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US-Iran ceasefire deal shows strain ahead of talks with oil flows squeezed
Reuters, Published on 10/04/2026
» JERUSALEM/BEIRUT/ISLAMABAD - A fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran showed further strain on Friday, a day before they are to negotiate in Pakistan, as Washington accused Tehran of breaching promises on the Strait of Hormuz and Israel struck Lebanon with attacks that Iran has claimed violate the truce.
Russian oil arrives in Cuba as US eases blockade
AFP, Published on 31/03/2026
» MATANZAS, Cuba - A Russian oil tanker arrived in a Cuban port on Tuesday to deliver the first crude shipment to the island since January after Washington gave the crisis-hit country a reprieve from an effective fuel blockade.
Overseas student cap raised at Japan universities to attract talent
Kyodo News, Published on 18/02/2026
» KYODO — Japan's education ministry will allow three universities to accept international students above their enrolment caps under its new exemption system to attract global talent amid intensifying global competition.
Myanmar expels East Timor envoy after rights group complaint against junta
Reuters, Published on 16/02/2026
» Myanmar has ordered the head of East Timor's diplomatic mission to leave the country within seven days, state media quoted the foreign ministry as saying on Monday, in an escalating row over a criminal complaint filed by a rights group against Myanmar's armed forces.
Afghan IOC member Asghari hopes Taliban dialogue spark u-turn over women's rights
AFP, Published on 12/12/2025
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Afghanistan's International Olympic Committee member Samira Asghari has told AFP that the Taliban authorities must face the stark truth that if they are ever to be accepted internationally they must respect the rights of women to education and sport.
Austria to vote on headscarf ban in schools
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» VIENNA - Austrian lawmakers on Thursday are expected to approve a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14, a move rights groups and experts say is discriminatory and could deepen societal division.
Venezuelan opposition leader emerges from hiding after winning Nobel
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» OSLO - Nobel laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado emerged from hiding to make her first public appearance in almost a year, waving to supporters from the balcony of her Oslo hotel early Thursday.
US seized 'very large' tanker near Venezuela, Trump says
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» WASHINGTON - The United States has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, dramatically escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas.
Son of Mexican crime lord 'El Chapo' pleads guilty in drug case
AFP, Published on 02/12/2025
» CHICAGO (UNITED STATES) - A son of the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman pleaded guilty Monday in a Chicago court to drug trafficking charges in a deal that would see him cooperate with US prosecutors for a reduced sentence.
Leftist New York mayor-elect faces Trump in White House showdown
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - New York's incoming leftist mayor Zohran Mamdani marches into the White House on Friday for a high-stakes sit-down with President Donald Trump, after a bruising war of words that lit up cable news and social media.