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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to the presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, ...

Putin congratulated Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the president of the Islamic republic, Masoud Pezeshkian, as well on the ancient holiday, marking the arrival of spring ...

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His Highness Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, leader of Ismaili Muslims worldwide, died Feb. 4. Almas Muscatwalla writes ...

Musk himself has proven a supremely divisive figure in American politics in just two months in his high-profile, unelected ...

Szijjártó welcomed an agreement to end a border dispute between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, saying it would contribute greatly ...

EIB Global – the European Investment Bank’s global arm – and the European Commission have signed a financial package worth ...