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Beijing backs mediation efforts by Doha amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict, Chinese Premier Li Qiang told his Qatari counterpart, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. – “China supports Qatar’s mediation efforts…
Qatar has sought to “phase this crisis out” rather than pursue an immediate end to the US-Iran war, aiming to establish conditions for comprehensive regional dialogue and a sustainable political…
Iran’s acting defence minister, Brigadier General Majid Ibn Reza, has rejected Washington’s assertions that Tehran lacks the technical capability to hit US warships enforcing the naval blockade of Iranian ports.…
A US State Department spokesperson has told Al Jazeera that Washington is coordinating with regional partners to ensure that Iran’s disruption of navigation does not become an accepted state of…
The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, warned on Monday that recent attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi militia across several frontlines had triggered increasingly intense clashes, threatening to further…
IAEA head Rafael Grossi on Monday said giving the UN nuclear agency access to key nuclear facilities in Iran would have “positive repercussions” for Iran as a draft resolution seen…
A U.N. expert said on Monday that Israeli clearance of rubble in Gaza could destroy valuable evidence of “atrocity crimes” and prevent the recovery of human remains. – Israel’s assault…
Haiti’s armed gangs are increasingly expanding from Port-au-Prince into rural areas, adopting hit-and-run tactics including kidnappings, cattle theft and roadblocks while security and political responses remain focused on the capital,…
Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, with the two leaders agreeing on “the need to continue working towards a ceasefire” to end Russia’s…
North Korea and Russia opened their first road bridge on Monday in a carefully choreographed display of friendship, a structure which spans the Tumen river and which both sides cast…