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North Korea cooking oil distribution falls flat as prices exceed reach of poor

  North Korea distributed cooking oil ration vouchers to mark the April 15 birthday of founder Kim Il Sung in 2026, but the state-set price...

US wants European NATO states to ‘contain Russia’ – Lavrov

The West is becoming increasingly divided as its power wanes, the Russian foreign minister has said ...

‘Key members’ of terrorist group killed in Somalia

Dozens of Al-Shabaab militants were killed in recent operations, with weapons and military equipment also seized, the Defense Ministry has said ...

Trump opening Strait of Hormuz ‘for China’

The US president has said he is “permanently” reopening the waterway after Beijing supposedly agreed not to send weapons to Iran ...

Türkiye rocked by second school shooting in two days

People were killed in the Kahramanmaras attack, the local governor has said ...

Russia offers oil relief as US blocks Iran exports   

Moscow can replace Tehran’s crude supplies to China, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said       ...

NATO member planning exit vote

Slovenia is preparing a referendum on withdrawal from the bloc as Trump’s threats deepen internal divisions ...

Egyptian nuclear plant to get first fuel next year – Rosatom

The El Dabaa project has entered the next phase with preparations underway for the first unit launch and future power generation, CEO Aleksey Likhachev...

North Koreans forced to pay for Kim Il Sung birthday celebrations

North Korean people across the country were mobilized for pre-dawn street cleaning and forced to cover the costs of building repairs and flower baskets...

The Iranian knot needs to be untangled, not cut – Lavrov

Israel’s erroneous belief that it can destroy Iran should not be supported by the US, the Russian foreign minister has said ...

Russian Security Council issues US-Israel ground op warning

The Pentagon continues to deploy forces to the Middle East despite negotiations with Tehran, Moscow has said ...

India’s oil imports from Russia surge – report

New Delhi’s reported purchases of Russian crude more than tripled to $5.8 billion in March, from $1.54 billion in February, according to CREA ...

End of Iran war ‘very close’ – Trump

Tehran wants to make a deal “very badly,” the US president has claimed ...

South Africa appoints ex-apartheid-era minister as US envoy

Roelf Meyer’s appointment followed the expulsion of Ebrahim Rasool by Washington last year for criticizing the Trump administration ...

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