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Pakistan, IMF reach staff-level deal to release $1.1bn from bailout package
Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement for the release of $1.1bn from a $3bn…
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‘Slander’: China slams critics of Hong Kong’s new national security law
China has lashed out at international critics of Hong Kong’s national security law, accusing a number of countries of “slandering and…
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Canada stops arms sales to Israel: Who else has blocked weapons exports?
Canada will stop all arms shipments to Israel, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced on Tuesday a day after the…
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EU agrees to cap tariff-free Ukraine farm imports
The European Union has agreed a provisional deal to cap duty-free agricultural imports from Ukraine. The agreement was reached on…
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‘Cousins at war’: Pakistan-Afghan ties strained after cross-border attacks
Pakistan’s air raids inside Afghanistan on Monday amid rising tensions between the neighbours have injected new uncertainty into ties, say…
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‘Record falsification’: Kremlin critics decry vote won by Russia’s Putin
Mykola sarcastically wonders whether he “voted right”. The Ukrainian police officer left his home village near the southeastern city of…
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Palestinian paramedics fear Gaza dangers will spread to West Bank
In his 25 years as a paramedic, Jawdat al-Muhtaseb has worked during fraught times, from the second Intifada to the heightened tensions…
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Borrell wants to use 90 pct of frozen Russian assets revenues to buy arms for Ukraine
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday he will propose that the EU uses 90 percent of…
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Russia says captured frontline village in east Ukraine
Russia said Tuesday its forces had taken control of Orlivka, a frontline village about four kilometers (2.5 miles) west of…
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The Gambia votes to reverse landmark ban on female genital mutilation
The Gambia has taken steps towards lifting a ban on female circumcision, a move that could make it the first…
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