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Sudan leader briefs ruling body over talks with Israeli PM

Sudan's leader Tuesday briefed the country's ruling body after the Israeli prime minister said the two had discussed normalising bilateral ties after decades of hostility. On Monday, Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he had met General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan's ruling...

Iraq says OPEC weighing output cut over virus outbreak

OPEC members and their ally Russia are discussing a further cut to crude oil output at a meeting in Vienna because of China's coronavirus epidemic, Iraq's oil ministry said Tuesday. Crude prices have tumbled since the deadly outbreak in the world's second-biggest economy, which is a huge...

60% rise estimated in cancer cases globally: WHO

The world will see a 60% increase in cancer cases over the next two decades if current trends continue, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. “The greatest increase [an estimated 81%] in new cases will occur in low- and middle-income countries where survival rates are currently...

Libya rivals agree to turn truce into lasting ceasefire: UN

Representatives of the warring parties in Libya meeting in Geneva have agreed on the principle of turning their shaky truce into a lasting ceasefire, the U.N.'s Libya envoy said Tuesday. "The principle has been adopted from the first session. Now the question is what are the conditions,"...