President Joe Biden is re-evaluating the US relationship with Saudi Arabia after Opec+ announced last week that it would cut oil production, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday. “I think the president’s been very clear that this is a relationship that we need to continue to re-evaluate, that we need to مزید پڑھیں

Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a proposal to downgrade the island nation’s economic status to “low income country”, in order to get access to concessional funding from international organisations, the cabinet spokesman said on Tuesday. Sri Lanka’s economy is in a deep slump, shrinking at an annual 8.4 per cent in the June quarter in مزید پڑھیں

About 500 pilot whales have died in mass strandings on New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands, the government said after ruling out a rescue effort in the area’s shark-filled waters. According to international media, two “super pods” of the dolphin-related cetaceans beached on two islands in the remote chain and survivors were euthanised. On Friday, 250 مزید پڑھیں

The UN refugee agency will have to make deep cuts with dire consequences for displaced people around the globe unless it quickly receives $700m in new funding, the head of the agency said. According to international media, the war in Ukraine has created millions of refugees, and there are now more than 100 million people مزید پڑھیں

 Thousands of party activists in Bangladesh have been hit with “fake” charges of violence in a widespread crackdown by authorities, the opposition said Monday as an international rights group expressed concerns. Opponents of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina — whose government faces a general election next year and is accused of rights abuses — have held مزید پڑھیں

The European Commission unveiled a new online tool on Monday to help Ukrainians find a job as the bloc looks to extend its protection for those displaced by Russia’s invasion for another year. Some 4.2 million people who have arrived in the EU from Ukraine are covered by a system giving all those fleeing the مزید پڑھیں

The United Arab Emirates’ president on Tuesday will visit his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, state media reported, one of the few leaders to make the trip to Moscow since the Ukraine war started. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan “will discuss with President Putin the friendly relations between the UAE and Russia along with a number مزید پڑھیں

Malaysia’s prime minister announced the dissolution of parliament Monday, allowing for snap elections aimed at bringing political stability as the country emerges from Covid-19 and the 1MDB corruption scandal. According to international media reports, “yesterday I met the king and I sought his permission to dissolve the parliament. And the king agreed to my request مزید پڑھیں

North Korea has said its recent barrage of missile launches were “tactical nuclear” drills personally overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, and a response to joint United States-South Korea naval exercises. According to international media, North Korea carried out its seventh launch in two weeks when it fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday morning. مزید پڑھیں

A landslide fuelled by flooding and days of torrential rain has swept through a town in central Venezuela, leaving at least 22 people dead. According to international media reports, residents of Las Tejerías in the municipality of Santos Michelena had just seconds to reach safety late on Saturday as mud, rocks and trees tore through مزید پڑھیں