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Fire broke out on the front landing gear of a Saudia plane in Pakistan, prompting passengers to evacuate using slides.

Mutual trade between Russia and the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) surged by 25% in 2023, amounting to $333 billion

The Group of Seven “likely” abandoned the US plan to expropriate Russia’s frozen central bank assets due to a “veiled threat” from Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg has reported.

Meanwhile, falling freight rates show that penalties have failed to affect Russia’s oil shipment costs, the outlet has noted

The tech titan’s stock has soared since it unveiled artificial intelligence features for its devices last month

Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has talked to President Bashar Al-Assad of Syria over the phone, saying his administration will spare no effort to further strengthen the strategic relationship with Damascus. In the phone conversation on Wednesday, Pezeshkian said the relations between Iran and Syria are built on a solid foundation, and that the development of bilateral cooperation is a strategic policy of the Islamic Republic. “Our entire effort is to continue this strategy with strength and to further solidify the relationship between the two sides.” He referred to existing cooperation agreements between the two countries and emphasized his commitment to operationalizing these…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sought Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s backing for his peace mission on Ukraine, the PM’s Press Secretary Bertalan Hawashi reported. “On Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington, discussing Hungary’s peacemaking mission. The Russian-Ukrainian war was discussed in the course of the talks. Viktor Orban asked Erdogan to support the Hungarian peacemaking mission, considering the fact that Turkey has been the only successful mediator in this conflict so far,” Hawashi said in a message sent to the TASS office in Budapest. Later, Orban spoke about his…

Regular flights between the Syrian capital of Damascus and Saudi Arabia resumed Wednesday for the first time in more than a decade as part of a thaw in relations between the countries, Syrian state media reported.Syria and Saudi Arabia had severed ties in 2012 over President Bashar Assad’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters at the start of the civil war. But most Arab countries have restored diplomatic ties with Damascus, which was readmitted to the 22-member Arab League l ast year.Syria’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ayman Soussan, said the resumption of flights was “an additional step in the process of…

Thousands of Moroccans demonstrated Sunday in the northern city of Tangier in support of the Palestinian people and against Morocco’s ties with Israel, an AFP journalist saw.“Gaza is not alone,” chanted the protesters during the event which saw the grouping of leftist parties and Islamist movements.The protesters took to the streets of the coastal city after reports last month of an Israeli ship’s docking in Tangier port.Coming from the United States, the ship made a pit stop in Tangier on June 19, according to Israeli media.Moroccan authorities have yet to confirm the reports.On June 24, the kingdom announced the sending…

Brazil has officially enacted a long-awaited free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority, a move aimed at showing solidarity with the Palestinian people amid the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. “The agreement is a concrete contribution to an economically viable Palestinian state, which can live peacefully and harmoniously with its neighbors,” Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced the ratification during his speech at the 64th Mercosur summit in Paraguay on Monday, expressing regret that the agreement took place while Palestinians are going through “a completely irrational war.” “We are proud to be the first…