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20.05.2024 14:11 Ebrahim Raisi, the ultraconservative Iranian president who was widely tipped to become the country's next supreme leader, has died at the age of 63.

20.05.2024 14:11 Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party was sworn in Monday as the fifth popularly elected president of the Republic of China , Taiwan's official name.

20.05.2024 14:11 White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Sunday to discuss a more targeted Israeli military operation against Hamas in Gaza that would lower risks of civilian collateral damage.

20.05.2024 14:11 EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the European Union closed the EU Training Mission in Mali , aimed at training Malian armed forces units and providing consultative aid, and withdrew its personnel from the African country.

20.05.2024 14:11 Pakistan's minister for planning and development, Ahsan Iqbal, says his country is not opposed to Afghanistan's inclusion in a Chinese-funded mega-development project, but would like Beijing to persuade Kabul to crack down on terrorist groups operating on its soil against Islamabad.

20.05.2024 14:11 Representatives of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of National Defense of the Republic of Niger met from May 15 to 19, 2024, in Niamey, Republic of Niger, as part of a Joint Disengagement Commission, to coordinate the orderly and safe withdrawal of U.S. forces from Niger. These discussions between the militaries were conducted in complete transparency and with perfect mutual respect

20.05.2024 14:11 White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan is expected to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday to wage a more targeted military operation against Hamas in Gaza as Israeli forces pound the enclave from the air and on the ground leaving no haven for fleeing civilians.

20.05.2024 14:11 European Council President Charles Michel says a veto by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili of a bill targeting media and NGOS that receive foreign funding "offers a moment for further reflection" on the controversial legislation that has sparked weeks of protests in Georgia and concern in the West.

20.05.2024 14:11 As a swelling crowd moved around him, blocking an important road and refusing to disperse, Bishkek police chief Azamat Toktonaliev looked completely bewildered.

20.05.2024 14:11 A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea released the following press statement on May 20:

20.05.2024 14:11 Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery in Sinmi-ri on Sunday afternoon on the occasion of the second anniversary of demise of Hyon Chol Hae, his most respected revolutionary comrade-in-arms.

20.05.2024 14:11 North Korea was forced to increase its overall nuclear deterrence readiness after the US conducted another subcritical nuclear experiment at the Nevada National Security Site, a spokesperson for the North Korean Foreign Ministry said.

20.05.2024 14:11 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash in northwest Iran.

20.05.2024 14:11 Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, a conservative figure who enjoyed the support of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps , has died at the age of 60.

20.05.2024 14:11 An aide to the Russian president has announced that two advanced aircraft with special helicopters and 50 professional mountain rescuers will join Iranian teams in their ongoing search operations for a crashed chopper carrying the Iranian president and his entourage.