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DUBAI – Iran has stepped up activity at its underground Fordow nuclear plant, state TV said on Wednesday, a move France said showed for the first time that Tehran explicitly planned to quit a deal with world powers that curbed its disputed nuclear work. In another development that could also […]

A protest against the government in Iraq that descended into violence killed almost 40 people in the process. Two of the people who died were reportedly by the canisters of tear gas, which was fired by the security forces in the capital state of the country –Baghdad. While the protestors […]

This Sunday, a far-right party had the privilege to score its strongest results in the two-key state elections held in the eastern region of Germany. The party was positioned in the second position on the very day when Europe marked its 80th anniversary for the Nazi invasion of Poland. The […]

On Monday, students from more than 200 high schools in Hong Kong skipped first day of their classes to join a citywide protest following a weekend of intense demonstrations. The school students wore googles, hard hats and gas masks while the university students gathered at the Chinese University, holding signs […]

ISTANBUL – An Iranian oil tanker at the center of a dispute between Washington and Tehran is no longer heading towards Turkey’s Iskenderun port and now has no specified destination, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed on Saturday. The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday blacklisted the tanker, Adrian Darya 1, which […]

BEIJING: China effectively expelled a Wall Street Journal reporter from the country, one month after the newspaper published a report detailing allegations that a cousin of Chinese leader Xi Jinping was involved in high-stakes gambling and potential money laundering in Australia. Chinese authorities told the Journal on Friday that press credentials […]

Asian shares rose to a one-week high on Friday as the US and China returned to the negotiating table to resolve their tariff dispute and on hopes that central banks and governments will do more to avert a global growth slowdown. Investors were also focused on a string of economic […]

TOKYO – Iran is not seeking to increase tension but every country should be able to enjoy its rights under international law, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday. Zarif made the comment in Yokohama, near Tokyo, at the beginning of a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. […]

Brazil says it will reject an offer of at least $22 million from the rich countries in the Group of Seven, which had offered the money to help fight fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest. But Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he doesn’t want the cash — unless it comes […]

JERUSALEM — Israel attacked targets near the Syrian capital of Damascus late Saturday in what it said was a successful operation to thwart an imminent drone strike by Iran. The late-night airstrikes, which triggered Syrian anti-aircraft fire, appeared to be one of the most intense attacks by Israeli forces in […]