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While hoosting his Russian counterpart in Beijing, China’s Xi says the current international situation is fluid and turbulent with ‘unilateralism and hegemonism’ on the rise, while Putin lauds bilateral ties.

Citing US officials, The New York Times reports that the plan was to make hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad president after air strikes killed then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The WHO has voiced concern about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak that has killed an estimated 131 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tehran says its proposal calls for ending the war on all fronts, lifting sanctions and withdrawing US forces from around Iran.

Taha Hassane, director of the Islamic centre, stressed that it serves as a place of prayer, celebration and learning, open to people from all backgrounds, not just Muslims.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow and Beijing support each other on sovereignty and state unity as bilateral ties reach an ‘unprecedented level’ ahead of Putin’s visit to China.

Iran’s grip over the waterway has rattled global markets and given Tehran significant leverage, while the United States has imposed its own naval blockade on Iranian ports.

US president earlier said the ceasefire was on “massive life support” after rejecting Tehran’s demands, which he described as “totally unacceptable”.

Israeli forces forcibly entered the UNRWA headquarters on January 20 and demolished it using bulldozers and heavy machinery.

Washington’s conditions include “allowing only one Iranian nuclear facility to remain operational” and conditioning any halt to war on all fronts on outcome of negotiations.