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China foreign minister in Sri Lanka to discuss Belt and Road

Jan 9, 2022

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is in Sri Lanka seeking to advance China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, as the island nation looked to Beijing for help as it tries to rescue itself from a foreign currency and debt crisis

Jan 8, 2022

Egypt deports son of prominent Palestinian politician

Egyptian authorities have deported the son of a prominent Palestinian politician after he served 2 1/2 years of pre-trial detention over allegations of having ties with an outlawed group

Turkish, Armenian envoys to meet in Moscow on Jan 14

Jan 5, 2022

Turkey's Foreign Ministry says special envoys from Turkey and Armenia will hold their first meeting aimed at normalizing ties on Jan. 14 in Moscow

Jan 4, 2022

Canada court: Iran should pay families over plane shootdown

A court in Canada has ruled that Iran should pay 107 million Canadian dollars — about $84 million — in punitive damages to families of six people with Canadian citizenship or residency who were killed in the Iranian military’s downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020

Critics of Citroën ad say it promotes sexual harassment

Jan 1, 2022

An advertisement by a French automaker has stirred up controversy in Egypt after activists said it promoted sexual harassment in a country where the practice is rampant

Dec 30, 2021

Iranian state TV says Tehran launched rocket into space

Iranian state television says Tehran has launched a rocket with a satellite carrier bearing three devices into space, though it’s unclear if any object entered orbit

Dec 30, 2021

Iran state TV says Tehran launched rocket into space

Iranian state television says Tehran has launched a rocket with a satellite carrier bearing three devices into space, though it’s unclear if any object entered orbit around the Earth

Dec 27, 2021

Iran insists on crude exports as Vienna nuclear talks resume

Iran is insisting that the United States and its allies promise to allow Tehran to export its crude as negotiations on restoring the tattered nuclear deal are to resume in Vienna

Dec 27, 2021

Bulgarian shoppers find bargains in Turkey as lira struggles

Bulgarian shoppers are crossing Turkey’s western border in packed cars and buses, taking advantage of a declining Turkish lira to fuel their own shopping sprees

Turkey freezes assets of 770 people for alleged terror links

Dec 24, 2021

Turkey has frozen the assets of 770 Turkish nationals and a Chicago-based foundation it accuses of having links to terror groups