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Ukraine’s interior minister among helicopter crash victims
A helicopter carrying several Ukrainian officials has crashed near a nursery outside the capital, Kyiv. Ukrainian interior minister Denys Monastyrskyy, two other top…
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S Korean spy agency raids unions over suspected North Korea link
South Korea’s spy agency has raided the country’s main labour group, saying the operation was part of an investigation into…
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Attacks on electoral commission sparks concerns for Nigeria polls
On Sunday, Nigerian policemen repelled an attack by unknown gunmen on the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in…
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Another Khan party-led provincial assembly dissolved in Pakistan
The provincial assembly in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been dissolved, the second such move in less than a week…
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Philippines’s Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion
Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her online news outlet Rappler have been acquitted of tax evasion. The ruling by…
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Ukraine helicopter crash: What we know so far
At least 15 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister, have been killed after a helicopter crashed in a suburb of the…
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As economic crisis deepens, will Egypt slow megaprojects down?
The national currency has lost nearly half its value in less than a year, reaching a historic low of 32 Egyptian…
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Australian Open bans Russian flag after Ukraine complaint
Australian Open organisers have banned Russian and Belarusian flags from the Melbourne Park precinct during the tournament after a complaint…
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Japan to roll out plans to back Ukraine at ‘appropriate time’, US official says
Japan is engaged deeply on issues in Ukraine and is expected to roll out plans at the “appropriate time” to…
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Iran’s ‘death committee’ president unyielding in defense of clerical rule
As a young prosecutor in Tehran, Ebrahim Raisi sat on a “death committee” overseeing the execution of hundreds of political…
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