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Chinese President Xi Jinping is on his way to Moscow, on a “voyage of friendship, cooperation and peace”, weeks after Beijing unveiled a 12-point position paper calling for a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war and days after it mediated a…

French journalist Olivier Dubois, who was kidnapped by armed groups in the Sahel nearly two years ago, was released on Monday, according to an AFP journalist and a representative of Liberation newspaper where he worked. Dubois, who went…

China’s embassy in the Central African Republic has urged its citizens to avoid travelling outside the capital, Bangui, after a report that nine Chinese nationals were killed by rebels at a gold mine outside the city. The embassy said in…

The main US stock markets are still subdued in early trading as investors weigh up the current situation. Matt Orton, the chief market strategist at Raymond Janes Investment Management, told the Reuters news agency that the markets were…

The two sides in Yemen’s conflict say they have agreed to exchange detainees after talks in Switzerland facilitated by the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The head of the Yemeni government delegation said…

A major new United Nations report being released on Monday is expected to provide a sobering reminder that time is running out if humanity wants to avoid passing a dangerous global warming threshold. The report by hundreds of the world’s…

South African security forces say 87 people had been arrested in the last 12 hours across the country over public violence before planned protests by the left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party. The EFF, the third largest party…

This sharp sell-off of European shares follows a similar pattern during Monday's trading in Asia. UBS - which is now Switzerland's only global bank - has seen a big drop in its value as have other major banks in London, Paris and…

The head of Russia’s Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has offered a generous bounty for the “elimination” of suspected Ukrainian servicemen caught on video desecrating a Koran. The footage, which the Russian official reposted,…

Riot police clashed with protesters for a second night in Paris as demonstrations continued against the government’s plans to raise the French pension age. The growing unrest since the start of the year, which has resulted in a wave of…