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Kenya, Uganda to mediate Ethiopia-Somalia dispute

Landlocked Ethiopia has fallen out with Somalia over its plans to build a port in the breakaway region of Somaliland

Chinese scientists rush to climate-proof potatoes

Potatoes are crucial to global food security because of their high yield relative to other staple crops

Explosion damages canal feeding Kosovo's main power plants

Plants generate nearly all of the country's electricity

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza; Egypt to host Hamas leaders for ceasefire talks

There was no fresh statement by Israel's military, but a day earlier it said its forces were continuing to strike terror targets in the Gaza Strip

Canada's Trudeau meets with Trump after tariffs threat

A person familiar with the details called it a 'positive wide-ranging dinner that lasted three hours'

North Korea: Russia has right to exercise self-defense against Ukraine 

'The US and the West made Kyiv authorities attack Russia's territory with their own long-range strike weapons,' North Korea's Kim Jong Un is quoted as saying

Ukraine asks NATO for membership invite next week, letter shows

'With a clear understanding that Ukraine's membership in NATO is inevitable, Russia will lose one of its main arguments for continuing this unjustified war,' the foreign minister wrote.

China court jails journalist for 7 years on spy charges, family says

Media rights group urges reversal of verdict

Chad ends defense cooperation agreement with France

Chad's foreign ministry says nation wants to fully assert its sovereignty after more than six decades of independence  

One of two damaged Baltic Sea cables back online, operator says

Protesters Georgian police clash over government's EU application delay

Opinion polls show that around 80% of Georgians support EU membership

Senior Chinese military official Miao Hua under investigation, defense ministry says

Defense ministry official dismisses reports that defense minister also sidelined

Israel says ceasefire with Hezbollah violated, fires on south Lebanon

Tank fire hits 3 Lebanese towns one day after truce

Palestinian president names interim successor if he has to leave post

The current chairman of the Palestinians' top decision-making body is Rawhi Fattouh, 75, who also served briefly as a stop-gap leader following the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004

China-Cambodia effort nets 240 Chinese suspects in anti-fraud campaign

Latest deportation comes a week after China and Myanmar dismantled large telecom fraud centers in northern Myanmar

India's parliament suspended temporarily after row over allegations against Adani group

Opposition lawmakers disrupt proceedings for the third day this week

Taiwan holds air defense drill ahead of president's Pacific trip

Taiwan president leaves for Pacific on Saturday

Mexico, Canada warn Trump against raising tariffs

Mexico warns of possible retaliatory trade measures

Moldova says end of Russian gas for Transdniestria 'very realistic' scenario

The current gas-transit agreement between Ukraine and Russia ends on Dec. 31 and Ukraine has said it will not extend it

Microsoft faces antitrust investigation in US