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Sydney records hottest November night as heatwave sweeps city
Sydney recorded its hottest November night as Australia’s largest city suffered through a weekend heatwave that saw daytime temperatures peak above 40 ...Venezuela resumes direct oil shipments to China despite U.S. sanctions
Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according ...Karabakh peace deal fuels confusion, anxiety over new borders
An Armenian fighter in camouflage with a Kalashnikov assault rifle slung over his shoulder peers through binoculars over towards an encampment of ...Azerbaijan troops enter first district handed over by Armenia
Azerbaijan said Friday its troops had entered a district bordering Nagorno-Karabakh handed back by Armenian separatists after almost 30 years as part ...War crimes: Australian special forces ‘Unlawfully Killed’ 39 in Afghanistan
Australian special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan, with senior commandos reportedly forcing junior soldiers to kill defenceless ...Armenia cedes disputed land to Azerbaijan in Karabakh peace deal
Armenia on Sunday was due to begin handing over disputed territory to Azerbaijan as part of a peace accord that ended six ...Suu Kyi’s party wins absolute majority in Myanmar polls
Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling party secured an absolute majority in Myanmar’s election, official results showed Friday, in a poll disputed by ...Anger mounts in Armenia over Karabakh peace deal
Several thousand demonstrators Wednesday protested in the Armenian capital as anger mounted over Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s decision to cede swathes of ...Hong Kong, Singapore to allow travel to each other without quarantines from November 22
A travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will begin on Nov. 22, the two cities announced on Wednesday, as they moved ...Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on a deal with Russia to end weeks of fierce clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday, after a string ...














