DUBAI – Israel signed a free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday (May 31), its first big trade accord with an Arab state that reduces or removes tariffs and over…
SAN SALVADOR – El Salvadoran lawmakers declared a state of emergency at President Nayib Bukele’s request, expanding police powers and curtailing civil liberties as the country…
ROME – Italy will end its Covid-19 state of emergency at the end of March and slowly lift rules imposed during the pandemic, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Wednesday (Feb 23).…
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday (Sept 15) that French military forces had killed Islamic militant Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of Islamic State in the…
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken will urge the Senate to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees for top national security posts, warning that the US could be caught…
BAGHDAD – French President Emmanuel Macron is among leaders set to attend a regional summit on Saturday (Aug 28) in Iraq, with the Taleban’s takeover of Afghanistan and a deadly attack in…
HONG KONG – China should stop handing out tax breaks to gaming companies because they have become global players that thrive on their own, a government-backed newspaper said, fanning…
BEIJING – China’s state media sought to soothe investor nerves amid a stock rout that has pushed the nation’s benchmark equity index to the brink of a bear market, stressing there was no…
WASHINGTON – The US Justice Department will file a lawsuit on Friday (June 25) challenging a Georgia election law that imposes new limits on voting, calling it a violation of civil rights,…
DUBAI – Iran’s moderate presidential candidate congratulated his hardline rival hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi for winning the election, Iranian state media reported on Saturday (June 19), as…