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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israeli forces had carried out another strike in Iran-aligned Syria, a day after the Syrian army said an Israeli drone fired missiles near a demolished hospital and an army observation post. “We are operating every day, including yesterday, against Iran. All the time. Against Iran and against …
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The governing body for chess launched a campaign on Tuesday for the game to be included at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) called for faster formats of traditional chess, called rapid and blitz, to be included on the Olympic program. FIDE said in a statement that the game of chess has …
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Two Kyrgyz opposition politicians who were jailed on charges of attempted power seizure have been released on parole. …
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized the refusal of a court in Russia’s Chechnya region to admit the last defense motion in the trial of leading human rights activist Oyub Titiyev. …
Macedonia’s government says the country is now officially renamed the Republic of North Macedonia, under a landmark agreement to normalize relations with Greece that also allows Macedonia to enter NATO. …
Nearly three weeks after the Trump administration backed an all-out effort to force out President Nicolas Maduro, the embattled socialist leader is holding strong and defying predictions of an imminent demise. Dozens of nations have recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido’s claim to the presidency and the U.S. has tightened sanctions aimed at cutting off billions …
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The Trump administration threatened on Monday to veto an effort in the U.S. Congress to end U.S. military support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, continuing a stand-off with lawmakers over policy toward the kingdom. Democrats and Republicans re-introduced the war powers resolution two weeks ago as a way to send …
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Air pollution in 39 major northern Chinese cities rose 16 percent on the year in January, official data showed, with surging industrial activity making it increasingly unlikely they will meet their winter emissions targets. Average concentrations of small, hazardous particles known as PM2.5 in two major northern Chinese emissions control zones climbed 16 percent from …
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The case against Marina Zolatava, editor in chief of the website Tut.by, has raised concerns by right advocates, who have warned about growing press restrictions under President Alyaksandr Lukashenka. …
The Defense Intelligence Agency has warned that lasers that could damage U.S. satellites were of particular concern. …
Ikhtiyor Abdullaev’s abrupt departure from office, and the reported probe against him, were the latest in an ongoing purge of top Uzbek officials. …
The runner-up in DR Congo’s controversial presidential election has proposed staging the poll again within six months. In a letter to the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Martin Fayulu restated his allegation that the vote result had been rigged, and suggested “holding the elections again within six months”. Felix Tshisekedi was declared winner of …
A senior Russian diplomat says Venezuela hasn’t asked Russia for military assistance amid the South American country’s political crisis. Alexander Shchetinin, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Latin America department, said Monday that Moscow hasn’t received any such request from Caracas, according to Russian news reports. Asked to compare the situation in Venezuela …
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Ukrainian prosecutors said Monday they had charged a high-ranking regional official with organizing a deadly acid attack on a prominent anti-corruption activist that prompted widespread outrage. Kateryna Gandzyuk, who worked as an adviser to the mayor of the southern city of Kherson, was an outspoken critic of corruption in law enforcement agencies. She was attacked …
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As ‘Taliban 2.0’ joins competing peace talks with various stakeholders, archival photos paint a stark image of life in Afghanistan under the radical Islamic group’s 1996-2001 rule. …
Two Moldovan pilots have been freed after spending 3 1/2 years in captivity in Afghanistan, President Igor Dodon has announced. …
The head of Ukraine’s Kherson regional parliament is suspected of organizing the killing of anticorruption activist Kateryna Handzyuk last year, prosecutors say. …
Participants in an unsanctioned march in St. Petersburg demonstrated solidarity with an activist who faced numerous obstacles when trying to see her dying daughter in a hospital. Police called on the protesters to disperse and reportedly detained seven of them. Rallies were held in several Russian cities on February 10 to condemn the conduct of …
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Russia has repatriated 27 children from Iraq where their mothers are imprisoned for being members of Islamic State (IS). …
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Serbian opposition supporters marched in Belgrade for a 10th Saturday in a row on February 9. Some participants put stickers with protest slogans on the building of Serbia’s public radio and television broadcaster, RTS, which the protesters see as the government’s mouthpiece. The mass rallies started after unknown thugs assaulted Serbian Left party leader Borko …
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday met Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and assured him that IMF stands ready to support his country. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the World Government Summit in Dubai, hosted by the United Arab Emirates, both IMF and prime minister Imran Khan’s office said. “I …
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The Wall Street Journal reported Friday the U.S.-allied Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been selling oil from fields that it controls in the east of Syria, despite U.S. economic sanctions. The Syrian government and the Kurds have been discussing possible autonomy conditions with Damascus in light of the expected U.S. pullout from the north …
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A radio news host in Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Tabasco was shot dead Saturday, officials said, marking the second killing of a journalist this year as the country grapples with record violence. Jesus Eugenio Ramos died of gunshot injuries Saturday morning at a hospital in Emiliano Zapata, the Tabasco prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Tabasco Gov. Adan Augusto Lopez said …
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