shopping, going to church, and simply living their lives, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19.