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Brent erased gains in tandem with weaker broader markets after earlier topping $80 for the first time in nearly three years. […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that China would no longer fund the construction of new coal-fired power projects overseas, surprising the world on climate for the second straight year at the United Nations General Assembly. […]

Joe Biden has played down the chances of brokering a post-Brexit free trade deal with the UK, as he held talks with Boris Johnson at the White House. […]

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, […]

After US President Joe Biden laid out a plan to tackle the worsening pandemic in America with a raft of new vaccination rules last week, the big question on the minds of many is: Will mandating vaccines work? […]

Josep Borrell tells MEPs that EU can only influence future developments by engaging with new Afghan regime […]

Southern Chinese cities closed schools and ordered testing for millions on Tuesday in a race to curb a new COVID-19 outbreak which has sparked concerns over infections among unvaccinated schoolchildren. […]

Erna Solberg’s long reign as the leader of Norway could come to an end as the Scandinavian country faces its first general election since 2017 on Monday. […]

Germany’s electorate is aging and shrinking. What will that mean for the German parliament in the post-Merkel era? […]

The Foreign Ministers of the countries neighboring with Afghanistan held virtual talks on September 8, the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan said. […]

Both corporate consumers and renewable energy generators have welcomed the successful start to China’s pilot scheme for green power trading […]

Landlocked and mountainous, Afghanistan has suffered from such chronic instability and conflict during its modern history that its economy and infrastructure are in ruins, and many of its people are refugees. […]

Special forces soldiers appeared on Sunday to have ousted Guinea’s long-serving president, telling the nation they had dissolved its government and constitution and closed its land and air borders. […]

The United Arab Emirates plans to deepen its trade ties in fast-growing economies in Asia and Africa, and draw $150 billion in foreign investment from mainly older partners to reposition itself as a global hub for business and finance. […]

Qatari team arrives in Afghanistan’s capital to help resume operations of airport, national flag carrier […]

At a joint session of the Parliament chambers President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has urged to make Kazakhstan a central digital hub in much of Eurasia, Kazinform correspondent reports. […]

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. […]