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US President Joe Biden picked career diplomat Donald Blome as his top diplomat in Pakistan, as the volatile situation in Afghanistan escalates following the withdrawal of US troops from the country. Blome is currently serving as the…
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More than 100 people have died in several days of massive flooding and devastating landslides that swept away roads and houses in India and Nepal, officials said Wednesday, with scores more missing. In Uttarakhand in northern India,…
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Colin Powell, a US war hero and the first Black secretary of state who saw his trailblazing legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, died Monday from complications from Covid-19. The 84-year-old retired four-star…
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The Pentagon has offered unspecified condolence payments to the family of 10 civilians who were killed in a botched US drone attack in Afghanistan during the final days before American troops withdrew from the country. The US Defense…
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German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz took a step closer to succeeding Angela Merkel as chancellor, as his Social Democrats, the ecologist Greens and liberal FDP on Friday announced a preliminary deal to form a new government. The three…
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British Conservative MP David Amess has died after being stabbed at an event in his local constituency in southeast England, British media said Friday. Police did not name Amess but said: "A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder…
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REUTERS: ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suspended its operations in Kabul after what it referred to as "heavy handed" interference by the Taliban. The suspension came as the Taliban government ordered the…
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A man armed with a bow and arrows killed five people and wounded two others in southeastern Norway on Wednesday, police said, adding that they had arrested the suspect. The motive for the attack, which took place in several locations in…
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Pro-EU: Tens of thousands of Poles rallied on Sunday in defense of their country's EU membership, after Poland's top court last week issued a landmark ruling against the primacy of EU law. The Pro-EU demonstrations were called by former…
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Veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa on Saturday said her Nobel Peace Prize was for "all journalists around the world", as she vowed to continue her battle for press freedom. "This is really for all journalists around the world,"…
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Russia will invite the Taliban to international talks on Afghanistan scheduled for October 20 in Moscow, the Kremlin's envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said Thursday. In response to a question from Russian journalists on whether…
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Iranian women will be allowed to enter a stadium in Tehran for the first time in two years to support the national team in a World Cup 2022 qualifier against South Korea. "The presence of women has been authorised for the match between…
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Russia on Monday dismissed revelations leaked in the Pandora Papers as "unsubstantiated claims" after an investigation by a media consortium shone a light on wealth amassed by Kremlin-linked individuals. The "Pandora Papers"…
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A blast killed several civilians at a mosque in Kabul where people were holding prayers for the mother of the Taliban's spokesperson, officials in the movement said on Sunday, and gunfire was later reported on the outskirts of the city.…
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A patchwork of campaigns for an extra COVID-19 shot are being rolled out across the European Union even before the region's drug watchdog rules on whether they are safe and effective. Italy, France, Germany and Ireland have already…
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