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The European Union's foreign policy chief on Tuesday lashed out at China for its support of Russia amid the invasion of Ukraine and called it "a blatant violation" of Beijing's United Nations commitments. "There cannot be siding with the aggressor," Josep Borrell said.

Taiwan pushed back against threats of retaliation by China, ahead of an expected meeting between President Tsai-Ing-wen and the US House speaker Wednesday that will underscore her government's claim to sovereignty. Tsai has been visiting the island's remaining diplomatic allies in Latin America, Belize and Guatemala. The most politically sensitive…

Ukrainian players do not get enough support from women's tennis governing body WTA amid Russia's invasion of their country, Elina Svitolina said on Tuesday. Svitolina, back on the tour at the Charleston Open after a maternity break, spoke to support fellow Ukrainian player Lesia Tsurenko, who said she withdrew from…

A Hamas-linked military court in the Gaza Strip sentenced on Monday two people to death and four others to life in prison for “collaborating” with Israel. In a statement, the court said the death sentences would be carried out one by firing squad and the other by hanging. The four…

Iraq's federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have reached a final deal to restart northern oil exports to be announced Tuesday, official sources told Reuters. A formal request has been sent to Türkiye to restart oil exports through an Iraq-Türkiye pipeline and "in the next few hours pumping…

Russia's commissioner for children's rights, who was accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) alongside President Vladimir Putin of war crimes in Ukraine, said on Tuesday that the ICC's allegations were false and unclear. The Hague-based ICC on March 17 issued arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian…

Saudi Arabia has achieved record growth in indicators of economic activities in promising sectors during the first quarter of this year, one of the opportunities launched by Vision 2030 for the local and foreign business sectors. According to a recent report by the Ministry of Commerce, a copy of which…

Oil and economic experts confirmed that the voluntary oil production cuts taken by oil-exporting countries within OPEC+, starting May and continuing until the end of 2023, aim to achieve market balance. Mubarak Alhajeri, a faculty member at Kuwait's College of Technological Studies, explained that the cut had shocked global markets…

Qatar’s Assistant Foreign Minister for Regional Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi met on Monday in Beirut with Lebanese officials and a number of party leaders to discuss the means to find a solution to the presidential vacuum in the country. While information noted that the Qatari envoy carried an initiative…