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US asks countries in the region to press Iran not to engage in war in Sudan
The US has had direct conversations with countries accused of fueling the conflict in Sudan and has encouraged regional states…
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Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid meant to demilitarize its neighbor: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that recent airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy grid, which have caused huge blackouts, are…
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Blinken asks China, counterparts in Middle East to rein in Iran on Israel
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked China’s foreign minister and other counterparts to use their influence to dissuade…
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Kashmir’s apple orchards, millions of jobs, face threat from rail line
Muhammad Shafi was working in his apple orchard in October last year, in Indian-administered Kashmir, when a group of men…
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Ukraine parliament passes mobilisation bill to boost troop numbers
Ukraine’s parliament has passed a bill to overhaul how the military drafts civilians in an attempt to boost its number…
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OJ Simpson, former US football star acquitted of murder, dies aged 76
OJ Simpson, a former United States football star acquitted of murder in a widely watched trial in the 1990s, has…
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For Roma, justice truly is blind
On February 22, the City Court in the eastern Slovakian town of Kosice acquitted 10 police officers accused of forcing…
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South Korea’s Yoon left humbled by opposition election landslide
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has promised changes to his conservative administration after opposition parties romped to victory in Wednesday’s…
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Myanmar troops retreat to Thai border bridge after days of fighting
Some 200 Myanmar soldiers have withdrawn to the so-called Friendship Bridge connecting the border town of Myawaddy to Thailand amid…
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North Korea’s Kim says ‘now is time to be prepared for war’: State media
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says now is the time to be more prepared for war than ever as…
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