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Afghan head of peace process hopeful of talks with Taliban ‘next week’
Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban will next week begin long-delayed peace talks aimed at ending the war in the country, a top ...US plans further troop reductions in Iraq by November
The United States plans to reduce its military force in Iraq from the current 5,200 to about 3,500 by November, U.S. officials ...Ecuador couple certified as oldest married pair, nearly 215
Julio Mora slipped away from his parents to secretly marry Waldramina Quinteros one February day. Both families disapproved. Seventy-nine years later, they’re ...UAE formally ends Israel boycott amid US-brokered deal
The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued Saturday a decree formally ending the country’s boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-brokered deal ...Dozens dead as record rains lash Pakistan
Dozens of people have been killed in accidents and floods caused by torrential rains that have lashed Pakistan for days on end, ...UK to allow emergency use of any effective COVID-19 vaccine
Britain is preparing to revise its laws to allow the emergency use of any effective coronavirus vaccine before it is fully licensed ...WHO sweetens terms to join struggling global COVAX vaccine facility
Wealthier countries that join the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 vaccine plan are being offered a new option to pick and choose which ...Japanese PM Abe resigns over worsening health
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to resign over health problems, top lawmakers said Friday, in a bombshell development that will end ...Putin touts Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine as effective and safe
The Russian president on Thursday praised a coronavirus vaccine that Russia approved for use earlier this month as effective and safe, a ...Putin vows military support for Belarus’ Lukashenko
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed military support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday, while urging a peaceful resolution to unrest ...