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China, Russia ministers discuss Korea tensions at G20: state media

The Chinese and Russian foreign ministers discussed tensions on the Korean peninsula during a meeting at the G20 summit in Brazil on Monday, according to Beijing's state media.

S.Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant

The cold corridors of South Africa's once-mighty Komati coal-fired power plant have been quiet since its shutdown in 2022 in what was trumpeted as a pioneering project in the world's transition to green energy.

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Huge fire near Saudi F1 track as Yemen rebels attack oil facilities

A Yemeni rebel attack on a Saudi oil plant set off a huge fire near Jeddah's Formula One circuit during televised practice sessions on Friday, part of a wave of assaults on Aramco facilities.

Azov Regiment takes centre stage in Ukraine propaganda war

Some call them war heroes, others neo-Nazis: Ukraine's Azov Regiment is at the heart of the propaganda war between Kyiv and Moscow, as Russia claims to seek the "denazification" of Ukraine.

North Korea has 'likely more in store' after missile test: US

North Korea likely has "more in store" after successfully test-firing its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile this week, a top US official said Friday.

Saudi Arabian Formula 1 practice delayed after rebel attack on oil facility

Practice for this weekend's Saudi Arabian Formula One Grand Prix was delayed Friday after Yemeni rebels attacked an oil facility setting off a huge fire visible from Jeddah's street circuit.

Georgia mourns two fighters killed in Ukraine

Georgia mourned Friday two retired military officers who died fighting in Ukraine, in a war that has reminded Georgians of their own conflict with Russia in 2008.

US, UK slap new sanctions on Myanmar after genocide designation

The United States and Britain on Friday announced new sanctions against the Myanmar military that are intended to coincide with the anniversary of a bloody crackdown on protests following last year's coup d'etat.

Oil prices higher, stocks mixed as EU snubs Russia ban

Oil prices were higher Friday, and stock markets were mixed after European countries decided against a ban on Russian oil imports over its Ukraine invasion -- but Germany said it would drastically slash its energy purchases from Moscow.

Russian children's hospice fears impact of Western sanctions

With its donations falling and medicines and equipment running short, a Moscow children's hospice fears possible closure due to the impact of Western sanctions over Russia's military action in Ukraine.

Russia signals scaling back of Ukraine aims as Biden visits Poland

US President Joe Biden came up-close to the war in Ukraine Friday as Russia appeared to row back on its vaulting ambitions, after a month of dogged resistance by Ukrainian forces backed by ever-rising Western support.

3.7 million people flee Ukraine: UN

Some 3.7 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion a month ago, the UN said Friday.

Son of Philippine presidential favourite kicks off Congress campaign

Thousands of supporters turned out in the northern Philippines Friday as the eldest son of presidential election favourite Ferdinand Marcos Junior launched a campaign for Congress.

Biden in Poland as Ukraine fears 300 dead in theatre

US President Joe Biden came up-close to the war in Ukraine Friday after forging a new set of measures with Europe designed to place a tighter squeeze on Russia's tottering, energy-rich economy.

North Korea has 'likely more in store' after missile test: White House

North Korea likely has "more in store" after successfully test-firing its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile this week, a top White House official said Friday.

Israel to host 'historic summit' of US, Arab diplomats

Israel said it will host a "historic summit" from Sunday of top diplomats from the United States and three Arab states with which it has normalised ties.

Ukraine war refugee wins Jerusalem marathon

Ukrainian athlete Valentyna Veretska, who fled Russia's invasion of her country and took refuge in Israel, on Friday won the Jerusalem marathon, race organisers said.

UK finance minister's rising star loses some of its shine

British finance minister Rishi Sunak is being accused of being out of touch with ordinary voters, in a sudden fall from grace just months after he was tipped as the next prime minister.

Tigray rebels agree 'cessation of hostilities'

Tigrayan rebels agreed to a "cessation of hostilities" on Friday, a new turning point in the nearly 17-month war in northern Ethiopia following the government's announcement of an indefinite humanitarian truce a day earlier.

Spain offers fuel subsidies to end truckers' strike

Spain on Friday offered a rebate and a onetime cash payment to end a truckers' strike over soaring fuel prices that has led to food shortages in supermarkets nationwide.

