Saudi crown prince visits Turkey as countries normalize ties

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to make his first visit to Turkey as the two regional heavyweights press ahead with efforts to repair ties following the slaying of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul

US, Iran in tense sea incident; Tehran preps new centrifuges

A U.S. Navy warship has fired a warning flare to wave off an Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat coming straight at it during a tense encounter in the strategic Strait of Hormuz

Pakistan to stay on terror financing watchdog's 'gray list'

An international watchdog says it will keep Pakistan on a so-called “gray list” of countries that do not take full measures to combat money-laundering and terror financing

Angry protests hit India over new short-term military jobs

Violence has erupted in parts of India with thousands of angry youths setting train coaches and vehicles on fire, blocking highways and attacking police with rocks to protest a new short-term government recruitment policy for the military

Disney's 'Lightyear' banned in Muslim world for lesbian kiss

Authorities across much of the Muslim world have barred Disney’s latest animated film “Lightyear” from being played at cinemas after the inclusion of a brief kiss between a lesbian couple

India, ASEAN seek to boost ties amid US-China rivalry

India and Southeast Asian foreign ministers are meeting in the Indian capital, and India and Singapore have called for strengthening ties amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a heightened rivalry between the United States and China that threatens peace and stability in the region

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Egypt, Israel to boost gas supply to EU amid Ukraine war

Egypt, Israel and the European Union have signed a deal to increase liquified natural gas sales to EU countries, who aim to reduce their dependence on supplies from Russia as the war in Ukraine drags on

Iran media: Scores injured in explosion at chemical factory

An explosion at a chemical factory in southern Iran has injured scores of people, most of them lightly

India, China growing markets for shunned Russian oil

India and other Asian nations are becoming an increasingly vital source of oil revenues for Moscow as the U.S. and other Western countries cut their energy imports from Russia in line with sanctions over its war on Ukraine