Putin reveals Moscow’s main issue with US
The Russian president said his country is opposed to the emergence of a unipolar world that revolves around Washington’s interests
Pakistanis among 59 killed in Italy boat tragedy
The vessel had set sail from Turkiye several days ago with migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and several other countries, and crashed in stormy weather near Steccato di Cutro, a seaside resort on the eastern coast of Calabria.
US spy chief says Iran advancing nuclear program at ‘worrisome pace’
Tehran has repeatedly insisted that it is not planning to build a nuclear bomb.
Turkish Red Crescent criticised for selling tents after quake
The quake, which struck on February 6, killed more than 44,000 people in Turkey and thousands more perished in neighbouring Syria.
Contract killings come cheap in South Africa
"Few murders involving hitmen end up in court and when they do hitmen are often killed," Mary de Haas, an academic focusing on political violence in Durban's KwaZulu-Natal province, told AFP.
Ankara begins to rebuild for homeless by earthquakes as Turkiye-Syria death toll crosses 50,000
More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in the Feb 6 earthquakes that killed tens of thousands in Turkiye and neighboring Syria.
U.S. targets Russia with sanctions, Moscow says measures won’t work
The Biden administration also sent a message to China and other countries that they should not try to help Russia evade sanctions.
China breaks ground on world’s largest green hydrogen project
The country has substantially increased its renewable capacities
Russian diplomat responds to US over ‘big country bullying’
Antony Blinken ought to know American history, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
Blinken to meet Asia ‘Quad’ after China friction
Blinken will hold the talks with the so-called Quad on March 3 on the sidelines of a Group of 20 meeting in New Delhi, said Donald Lu, the top State Department official on South Asia.
China accused of stealing Western technology
US and EU officials claim Chinese courts are nullifying patents of foreign companies in critical sectors
Oman opens its airspace to Israeli airlines
Israel and Oman have no diplomatic relations, but the Gulf state seemed to have been less reluctant in publicizing its relations with Israel. In 2018, the late Sultan Qaboos received Netanyahu in Muscat.