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Paris: France wants to add exemptions to the European Media Freedom Act to make surveillance over journalists easier for national security purposes, the Politico newspaper reported on Wednesday.The European Media Freedom Act, which is being discussed now, aims to...

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged the Israeli government to "immediately and completely" end all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, a UN spokesman said.Guterres was deeply troubled by Sunday's decision by the Israeli government...

Kathmandu: The glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya disappeared 65 percent faster in 2011-2020 than in the previous decade, and the changes driven by global warming to the region's glaciers, snow and permafrost are "unprecedented and largely irreversible," said...

Mexico City: Venezuela, with the introduction of Russia's Mir bank cards in the country, is participating in the creation of a financial system of the new world, President Nicolas Maduro said."New payment systems are emerging in the world. Venezuela...

Washington: Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meetings in Beijing, although they may have momentarily stabilized US-Chinese relations, failed to make progress in reducing military tensions or the risk of a war breaking out over Taiwan, former US diplomat Chas...

Yangon: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Myanmar at about 8:10 a.m. local time on Monday, the country's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) announced.According to the DMH, the epicenter was determined to be 70 miles to the southeast of...

Ankara: Turkish forces have neutralized 41 militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned by Ankara as terrorist, during an operation in northern Syria, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Wednesday."Our heroic Turkish armed forces have neutralized 41 terrorists,...

Paris: Paris should explain why French President Emmanuel Macron wants to attend the South African-hosted top-level summit of BRICS, to which France is not a member state, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.On Tuesday, French newspaper...

Beijing: It is necessary to build an effective and sustainable European security system, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui said in an interview with Sputnik."The crisis in Ukraine has complex historical background and real causes. In essence, this is...

Buenos Aires: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Sunday he is concerned with the future extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States and urged everyone to protect the journalist."I look with concern at...