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CAIRO – A US envoy underlined Washington’s support for a democratic transition to civilian rule in Sudan on Saturday (Oct 23) during talks with the head of its ruling council and…

ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday (Oct 23) told his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of 10 countries, including Germany and the United States,…

BALTIMORE – The United States would come to Taiwan’s defence and has a commitment to defend the island China claims as its own, US President Joe Biden said on Thursday (Oct 21),…

LONDON – The Group of Seven (G-7) wealthy nations agreed on principles to govern cross-border data use and digital trade, Britain said, in what was described as a breakthrough…

PARIS – United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said the current climate situation was “a one-way ticket for disaster” and stressed the need to avoid a failure at the COP26 climate…

WASHINGTON – US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is vaccinated, tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday morning (Oct 19), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…

WASHINGTON – Former US President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday (Oct 18) against the US congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan 6 attack on the Capitol, alleging it…

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – Former US President Bill Clinton walked out of a Southern California hospital on Sunday (Oct 17) after being admitted last week for a urological infection,…

TBILISI – US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday (Oct 18) Washington was closely watching China’s development of advanced weapons systems, while declining to comment…

MIAMI – A fugitive businessman accused of acting as a money launderer for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime was extradited Saturday (Oct 16) to the United States from…