French vote divides among left, center, and far-right, risking political deadlock
French voters divided their legislature among left, center and far right, with no single political faction getting even close to the majority needed for form a government. The risk of paralysis loomed Monday for the European Union’s second-largest economy. President Emmanuel Macron gambled that his decision to call snap elections would...
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Xi urges global powers to facilitate direct Russia-Ukraine talks
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‘Freedom!’ chants rent the air at Venezuelan opp rallies
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EC to announce SL prez poll date by July end
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Prachanda should resign immediately, demands former ally CPN-UML
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Iran detains lawyer who criticised 2022 crackdown
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Argentine Prez heads to CPAC, snubbing Lula, escalating political feud
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SL says won’t ban foreign research ships from its ports from next year
08 July 2024 | PTI
Erdogan renews push to restore ties with Syria
(): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his willingness to restore ties with Syria and extended an “invitation” Sunday to bring back relations to “how they were in the past”. Over 12 years ago, diplomatic ties between Ankara and Damascus were cut off when protests turned into a civil war...
Ukrainian drone triggers warehouse explosions
A village in western Russia’s border region was evacuated on Sunday following a series of explosions after debris from a downed Ukrainian drone set fire to a nearby warehouse, local officials said. Social media footage appeared to show rising clouds of black smoke in the Voronezh region while loud explosions could...
‘Imran Khan conspiring in prison to spread anarchy’
Jailed former premier Imran Khan was hatching plots inside the prison to create another “political chaos” in Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s advisor on political and public affairs has claimed. Speaking on Geo News programme ‘Naya Pakistan,’ former interior minister Rana Sanaullah said that 71-year-old founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party...
New era of Pakistan-China cooperation has dawned: Shehbaz
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said a new era of Pakistan-China cooperation in the information technology (IT), communication, mining, and energy sectors has dawned and will lead to economic development and deepening of the time-tested bilateral relationship. Sharif’s remarks came as he chaired a review meeting in Islamabad on Saturday...
Rafah in ruins: Ghost town 2 months after Israeli operation
Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town. Abandoned, bullet-ridden apartment buildings have blasted out walls and shattered windows. Bedrooms and kitchens are visible from roads dotted with rubble piles that tower over...
Tokyo’s incumbent Governor Koike projected to win third term, exit poll results show
Tokyo’s incumbent governor, Yuriko Koike, is projected to win her reelection as head of Japan’s influential capital for a third four-year term, according to exit poll results by Japan’s NHK national television. The vote on Sunday was also seen as a test for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party, which...
European allies brace for Trump comeback at NATO summit
Growing skepticism about President Joe Biden’s reelection chances has European leaders heading to the NATO summit in Washington confronting the prospect that the military alliance’s most prominent critic, Donald Trump, may return to power over its mightiest military. NATO — made up of 32 European and North American allies committed...
