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On the evening of Monday, July 15, while traveling to Zanjan for the Muharram religious mourning ceremony, the ex-president's chief security officer noticed that the air conditioner in his primary ...

Urgent evacuation orders have been issued for five communities south of Athens as a massive wildfire, fueled by strong winds and intensified by Greece's first summer heatwave, continues to burn near ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro in July, according to officials familiar with the matter. Beijing informed the Brazilian government that the Chinese ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday welcomed the signing of a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. "This agreement is a significant step toward de ...

"We can all look forward to at least five years more of labor peace of the Players' Association and the NHL working together," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said. "While we didn't agree on everything, ...

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD is considering Germany as a location for its potential third assembly plant in Europe, according to a source familiar with the matter, News.Az reports, citing ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at the Palace of Independence in Minsk, the residence of the Belarusian leader. The Russian head of state will take part in the meeting of the Supreme ...

Flash floods triggered by intense pre-monsoon rains swept through parts of northwest Pakistan on Friday, claiming the lives of at least seven tourists, according to local authorities. The nationwide ...

The elite Navy special forces team, which is tasked with some of the military’s most sensitive and difficult missions, has been planning and training for a Taiwan conflict for more than a year at Dam ...

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck west of Tongatapu, the main island of the Kingdom of Tonga, according to the Australian State Geological Bureau. It said the epicenter of the tremors was located 340 ...

An Israeli F-35 stealth fighter jet has been shot down over the city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran, News.az reports citing semi-official Fars News Agency. Iranian state media claim this as the fourth ...