A US envoy showed the draft of a US-Taliban agreement to Afghan leaders on Monday after declaring they were “at the threshold” of a deal to end America's longest war, an official said.
Italian police on Monday seized a German migrant rescue ship that had been stranded at sea for a week, and will disembark more than 100 migrants soon, according to a police spokesman. The ship's captain had earlier set course for the port of Pozzallo, on the island of Sicily, sparking a new standoff between rescuers...
The Russian economy will not face serious pressure if oil prices crash to $40 per barrel, Russia's Economic Development Minister Maksim Oreshkin has said. In an interview with TASS news agency, the minister noted that Russia will still be affected by any global economic turmoil, but not as seriously as before. He explained that the...
The Bank of China (BOC) has said that, by the end of June this year, it had approved more than $140 billion of credit and funded over 600 major projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Over the past few years, it has continuously invested in economies along the Silk Road Economic Belt and...
Four crested screamer chicks have hatched at a wildlife centre for the first time in 40 years.
President Donald Trump has said he is not sure if he has “ever even heard of a Category 5” hurricane – despite having made the same claim when similar storms threatened the United States in previous years.
