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Senior Chinese and Filipino diplomats were meeting in Manila on Thursday to review their relations amid thorny issues, including Beijing’s alarm over a Philippine decision to allow the US military to expand its presence to a northern region…
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The Israeli government’s extremist policies are threatening diplomatic ties with Arab countries amid efforts to normalize relations, political analysts and observers warn. On Wednesday, the Jordanian Parliament voted in support of a…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Ethiopia’s foreign minister in Addis Ababa on Wednesday, as their two governments look to repair relations following friction over the two-year civil war in the Tigray region. Blinken, who began…
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The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday during a visit to Algeria called for stronger energy cooperation with Africa’s top gas exporter as well as enhanced security ties. About “90 percent of Algerian gas…
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The presidents of Iran and Belarus hailed their close ties in talks in Tehran Monday at a time both countries are sharply at odds with Western powers, including over Russia’s war in Ukraine. Ex-Soviet state Belarus serves as a rear base…
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The EU on Saturday welcomed an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume diplomatic relations. “The European Union welcomes the announced agreement on resumption of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the…
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Malaysia is looking forward to closer ties with Saudi Arabia, officials and experts have said after the Kingdom’s Hajj and Umrah minister’s visit to Kuala Lumpur. Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah concluded on Wednesday his three-day visit to the…
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Taiwan will boost military exchanges with the United States to curb “authoritarian expansionism,” President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday after meeting with visiting US lawmakers. The five-day US Congressional visit comes after a top US…
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French broadcaster BFMTV has suspended one of its longest-serving presenters, Rachid M’Barki, after sources revealed that the French-Moroccan journalist had a close working relationship with an Israeli disinformation unit called “Team…
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The mayor of Barcelona has severed her city’s official ties with Israel, accusing the country of “the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people.” The decision by Mayor Ada Colau has little practical impact — with the most…
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