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ASEAN steps up pressure on China to respect int’l law

Some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) stepped up pressure on Thursday on China to respect international law following skirmishes in the South China Sea.

However, Chinese Premier Li Qiang was defiant since he blamed “exter…

Tunisian Pres. wins 2nd term by landslide — ISIE

Tunisia’s Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) announced that President Kais Saied has been reelected to a second term in the first round of presidential polls.

The preliminary results of the polls show that President Saied won 90.69 perce…

Ethiopian parliament names new pres.

The Ethiopian parliament on Monday voted for Taye Atske Selassie as the country’s new president, succeeding the current president Sahle-Work Zewde.

The newly-appointed president was sworn in before members of Ethiopia’s House of Peoples’ Representati…

UK PM: Mideast cannot endure another year of bloody events

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that the Middle East region cannot endure another year of bloody events, urging all parties to exercise self-restraint.

“But make no mistake the region cannot endure another year of this,” Starmer sa…

Egypt warns against Israeli land invasion of south Lebanon

Egypt on Monday warned of the dangers that an Israeli ground incursion into southern Lebanon would bring, calling for the urgent need of a de-escalation of violence to keep the situation under control.

At such a critical juncture, the Lebanese army s…