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A UN-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination says racist hate speech by U.S. President Donald Trump and other American political leaders, along with a crackdown on immigration …

Iran on Thursday attacked major energy facilities in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates after vowing to retaliate for Israel striking its gas field a day earlier, escalating a war …

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is back in court for an appeal trial on charges he sought Libyan financing for his 2007 election, in a case that last year saw …

Health care coverage in China continued its steady expansion last year, with more than 1.3 billion people enrolled in medical insurance, according to official data. The country of 1.4 billion …

Myanmar’s parliament met yesterday for the first time since the 2021 coup, following controversial multi-phase elections that were dominated by the country’s pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). According …

President Donald Trump has floated the idea of Venezuela becoming America’s 51st state, saying “good things are happening” there. Trump made the remarks when commenting on Venezuela’s win against Italy …

Pope Leo XIV called for a cease-fire in the Middle East on Sunday, issuing his strongest and most direct demand to date for an end to the U.S.-Israeli war in …

President Donald Trump’s administration has rebuffed efforts by Middle Eastern allies to start diplomatic negotiations aimed at ending the Iran war that started two weeks ago with a massive U.S.-Israeli …

US officials have said a KC-135 refuelling plane that went down in western Iraq was not the result of hostile or friendly fire. They said it had involved a second …

The United States on Thursday temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil that is currently at sea, allowing it to be shipped to buyers around the world as the Trump administration …