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UK Hits More Iranian Officials with Sanctions

UK Hits More Iranian Officials with Sanctions

The U.K. on Monday sanctioned more senior officials of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including financiers and commanders, in...

Russia to Hold UN Meeting on Ukrainian Children Taken to Russia

Russia to Hold UN Meeting on Ukrainian Children Taken to Russia

Russia plans to hold an informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council in early April on what it said is...

Putin Hosts Xi for Second Day of Talks After Welcoming China’s Ukraine Peace Plan

Putin Hosts Xi for Second Day of Talks After Welcoming China’s Ukraine Peace Plan

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a second day of talks Tuesday, after Putin welcomed Beijing’s...

Amazon Cuts 9,000 More Jobs, Bringing 2023 Total to 27,000

Amazon Cuts 9,000 More Jobs, Bringing 2023 Total to 27,000

Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to...

Ukrainian Artists Document Horrors of War in Warsaw Exhibit

Ukrainian Artists Document Horrors of War in Warsaw Exhibit

An art exhibit in Warsaw, Poland, brings together the works of Ukrainian artists who aim to document the brutality of...

US State Department Unveils 2022 Annual Human Rights Report

US State Department Unveils 2022 Annual Human Rights Report

Russia’s armed forces have committed “numerous war crimes and other atrocities” since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on...

China’s Xi Visits Russia’s Putin in Rare Show of Support

China’s Xi Visits Russia’s Putin in Rare Show of Support

Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a three-day visit to Moscow Monday seen as a rare show of support for Russian...

EU Ministers Consider Ammunition Plan for Ukraine

EU Ministers Consider Ammunition Plan for Ukraine

European Union foreign and defense ministers are meeting Monday in Brussels as they work to finalize a multi-prong plan to...

UBS Announces Credit Suisse Buyout to Calm Markets, but Asian Equities Sink

UBS Announces Credit Suisse Buyout to Calm Markets, but Asian Equities Sink

UBS is set to take over its troubled Swiss rival Credit Suisse for $3.25 billion following weekend crunch talks aimed...

Controversial Regasification Unit Arrives in Italy

Controversial Regasification Unit Arrives in Italy

A new floating storage and regasification unit considered crucial to Italy’s energy security arrived in Tuscany on Sunday, sparking local...

Olympics-Asia Athletes Back Paris Pathway for Russians, Belarusians

Olympics-Asia Athletes Back Paris Pathway for Russians, Belarusians

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) continued to pave the way for Russian and Belarusian athletes to qualify for next...

UK to Send Migrants to Rwanda Soon if Courts Agree

UK to Send Migrants to Rwanda Soon if Courts Agree

Britain’s government said Sunday that it could start deporting asylum-seekers to Rwanda in the next few months — but only...