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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement that came as the country is embroiled in wars on multiple fronts across the region. The move sparked protests…

HANOI, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — The State Bank of Vietnam is studying a roadmap to gradually abolish the credit growth quota policy following the National Assembly and the government’s directions, Vietnam News cited the bank’s Deputy Governor Pham Quang Dung…

RIYADH, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — Saudi Arabia is closely monitoring the recent escalation of violence in Lebanon with “great concern,” according to the kingdom’s foreign ministry on early Monday. The ministry underscored the necessity of safeguarding Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial…

In our news wrap Sunday, a Jordanian gunman killed three Israelis at a West Bank border crossing, the mother of the teen suspect in last week’s Georgia school shooting said she called the school to warn of an “emergency,” Ukraine…

JAKARTA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — Indonesia’s national police counterterrorism squad Densus 88 has arrested two individuals on suspicion of terrorism activities, according to the squad spokesperson Aswin Siregar on Wednesday. The suspects, who allegedly have ties to the Islamic State…