Kazakh President wins new term against weak opposition November 21, 2022 at 12:41AM

Tokayev received more than 81 per cent of the votes in Sunday's election, according to elections commission chairman Nurlan Abdirov. Five candidates were on the ballot against Tokayev. Nearly 6 per cent of voters chose the “against all” option.

No talk of new round of mobilisation: Kremlin November 21, 2022 at 12:17AM

President Vladimir Putin said he had ended the mobilisation drive at the end of October, but has not revoked an official decree which provides the legal basis for the draft - a decision which has caused concern among some who say the Kremlin is keeping its options open for a future round of call-ups.

Iran says new missile attack on Iraq meant to protect border November 21, 2022 at 12:16AM

Iran's strike late Sunday killed a member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, said Mohammed Nazif Qaderi, a senior official in the Kurdish Iranian group exiled in Iraq. The group said Iranian surface-to-surface missiles and drones hit its bases and adjacent refugee camps in Koya and Jejnikan. The group also asserted that the strikes had hit a hospital in Koya.

Israeli troops kill Palestinian high-schooler in West Bank clash November 21, 2022 at 12:06AM

The Israeli army carried out an arrest raid on a flashpoint town in the occupied West Bank on Monday, touching off confrontations in which medics said its troops shot dead a Palestinian high-schooler.

Rocket fire from Syria kills two on Turkish border: Governor November 20, 2022 at 11:45PM

China’s Covid curbs return as deaths emerge, casting reopening into doubt November 20, 2022 at 10:48PM

The coronavirus is creating a make-or-break moment for China’s leaders, who must decided whether to accept the rising case count that ultimately inundated every other major country or revert to the tried-and-true control measures that have put a stranglehold on their economy.