DUBAI, April 20 (Reuters)- - A warning by former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has crystallised fears among Gulf states that reopening the Strait of Hormuz may be the most Iran-U.S. talks can achieve, falling short of the broader de-escalation they regard as vital.
April 20 - Israeli and Lebanese representatives will hold talks in Washington on Thursday, a U.S. State Department spokesperson and an Israeli source speaking on the condition of anonymity told Reuters on Monday.
WASHINGTON, April 20 - Vice President JD Vance is still in the United States and has not yet departed for Pakistan, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as prospects for a second round of negotiations with Iran remain unclear.
LONDON, April 20 - The Iranian-flagged container ship Touska, which was boarded and seized by U.S. forces on Sunday, is likely to have what Washington deems dual-use items that could be used by the military onboard, maritime security sources said on Monday.
Officials exchanged views and experiences at the 5th Singapore-China Social Governance Forum.
China’s National Climate Centre expects El Nino conditions to emerge in May.
WASHINGTON, April 20 - President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israel did not persuade him to attack Iran, after news reports that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu influenced the U.S. president's decision and criticism from right-wing commentators.
The measures include an allocation of RM5 billion (S$1.61 billion).
LONDON, April 20 - A British-based pharmacist wanted in India for allegedly poisoning his ex-wife's family with arsenic, killing her mother, and trying to hire assassins to kill her father began his fight against extradition on Monday.
Some land six-figure jobs to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars back to the regime.
A slate of Chinese actors took online to declare they had not or would not sign up to the “artist database”.
Japan warned of an increased risk of earthquakes at magnitude 8.0 or stronger, after a powerful jolt occurred in Pacific waters off its northern Iwate prefecture on Monday.
Japan's meteorological agency warns another, stronger earthquake may hit in the next week,
Japanese fishermen have reduced sailing speeds and cut back on the days they go out fishing.
The public is advised to take personal protective measures, such as wearing masks.
More than 32,000 companies are exhibiting this year, with around 30 per cent focused on high-tech or specialised sectors.
India's Prime Minister seized on the defeat to cast himself as a champion of women’s representation.
WASHINGTON, April 20 - The U.S. will host further talks in coming weeks for the Group of 20 major economies on the impact of the war in the Middle East on food and fertilizer, as it continues to push for coordinated action.
The induction of INS Aridhaman, a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), marks a strategic shift in India’s undersea deterrence posture in the Indo-Pacific. This is not just another warship entering theIndianNavy’s order of battle. It signifies that India’s
China is concerned over renewed instability around the strategic waterway.
BEIJING, April 20 - Chinese President Xi Jinping called for normal passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz to be maintained, in a phone call on Monday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held as Beijing steps up efforts to help end the Iran war.
Relations between Japan and China have been tense in recent months.
April 17 - As U.S. Vice President JD Vance returned to Washington last weekend after unsuccessful peace talks in Pakistan over the crisis in the Gulf, China’s Foreign Ministry was preparing for a bumper slate of visitors including Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the
ISLAMABAD, April 20 - Pakistan has put a $1.5 billion deal to supply weapons and jets to Sudan on hold after Saudi Arabia asked for the agreement to be terminated and said it would not finance the purchase, two Pakistani security sources and a diplomatic source said.
PRAGUE, April 20 - The Czech government will not make a government plane available for the Senate chief's planned trip to Taiwan and wants a more pragmatic foreign policy that does not damage business ties with China, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said.
The two countries’ goal was to double bilateral trade to $63.6 billion by 2030.
Wilson has been accused of defaming the star of her film The Deb over an incident involving a bath in Bondi.
A partial or complete network blackout could bring calls, the internet, text messages and all other services to a standstill.
The extent of casualties and damage was not immediately known.
Troops were fighting “remnants” of the New People’s Army rebel group.
ANTALYA, Turkey, April 20 - This year’s U.N. climate summit will seek to turn past decisions into action, with financing the main focus, Turkey’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum told Reuters, as the country prepares to host and chair COP31 in November.
Busan port is launching a major AI-driven expansion but analysts say its ambitions are unlikely to challenge Singapore.
DUBAI, April 20 - Iran executed two men convicted of cooperating with Israel’s Mossad intelligence service and planning attacks inside the country, the judiciary's news outlet Mizan reported on Sunday, a charge denied by the opposition group they were linked to.
MANILA, April 20 - Philippine and U.S. forces will carry out maritime strike drills on a remote Philippine island near Taiwan during annual exercises that started on Monday, which Manila's military chief said would test their readiness under \"real‑world conditions\".
BEIJING, April 20 - China on Monday warned against military cooperation that could undermine trust and deepen division in the region, as the United States and the Philippines begin annual military exercises with expanded participation from Japan.
The Indian government has been shielding consumers and state-run refiners have been absorbing losses.
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He had surgery at a Beijing hospital on April 20, the royal palace in Phnom Penh said.
Syringes are the latest everyday item in South Korea to be hit by spillover from the Iran war.
Twelve runners fell ill, including suffering convulsions, dizziness and hyperventilation, officials said.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky recently announced that ground robots (also known as unmanned ground vehicles) had captured a Russian position. Zelenskyy said it was the first time in the Ukraine war that an enemy position had been taken exclusively by robots. Ukraine’s
The US said earlier it fired on and seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to run its blockade of Iranian ports.
The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of a tsunami as high as 3m in Iwate prefecture and parts of Hokkaido.
The tremor was strong enough to shake large buildings as far as Tokyo.
Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate prefectures were under tsunami warnings for several hours.
On April 17, the first day of the Myanmar New Year, Win Myint walked out of Taungoo Prison. He had been arrested in the small hours of February 1, 2021, the morning the military seized power from the government he led. He is Myanmar’s last democratically elected president.