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Hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi was heading for a landslide win in Iran’s presidential election on Saturday, as the man he will replace ...UN calls for member states to ‘prevent the flow of arms’ into Myanmar
The UN General Assembly on Friday took the rare step of calling on member states to “prevent the flow of arms” into ...AstraZeneca says EU loses legal bid for more vaccine supplies by end-June
AstraZeneca said on Friday the European Union had lost a legal case against the pharmaceutical firm over the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, ...Iran votes for new president with ultraconservative tipped to win
Iranians voted Friday in a presidential election in which ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi is seen as all but certain to coast to ...Former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo returns home after decade of exile
-Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, ousted during a civil war in 2011 and acquitted of war crimes in The Hague, flew ...Britain, pressed by airlines, may ease rules for vaccinated travellers
Britain is considering easing travel rules for double vaccinated people, a move that would placate airlines which have launched legal action against ...China launches crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12 in historic mission
China launched a spacecraft on Thursday carrying three astronauts to part of a space station still under construction for the longest stay ...North Korea’s Kim says food situation ‘tense’ due to pandemic, typhoons
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said the country’s economy improved this year but called for measures to tackle the “tense” ...Sudan, main rebel group fail to reach peace deal
Sudan’s transitional government and the country’s main rebel group failed to reach a peace deal to end a decades-long conflict in the ...Biden, Putin agree to talks on arms control, cybersecurity
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday to hold arms control and cyber-security talks, recording small gains ...