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Saying “I’m at home,” U.S. President Joe Biden addressed Ireland’s parliament Thursday, a day after he said that Northern Ireland must “not go back” to the violence that scarred it for years.

In a big show of thawing relations with both Iran and Syria, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday hosted delegations from the two countries intending to restore severed diplomatic ties with each of them, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.

The United States lashed out at Hungary for its “eagerness” to have friendly ties with Moscow and imposed sanctions on three individuals of a Budapest-based Russian-controlled bank.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed outrage over videos on social media showing Ukrainian soldiers beheaded by Russian troops.

Hundreds of migrants feeling war, persecution, and poverty were still awaiting to be rescued Wednesday off the coast of southern Italy, more than two days after activists raised the alarm.

More details have emerged about Western special forces inside Ukraine after Worthy News initially reported that troops from the NATO military alliance were in the wartorn nation.

The U.S. dollar was rapidly losing its status as the world’s reserve currency Tuesday after five leading emerging economies, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), agreed to work on a new global currency, Worthy News monitored.

Hungary’s foreign minister has sealed deals with Russia on expanding nuclear energy, natural gas, and oil supplies despite Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

As part of an effort to end the devastating civil war in Yemen, a delegation of Saudi Arabian officials on Sunday traveled to the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa to try and negotiate a peace deal with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels who have taken over the city, AFP reports.

China announced Monday it “successfully completed” a three-day military exercise during which it practiced installing naval and aerial blockades around Taiwan, i24 News reports. The drill began on Saturday, causing some consternation amid ongoing fears that China is edging toward an invasion of self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing considers part of the Chinese mainland.

Pope Francis said Monday he was praying that the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) signed 25 years ago ending violence in Northern Ireland can be “consolidated” to benefit the people of all of Ireland. But the Pope’s appeal came as the agreement, impacting the many Catholics and Protestants in the territory, has come under strain following Britain’s exit from the European Union.

The United States sent a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East in a standoff with Iran, the U.S. military confirmed.

France’s president lashed out at a U.S.-led free world on Sunday, saying Europe must reduce its dependence on the United States.

Fears grew Sunday about a possible military confrontation between China and Taiwan as tens of warships from both sides were involved in a stand-off near the Taiwan Strait’s sensitive median line, several sources confirmed.

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov struggled to form a government after results confirmed his center-right party’s victory in the fifth inconclusive poll in two years.

The United States was rushing Saturday to limit the damage of a security breach after classified documents detailing American national security secrets from Ukraine to the Middle East to China surfaced on social media.

Ukraine has admitted that Russia is concentrating all its efforts on capturing the eastern city of Bakhmut by Easter. The announcement came as Moscow announced that any peace talks on ending its invasion of Ukraine should focus on creating a “new world order.”

Kyiv says Russia has launched massive attacks on provinces that Moscow annexed but not yet fully controls, killing at least four people and injuring seven, including at least two children. The strikes came before Easter after authorities warned Christians not to gather in large groups.

Long-time Mideast rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia took another significant step toward reconciliation Thursday, formally restoring diplomatic ties after a seven-year rift, affirming the need for regional stability and agreeing to pursue economic cooperation.

The UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday approved a resolution condemning the increasing number of executions being carried out by the Islamic regime in Iran, including in relation to nationwide protests sparked by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini last year, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.