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Beijing has been opposing the international community's efforts to recognize Taiwan as an independent nation.

Greece will repay ahead of schedule 2.7 billion euros of loans owed to euro zone countries under the first bailout it received during its decade-long debt crisis, finance ministry officials told Reuters on Thursday.

South Korea on Thursday offered to hold talks with North Korea on reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, in its first direct overture under President Yoon Suk-yeol despite strained cross-border ties.

Last residents of Siversk caught in the crossfire

The 19-year-old got pregnant after having intercourse with two different men on the same day.

Days after the end of a brief bout of fighting last month, Gazan workers were already returning to work across the border under a permit scheme launched as part of Israel's strategy of using economic inducements to help stabilise the volatile enclave.

The remarks come in response to the series of encounters between Iran and the U.S in the Red Sea

Taiwan is confident it can sign a "high standard" trade deal with the United States under a new framework, President Tsai Ing-wen told a visiting group of U.S.

The Solomon Islands parliament passed a bill on Thursday to delay the next general election, over the objections of opposition party members who have accused Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare of a power grab.

Fears of shelling, radiation on a Ukraine maternity ward

Late, late show as Alcaraz beats Sinner to reach US Open semi-finals

'We thought we would die': Vietnam fire survivors recount terror

In Ukraine, NATO allies have avoided triggering a nuclear war with Russia, but depleting military resources might force Putin to dip into his tactical nuclear arsenal.

Eyeing tourism boom, Saudi scrambles to train hotel staff

Scott Taylor never got to move on from COVID-19.

The retired U.S. Army commander said he doesn't know how many ammunition and weapons Russia has left, but he can assume that they will last "for some time."

The widely banned munitions play a major role in Russia's strategy, according to award-winning Ukrainian journalist Andriy Dubchak.

This attack on voice and data networks run by Russia's largest digital service provider, Rostelecom, was timed to further the military aims of the Ukrainians and limit the Russians' ability to marshal forces against the counter-attack.

The Ukrainian President expressed gratitude to the country's 406th separate artillery brigade for the "extremely successful hits" in the Russian-occupied territories in the southern areas, including Kherson.

Human development set back 5 years by Covid, other crises: UN report

Asian markets bounce after sell-off, dollar closes on new highs

Attacker and girlfriend 'planned' attempted hit on Argentine VP

Sweeteners may be linked to heart disease risk, study suggests

Bolivian indigenous women break barriers through mountaineering

Evangelicals flex muscle in Brazilian election race

Paul Urey, 45, was detained by pro-Russian separatists in April and charged with mercenarism.

'Confidence' about Rugby World Cup despite Champions League fiasco

UN: evidence of Russia taking Ukrainian children

Senior U.N. and Russian officials met in Geneva on Wednesday to discuss Russian complaints that Western sanctions were impeding its grain and fertilizer exports despite a U.N.-brokered deal to boost Russian and Ukrainian shipments of the commodities.