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Tehran rejects basis for new EU sanctions against Iran
Nov 15, 2022 04:48Iran insists that recent riots in the country were orchestrated by outside adversaries such as the United States, but EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday, took a different view.
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Moscow imposes sanctions on 100 Canadians in tit-for-tat move, barring them from entering Russia
Nov 15, 2022 04:39Russia has slapped sanctions on 100 Canadians, banning them from entering the Russian Federation in reprisal for similar sanctions that have been imposed by Ottawa on hundreds of Russians over Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine.
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Wealthy European nations eye natural gas in poor Africa amid energy crunch
Nov 14, 2022 11:37Rich European nations’ race to gain access to African natural gas reserves has raised concerns among climate activists at COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference underway in Egypt.
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Three dead, two injured in University of Virginia campus shooting
Nov 14, 2022 11:34A shooting on the campus of the University of Virginia late Sunday left three people dead and two wounded, university police said in a tweet, adding that the suspect was still at large and "armed and dangerous".
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Biden and Xi sit down for high-stakes meeting ahead of G20 summit amid strained ties
Nov 14, 2022 11:30US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday held their first in-person meeting as presidents ahead of the Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Bali, amid strained ties over a range of issues from Taiwan to Russia’s operation in Ukraine.
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US urges Ukraine to consider peace talks with Russia, fearing winter woes
Nov 14, 2022 11:22Senior US officials have reportedly begun prodding Kiev to consider peace talks with Moscow, fearing winter may stall its momentum after scoring a key victory in retaking Kherson in the persisting Ukraine war.
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Iran, Venezuela plan for ‘big projects’ in challenge to US
Nov 14, 2022 08:12Iran and Venezuela, both petroleum-rich OPEC members, have found solidarity in coordinated geopolitical, economic, and military maneuvers against shared common enemy the United States, which has subjected them to a regimen of economic sanctions for years.
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German demonstrators hold massive rally in Berlin in protest at hiking prices, cost of living crisis
Nov 14, 2022 04:34Thousands of people in Germany have held a massive demonstration in the capital Berlin, calling for food prices to be controlled and for the rich to pay higher taxes as Germany faces a cost of living crisis.
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US, Japan, South Korea vow to step up joint work against North
Nov 14, 2022 04:23The United States and its allies, Japan and South Korea, vow to step up their cooperation against North Korea, which has escalated its muscle-flexing in response to the allies' provocations.
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United Nations refuses to recognize Taliban interim government
Nov 14, 2022 04:12A resolution was recently presented to the UN General Assembly for the first time after the Taliban took over Afghanistan.