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Smoke rises from a market after the area was allegedly hit by the military’s airstrike in Kyauktaw township in Rakhine state, Myanmar, on September 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP An airstrike carried out by Myanmar’s military near a market in territory controlled by a powerful rebel group killed at least 33 people and wounded…
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The United States and China released Monday (September 28, 2026) reciprocal lists of products worth about $30 billion each that will see tariff cuts, from American hair products to Chinese toys, in a deal expected to boost bilateral trade. The details came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. President Donald Trump in…
Mojtaba Khamenei. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Monday (September 28, 2026) that the United States would be forced to leave West Asia after suffering “painful blows”, according to a statement carried by state television. Mr. Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since the start of the West…
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Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vučić resigned Sunday to pursue a bid to become Prime Minister in an upcoming early Parliamentary election that will test his firm rule in the Balkan country, which was rattled by nearly two years of protests. Mr. Vučić’s second presidential term would otherwise end in May next year. He is banned…
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Pope Leo XIV speaks at the meeting “At the Roots of Europe for Peace and Unity” in Metz, France, on September 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Leo XIV called for a more welcoming attitude towards migrants in Europe as he concluded a four-day visit to France. Speaking in Metz, once the home of…
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US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in tea with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, in the Red Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has justified the pending arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese…
The British police questioned five men on Monday (September 28, 2026) on suspicion of explosives-related and terrorism offences after they were detained near an air base that has been used by the U.S. to strike Iran. Officers detained the men in the early hours of Sunday (September 27, 2026) after they received a tip-off that…
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President Donald Trump points while boarding Air Force One at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Sunday, September 27, 2026, in Chicago. | Photo Credit: AP State media in Iran reported on Monday (September 28, 2026) that no new talks were planned with the United States, after U.S. President Donald Trump told the media he expected more…
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Representational image of the United States and China flags. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto China is set to cut tariffs on a broad range of U.S. agricultural goods, from corn and wheat to meat and dairy, but top import item soybeans were excluded from a tariff-reduction list its Commerce Ministry issued on Monday (September 28,…
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The story so far: In addition to being a tax haven and celebrated for its chocolates, watches, and army knives, Switzerland is synonymous with neutrality, a policy that originated from the post-Napolean turbulence in Europe in the early 1800s. While the continent and the world went through several upheavals in the following decades. Switzerland held…
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