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WASHINGTON – The United States Justice Department on Monday sued Texas over floating barriers installed by the state in the Rio Grande river to block migrants crossing from…

MOSCOW – Russia and China have ended their joint naval exercises in the Sea of Japan, the Russian defence ministry announced on Sunday, as the two allies seek to deepen their…

KYIV – Russian missiles hit grain terminals at an agricultural enterprise in the Odesa region in a fourth successive night of air strikes on southern Ukraine, the regional…

BAGHDAD – Several thousand Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad on Saturday over the burning or damaging of the Quran during anti-Islam protests in Sweden and Denmark, in a gathering…

WASHINGTON – The United States on Wednesday announced additional security assistance of about US$1.3 billion (S$1.7 billion) for Ukraine in its war with Russia, the package…

JOHANNESBURG – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend a summit of the Brics nations in August, South Africa said on Wednesday, ending months of speculation about…

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has halted the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s access to federal funding after the lab failed to provide documents about safety and security…

MOSCOW – Russia has suspended road and rail traffic across a key bridge to Crimea after explosions that killed two people and officials blamed on Ukraine. State television…

SEOUL – South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol was in Ukraine on Saturday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky, the South Korean presidential office said. The surprise trip…

ROME – Record heat is forecast around the world from the United States, where tens of millions are battling dangerously high temperatures, to Europe and Japan, in the latest…