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UN set for showdown over US Iran arms embargo push
The UN Security Council is set next week to roundly reject a US resolution to extend an Iranian arms embargo, diplomats say, ...Election triumph gives Rajapaksa brothers a tighter grip on Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s ruling Rajapaksa brothers secured a two-thirds majority in a parliamentary election that allowed them to rewrite the constitution and increase ...Air India plane crash lands in southern India
The death toll from an Indian passenger aircraft accident has risen to 18, while 16 people have been severely injured, a senior ...Lebanon sees possible ‘external interference’ in blast
Lebanon’s president said on Friday its investigation into the biggest blast in Beirut’s history would examine whether it was caused by a ...Trump preps bans on WeChat, TikTok, stoking tension with Beijing
U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled sweeping bans on U.S. transactions with the Chinese owners of messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app ...27 dead in Mauritania migrant boat disaster: UN
Twenty-seven people died after the engines on their migrant vessel failed, leaving them stranded off the coast of Mauritania, the United Nations ...Kim visits North Korea flood zone, orders shelter, food aid
Leader Kim Jong Un visited parts of southern North Korea where days of torrential rains have flooded hundreds of houses and vast ...‘Revolution’: Angry crowds in Beirut urge Macron to help bring change
French President Emmanuel Macron toured Beirut’s shattered streets on Thursday, two days after a giant explosion, with crowds demanding the end to ...Trump says coronavirus vaccine possible before Nov. 3
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was possible the United States would have a coronavirus vaccine before the Nov. 3 ...Japan marks 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing
Japan on Thursday marked 75 years since the world’s first atomic bomb attack, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling back of ...