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Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Sunday that the United States has by no means any compassion toward Muslim nations in the region, according to the president’s official website. Making the remarks in a phone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih, Raisi said it has …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Ruble payments will be used more in Russia’s foreign trade, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday. “It is still a prototype system (of payments), but I’m confident that it will spread to new groups of goods as well, and it will play a larger role in …

Karachi, Pakistan | THE INDEPENDENT | Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved Sunday the National Assembly at the request of the country’s prime minister, said a statement from the president’s secretariat. “President of Pakistan Arif Alvi has approved the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to dissolve the National Assembly …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua |  Explosions rocked Ukraine’s southern Black Sea port city of Odesa early Sunday as the city came under an airstrike, the Operation Command South, a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in southern Ukraine, said on Facebook. The attacks hit the city’s infrastructure. Some of the …

Los Angeles, US | Xinhua|  A new study suggested the risk for cardiac complications was significantly higher after SARS-CoV-2 infection than after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. The study, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, analyzed electronic health record data from 40 U.S. health care systems …

Islamabad, Pakistan | Xinhua | Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan lashed out at the United States for not giving Pakistan its due credit as its ally in the war against terror. The people of Pakistan suffered the most from the country’s experience as an ally in the U.S.-led war against terror after …

Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | FIFA president Gianni Infantino clarified at the 72nd FIFA Congress in Doha, Qatar on Thursday that FIFA has not proposed a biannual World Cup and it needs more time to discuss. Speaking about the speculations on the biannual World Cup, Infantino said the world football governing …

Dubai, UAE | Xinhua | The Expo 2020 Dubai, the first world expo held in the Middle East, closed on Thursday with tens of thousands of visitors attending its official closing ceremony. The ceremony was held at the iconic dome-structured Al Wasl Plaza, the central stage of the Expo’s site, with …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Thursday that his country has not withdrawn from the negotiation table in Vienna and will continue the talks on the restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal. “Negotiations are pursued with vigor and dignity, and we have not left the negotiating table,” …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Russian Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that “the top leadership” of the European Union (EU) has been barred from entering Russia in response to Brussels’ massive sanctions. The restrictions apply to a number of European commissioners, heads of EU military structures, and the vast majority of …