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Bassil: We do not want incitement or a problem with the Syrian people, but after the fall of the Syrian regime, the excuse for remaining in Lebanon is no longer there

Head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil: There is no reason for Syrian refugees to remain in Lebanon, and their presence has turned into an occupation

Al Mayadeen's correspondent: US raids target Bani Matar district, west of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa

Kremlin: There was discussion of renewing negtations between Russia and Ukraine

Ushakov: Talks brought the sides closer on Ukraine and other questions

Kremlin aide Ushakov: Witkoff and Putin met for three hours, talks were constructive

Israeli media outlet: Local sources report failure of attempts to release captives

Gaza Government Media Office: A total of 52 people, among them 50 children, have tragically lost their lives due to severe hunger and malnutrition

Iranian Oil Minister announces that a new agreement has been reached to construct a nuclear power plant in Iran, with funding secured through a credit line provided by Moscow

Reuters: Iran and Russia have reached an agreement to transport 55 billion cubic meters of gas

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo, June 28, 2024 over sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers, Okinawa, Japan (Kyodo News/AP)

Two US marines accused of rape in Japan's Okinawa

Two US marines are under investigation for rape in Okinawa, intensifying anger over crimes tied to the island’s heavy US base presence.

In this Aug. 7, 2003 file photo, a Chinese bank worker displays Chinese yuan at a bank in Beijing. (AP)

China to enable overseas gold delivery to boost Yuan's role

A man swims along coral reefs off Verde Island, Batangas province, Phillipines on January 24, 2024 (AP/Aaron Favila)

Coral reefs pushed to brink as bleaching crisis worsens

Chinese scientists used a 2kg bomb to generate a fireball that lasted 15 times longer than an equivalent TNT blast, according to a new study. (705 Research Institute)

China unveils powerful hydrogen weapon with 1,000°C sustained fireball

A made in China sticker is displayed on a hat at a store in Chinatown in San Francisco, Friday, April 18, 2025 (AP)

China-US automobile, cotton, meat, fish trade fall amid tariff war

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CATL showed off its second-generation Shenxing superfast charging battery at its tech day in Shanghai. (AFP)

China's CATL unveils sodium-ion battery in bid to reshape EV landscape

Cargo ships are anchored in the Marmara sea as they await to cross the Bosphorus, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

US raises tariffs on Chinese goods to 245%

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Maldives bans Israeli passport holders in protest against war on Gaza

A semiconductor silicon wafer fabricated with several microchip microprocessors is at the school of microelectronic engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, NY, on Monday, April 14, 2025 (AP)

South Korea plans $4.9bln chip support amid US tariff concerns

Outside the Parliament of Australia, an Australian activist declared, "Resistance is an idea and you can never ever kill an idea," adding, "Palestine will be free from the river to the sea," despite "Israel's" war on Gaza and its atrocities. In the span of 10 months, "Israel" has killed more than 39,600 Palestinians and injured 91,600 others in the Gaza Strip. It has starved children, women, men, and the elderly. The Israeli occupation has torn families apart and made Gaza a breeding ground for infectious diseases, with polio most recently detected in the wastewater.