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Moscow releases $9M of frozen assets to North Korea in exchange for weapons: report
Russia has released millions of dollars in frozen financial assets to North Korea in exchange for weapons, according to reports.Approximately ...

IMF warns of Maldives foreign debt crisis after ‘heavy’ borrowing from China
The archipelago, famed for its white-sand beaches and where tourism accounts for nearly a third of the economy, has recovered ...

Thailand and Muslim separatist rebels agree to end decades-long conflict
A Malaysian facilitator announced on Wednesday that the Thai government and Muslim separatist rebels in southern Thailand have reached an ...

US Secretary of State briefs Israel on ceasefire and hostage talks as Gaza war enters fifth month
TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders on Wednesday after Hamas put forward a detailed ...

Russia advances bill to confiscate assets of those who ‘discredit’ the military
The upper house of Russia’s parliament has unanimously endorsed a bill allowing confiscation of assets from those spreading deliberately false ...

Followers of jailed leader Imran Khan vow covert vote during Pakistan polls
‘Avoiding attention’In Pakistan, voters for each party often travel to polls together, trailing party paraphernalia, making allegiances easily identifiable.But 25-year-old ...

Hamas offers remaining hostages for prisoners, 135-day cease-fire in deal Biden calls ‘a little over the top’
Hamas has offered to release all remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for a 135-day cease-fire, a full Israeli withdrawal from ...
Azerbaijan’s president set to win reelection in a snap vote, riding on a victory in Karabakh
BAKU: Azerbaijanis are voting Wednesday in a snap election almost certain to give incumbent President Ilham Aliyev another seven-year term, ...
Twin bombings at Pakistan political offices kill at least 26 people on eve of general elections
QUETTA: A pair of bombings at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan ...

24 dead after bombings at election offices in Pakistan day before elections
A couple of bombings in Pakistan at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate killed at ...