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Published by DPA German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, a close ally of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel, has congratulated the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Free Democrats on their showing in Sunday’s election, which produced a severe loss for his own centre-right party. The conservatives do not have a mandate to pursue coalition talks, he

Published by Reuters By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain put the army on standby to deliver fuel from Tuesday after an acute shortage of truckers triggered panic buying that left fuel pumps dry across the land and raised fears that hospitals would be left without doctors and nurses. Queues of drivers snaked back from those

Published by DPA The Social Democrats have won the regional election in the German capital Berlin, a city-state that has its own parliament. The SPD and its top candidate Franziska Giffey netted 21.4 per cent of the vote on Sunday, the election commission said after 100 per cent of votes were counted. A three-way coalition

Published by Reuters By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s ruling party votes on Wednesday for the country’s next prime minister in an election that has turned into the most unpredictable race since Shinzo Abe made a surprise comeback almost a decade ago, defeating a popular rival in a runoff. The winner of the Sept.

Published by Reuters By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian farmers opposed to reforms they say threaten their livelihoods aim to renew their push against the changes with nationwide protests on Monday, a year after laws on the liberalisation of the sector were introduced. For 10 months, tens of thousands of farmers have camped

Published by Reuters By Steve Holland, David Brunnstrom, Nandita Bose and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia vowed on Friday to pursue a free and open Indo-Pacific region “undaunted by coercion” at their first in-person summit, which presented a united front amid shared concerns about China. The two-hour

Published by Al-Araby The United States on Friday announced two exemptions to its sanctions imposed on Afghanistan in a bid to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into the Taliban-controlled country. The provisions allow the US government, aid groups and international organizations “to engage in the provision of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan or other activities

Published by Al-Araby It’s almost certain that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers won’t get to speak at this year’s UN General Assembly meeting of world leaders. The Taliban challenged the credentials of the ambassador from Afghanistan’s former government, which they ousted on August 15, and asked to represent the country at the assembly’s high-level General Debate. It