China says India free to join largest trade bloc
NEW DELHI: India is free to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), China’s Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen said on Friday in New
Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia to probe HRW report on killings
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia said on Tuesday it would launch a joint investigation with Saudi Arabia into a Human Rights Watch report accusing the kingdom’s
German FM axes trip after plane breaks down
BERLIN: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was forced on Tuesday to scrap her trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji after her plane suffered
US will welcome Iran’s decision to slow down N-plan, says Blinken
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he could not confirm a report that Iran slowed its pace of amassing near-weapons-grade
Russian strikes hit Ukraine areas far from front lines
Russian air strikes hit two western regions of Ukraine bordering Nato member Poland and other areas on Tuesday, killing three people in a factory
North Korea claims ‘racial discrimination’ drove US soldier to defect
Travis King defected to North Korea to escape “mistreatment and racial discrimination in the US Army”, state media said on Wednesday, Pyongyang’s first official
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