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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has vowed that his country will stand against the “wanton expansion” of military alliances, amid reports on the US-led NATO’s plan to open a liaison office in the Asia-Pacific. Speaking at a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday, Yi said his country would “oppose the …

More than 250 gatherings targeting Muslims were held across 17 Indian states over the first half of the current year, according to a report which highlights a rising pattern of anti-Muslim sentiment in India from 2014 onwards. The report, published by Hindutva Watch on Sunday, used real-time data to identify …

A powerful explosion rocked the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Monday evening, causing significant casualties and further turmoil as ethnic Armenians continued to leave the area following the recent Azerbaijani military offensive. The explosion occurred at a fuel storage facility near the regional capital of Stepanakert, leaving more than 200 people wounded, …

The Israeli tourism minister has travelled to Saudi Arabia for a United Nations conference, his office said, describing the visit as the first public trip to the country by an Israeli cabinet member. Haim Katz’s two-day visit to Riyadh comes as Saudi Arabia is pursuing a possible United States-brokered deal …

U.S. government services would be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed without pay if Congress fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. Workers deemed “essential” would remain on the job, but without pay. Many government agencies have not updated shutdown plans they have …

Children are disappearing from northern Ohio in record numbers, with more than 1,000 minors reported missing so far this year. More than 45 children have gone missing in the Cleveland-Akron area this month alone, and in August, there were more than 35 missing minors, according to the Ohio attorney general’s …

Russian and Iranian presidents on Tuesday discussed the situation in Karabakh region, where Azerbaijan recently concluded its “anti-terror activities.” According to a Kremlin statement, Putin informed Raisi about the activities of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, including providing humanitarian assistance to civilians, protecting the rights and security of the Armenian population …

After an attack on the Cuban Embassy in Washington, China on Tuesday called on the US to ensure the safety of diplomatic missions and personnel. In response to reports of a “terrorist attack” on the Cuban Embassy in Washington, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the US side must investigate the …

The first Saudi ambassador to Palestine, Nayef al-Sudairi, is about to present his credentials to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Al-Sudairi and his accompanying delegation arrived in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday through the Karama crossing from Jordan on a two-day official visit that will end on Wednesday. He …

More than 250 gatherings targeting Muslims were held across 17 Indian states over the first half of the current year, according to a report which highlights a rising pattern of anti-Muslim sentiment in India from 2014 onwards. The report, published by Hindutva Watch on Sunday, used real-time data to identify …

South Korea put on the first large-scale military parade in a decade on Tuesday, with weapons ranging from ballistic missiles to tanks rolling through Seoul in a show of force as it takes a tougher stance against North Korea. The parade marks the country’s Armed Forces Day, normally a muted …

Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement says Saudi Arabia and its allies continue to violate the terms of a UN-brokered truce, stressing that 12 Yemeni soldiers got killed in one month along border areas. Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the spokesman of Ansarullah and head of Yemen’s national negotiating delegation, told Reuters news agency on …

Niger’s military government has demanded a “negotiated framework” for the French troop planned pull-out from the West African country. In a statement released overnight, the government said the timeframe for the pull-out “must be set out in a negotiated framework and by mutual agreement.” The statement came after French President …

Russian air defense systems have downed eight Ukrainian drones as Kiev forces increase their unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and missile attacks. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday that Russian forces destroyed four drones over the northwestern part of the Black Sea and Crimea in addition to four more over …

The Organization of the Islamic Council (OIC) has condemned the desecration of the holy Qur’an in the Netherlands, urging the Dutch authorities to stop the provocative, Islamophobic acts. The statement came on Sunday, a day after Edwin Wagensveld, leader of the Islamophobic organization Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the …

US President Joe Biden has issued a stark warning ahead of a potential government shutdown that all citizens of the country will be forced to “pay the price” if congressional Republicans fail to act. Speaking at a bipartisan meeting in Washington on Saturday night, Biden blamed “a small group of …

Thousands of refugees and migrants are continuing to cross the United States border from Mexico, overwhelming the city of El Paso in the State of Texas, and leaving President Joe Biden’s administration scrambling to stem the influx of people. “The city of El Paso only has so many resources and …

Russia’s Northern Fleet, which operates in the Arctic, has conducted naval military exercises in the East Siberian Sea. Interfax news agency reported on Monday that the Russians used some of their largest destroyers and landing ships in the naval drills aimed to practice countering unmanned mock enemy boats. “During the …

Pope Francis has expressed frustration with the countries that are “playing games” with Ukraine by first providing weapons and then considering backing out of their commitments. “It comes to my mind that there are interests, not just the Russian-Ukraine problem but selling arms, you know. The arms business,” Pope Francis …

France’s President Emmanuel Macron says Paris is imminently withdrawing its ambassador from Niger followed by its troops, putting an end to military cooperation with Niamey. “France has decided to withdraw its ambassador. In the next hours our ambassador and several diplomats will return to France, And we will put an …