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Published by Azer News By Vugar Khalilov Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will discuss security in Syria’s Idlib at the upcoming meeting in Russia’s Sochi, Yeni Shafak newspaper reported on September 23. As part of Erdogan’s one-day visit to Russia on September 29, the leaders are expected to discuss […]

Published by Reuters By David Shepardson and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The rate of unruly airline passenger incidents has dropped sharply since regulators moved to impose fines in January but remains twice as high as last year, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday. The incidents were occurring six times per 10,000 flights as of

Published by Reuters By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday to fund the U.S. government through Dec. 3 and suspend the nation’s borrowing limit until the end of 2022, sending it to the Senate where Republicans have vowed to block it. The

Published by Reuters By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) – An Australian-EU trade deal would be mutually beneficial and allow EU members a greater presence in the Indo-Pacific, said Australia’s trade minister, as Canberra tries to repair ties with Paris after the scrapping of a $40 billion submarine deal. Australia last week cancelled a deal with

Published by Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s northeastern city of Harbin, population 10 million, went into semi-shutdown after reporting new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases for the first time since early February. Three of 16 new local cases reported in China for Sept. 21 were in Harbin, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, the National Health Commission (NHC)

Published by Al-Araby An attempted coup in Sudan “failed” early Tuesday, state media reported, without identifying the plotters. “There has been a failed coup attempt, the people should confront it,” state media reported, without elaborating. A top government source told AFP the plotters had attempted to take over the state media building but “they failed”.

Published by DPA The UN General Assembly’s annual debate is set to kick off with Joe Biden’s first speech as president of the United States. Tuesday’s session will also include speeches by leaders from Brazil, Iran, Turkey, France and Switzerland, among others. Unlike last year, when many of the contributions to the general debate took

Published by Reuters By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren MONTREAL (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday acknowledged he will need to work with other parties after he fell short of winning a majority in parliamentary elections, leaving him once more dependent on opposition legislators to govern. Trudeau, 49, was re-elected to a

Published by Reuters (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers announced several senior appointments on Tuesday, naming two veteran battlefield commanders from the movement’s southern heartlands as deputies in important ministries. Main Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir will be deputy defence minister, while Sadr Ibrahim was named deputy minister for the interior. Both