Daily Monitor

Firefighters are tackling blazes for a third day in Turkey’s Mediterranean and southern Aegean region. It’s not known how the devastating fires started, but one official says he can’t rule out “sabotage.” […]

The US secretary of state says Kais Saied promised him he was committed to democracy, as he urged him to restore parliament. […]

Armenian side not following cease-fire requirements, says Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry […]

North and South Korea are in talks to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang demolished last year and hold a summit as part of efforts to restore relations, three South Korean government sources with knowledge of the matter said. […]  

Four natural sites and three cultural sites were added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage List on Monday, Xinhua reports. […]

An agreement by the U.S. and China for their first face-to-face talks between senior diplomats in months represents the latest effort by both sides to keep a growing list of disputes from spiraling out of control. […]

China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus […]

Brexit and the COVID pandemic are combining to leave some UK supermarket shelves empty, according to the Road Haulage Association […]

New alliance urges governments to work together to deliver a just transition to a green economy […]

China and Australia have found another battleground for their deepening diplomatic standoff: the Pacific Islands’ pandemic response. […]

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be held without spectators due to the state of emergency that is to be enforced to curtail a surge in coronavirus cases, the Olympics minister Tamayo Marukawa confirmed Thursday. […]

President Biden says peace in Afghanistan can only come through renewed talks with Taliban even as fighting escalates. […]

Experts say a period of costlier fuel is likely to be brief. But if consumers start to assume otherwise, it could mean problems for Biden and the Fed. […]

President Joe Biden, will take on the rapidly growing threat of ransomware against companies and localities by convening key officials to discuss administration strategy in the wake of a high-profile attack by hackers. […]

Covid-19 infections have risen by 10% in a week in Europe after two months in decline and the risk of a new wave of cases is growing, says the World Health Organization. […]

A global corporate tax rate of at least 15% was agreed upon by 130 countries, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Thursday. […]

President Sadyr Japarov and President Emomali Rahmon  discussed Kyrgyz-Tajik border issues during talks in Dushanbe […]

A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed federal and state antitrust complaints against Facebook Inc that sought to force the social media company to sell Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the federal complaint was “legally insufficient.” […]

Canal Istanbul will turn a historic «new page» in Turkey’s development, said the nation’s president on Saturday, speaking at a groundbreaking ceremony for the mega-project’s first bridge called Sazlidere. […]

India is beginning to reopen after a second wave of Covid-19 infections devastated the country in April and May. But now experts warn that a third wave could strike in the next few months. […]