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Qatar announces ‘massive’ solar plant project in Lebanon Sheikh Mohammed also discussed Israeli ‘violations’ in Lebanese territory with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. Lebanon’s prime minister welcomed Qatar’s PM in Beirut…

‘It was fake’: Indian villagers allege forgery behind Adani mine project Forged signatures and thumbprints – even of dead and fictitious people – allegedly used to get land for bauxite…

US in ‘denuclearisation’ talks with Russia and China: Trump The US and Russia each have more than 4,000 warheads. China is set to catch up with them within five years,…

Malaysia’s welcome for Min Aung Hlaing undermines its stand on justice As the US attacks the ICC, Kuala Lumpur welcomes a leader the court’s prosecutor wants arrested. Middle powers must…

EXPLAINER Why is China buying up gold? Beijing’s gold purchases reflect a shift away from reliance on US dollar assets, experts say. A sales assistant displays a gold bar as…

‘Trying to dominate’: How Israel is embedding itself in the Cypriot state Israel now reaches into Cyprus’s water, gas, health and defence and a number of Cypriots fear their island…

A teenager who travelled from Norway to the UK to carry out a “hit” for an organised crime group has been sentenced to 20 years detention. Johannes Natland, 19, was…

Israeli settlers were seen attacking Palestinian farmers and setting fire to olive trees in the West Bank.

EXPLAINER Trump rules out using a nuclear bomb on Iran: Why that matters It is the first time the president has definitively addressed nuclear weapons, but he did not deny…