Last train to Helsinki for departing Russians

One of the few remaining routes open from Russia to the European Union is closing down after Finland's railway operator announced the last train from St Petersburg to Helsinki will run on Sunday.

Allies turn off Russian energy, Ukraine fears 300 dead in theatre

The United States and EU announced Friday a new drive to wean Europe off Russian gas imports and so choke off the billions in revenues that are fuelling Moscow's ruinous war against Ukraine.

Germany moves to wean itself off Russian energy

Germany said Friday it was drastically slashing its energy purchases from Russia amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, with oil imports to be halved by June and coal deliveries to end by the autumn.

North Korea goes Hollywood with dramatic missile launch footage

Leather jacket, sunglasses and a gigantic missile: North Korean state media announced the launch of Pyongyang's largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile with an attempt at old school Hollywood flair on Friday.

'We thought Taliban had changed': Afghan girls banned from school

Days after the Taliban staged a cruel U-turn on allowing Afghan girls back to school, Adeeba Haidari feels as if she is in prison.

Biden to visit near Ukraine border, as solidarity tested

US President Joe Biden will travel to a town near the Polish-Ukrainian border Friday, trying to signal Western resolve in the face of a Russian invasion that has increasingly turned to a grinding war of attrition.

Australian school students join global climate protest

Hundreds of school students rallied outside Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's official Sydney residence Friday kicking off a "global climate strike" demanding action to stop the world heating up.

Fleeing Putin, Russians resettle in pro-Kremlin Serbia

As free speech was curtailed, her friends imprisoned and the Russian economy tanked in the days after Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, Marina packed her bags and fled Moscow.

German farmers in Ukraine press ahead in defiance of war

Every year in early spring, German farmers Torben Reelfs and Tim Nandelstaedt turn the soil and plant the first sugar beets of the season on their plot of land in western Ukraine.

Tigray rebels agree to 'cessation of hostilities'

Biden to visit near Ukraine border in show of solidarity

US President Joe Biden will travel to a town near the Polish-Ukrainian border Friday, trying to signal Western resolve against a Russian invasion that has increasingly turned to a grinding war of attrition.

Complex questions as face recognition tech joins Ukraine war

Ukraine is employing face recognition technology to identify invading Russian troops killed on its soil, a complex and unprecedented avenue for software already seen as problematic, experts said Thursday.

Election of new ILO chief wide open

The International Labour Organization will pick its next chief Friday, with the possibility it could place a woman or an African at the helm for the first time.

Biden's Brussels triple summit big on unity, short on tougher measures

US President Joe Biden coaxed a display of unity in the face of Russia's Ukraine invasion from an overlapping array of Western leaders at a trifecta of Brussels summits Thursday.

Seven years into Yemen quagmire, Saudis play oil hardball

Western powers want Saudi Arabia to pump more oil to ease surging prices driven by the Ukraine war, but the kingdom has its own demand: support for its war in Yemen.

US, allies call on Taliban to reopen girls schools in Afghanistan

The United States and other Western countries on Thursday condemned the Taliban's decision to shut girls secondary schools in Afghanistan just hours after reopening them, and urged the hardline Islamist movement to reverse course.

France probes Interpol president for alleged torture, barbarism

French anti-terror prosecutors have opened a preliminary inquiry into torture and acts of barbarism allegedly committed by Emirati General Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi who in November became president of Interpol, judicial sources said on Thursday.

North Korea says Kim ordered test of 'new type' of ICBM

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the test-firing of the country's "new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile to boost its nuclear deterrent against the US "imperialists", state media reported Friday.

North Korea's Kim ordered test of 'new type' of ICBM: state media

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the test-firing of the country's "new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reported Friday.

Four Russians indicted in US for energy sector hacks

Four Russian agents have been indicted in the United States for hacking attacks targeting the energy sector around the world, including a US nuclear power operator, the Justice Department said Thursday.

Zelensky asks NATO for weapons, West adds pressure on Russia

President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed a NATO summit Thursday to flood weapons into Ukraine and Western allies responded with new sanctions against Russia, promises of military aid, and discussion of expelling Moscow from the international G20 body.

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