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Iran, China sign 25-year cooperation pact
PHOTO: Aljazeera Iran and China signed a 25-year “strategic cooperation pact” Saturday in the latest expansion of Beijing’s flagship trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative as the US rivals move closer
Over 180 people trapped in Mozambique hotel after insurgent attack
Mozambique More than 180 people including expatriate workers are trapped inside a hotel in a northern Mozambique town under siege by insurgents for three days, workers and security sources said
North Korea accuses Biden of ‘provocation’ after missile test
North Korea threatened a further military build-up on Saturday in response to Joe Biden’s condemnation of this week’s missile launches, a weapons test that marked Pyongyang’s first substantive provocation since
Volkswagen demands damages from former executives linked to emissions scandal
Volkswagen is demanding damages from two of its former top executives as a result of the diesel scandal that engulfed Europe’s biggest car-making group about six years ago. Germany-based VW said
Train collision leaves at least 32 dead in Egypt
At least 32 people died on Friday after two passenger trains collided south of Cairo, the latest in a string of rail crashes in the country. The train collision took
Tanzania’s Magufuli laid to rest after mysterious death
John Magufuli Tanzania’s late president John Magufuli was laid to rest Friday in his ancestral village in the country’s northwest after his sudden death last week from an illness shrouded
UK hits back as China imposes sanctions on lawmakers
UK PM Boris Johnson PHOTO: EPA Britain on Friday accused China of attempting to “silence those highlighting human rights abuses” after Beijing sanctioned British lawmakers leading calls for action over
Senegal again postpones local elections
Senegal’s government said Wednesday it had again postponed local elections due to take place this month, the third such delay for polls that were initially set for 2019. No new
Germany to require Covid-19 tests on flight arrivals starting Sunday
People flying to Germany must undergo coronavirus testing in a regulation that enters force at midnight (2300 GMT) on Sunday, the German Health Ministry says. The announcement was made so that
Biden warns of ‘responses’ if North Korea ‘choose to escalate’
President Joe Biden said Thursday the United States will “respond accordingly” if North Korea escalates its missile testing. “We are consulting with our partners and allies,” Biden said at his
