WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, conducted airstrikes Sunday against what it said were “facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups” near the border between Iraq…
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Paris(AFP): France was voting in the second round of regional elections on Sunday after a first-round that saw a drubbing for President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling party, disappointment for Marine Le Pen’s far-right…
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Beijing(China): The Chinese Communist Party boasts 92 million members from all walks of life, drawn by ideology, ambition, and the pragmatic knowledge of how to get ahead in the world’s second-largest economy.…
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Managua(AFP): Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said Wednesday that 19 of his opponents who have been arrested just five months before his country’s presidential election are not candidates or politicians, but rather “criminals”…
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Armenia(AFP): Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed victory early Monday in snap parliamentary elections he called in an effort to defuse a political crisis after a disastrous war with Azerbaijan. But the…
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WTO(AFP): Australia is lodging a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization over China’s imposition of anti-dumping duties on Australian wine exports, the government announced Saturday. The decision “to defend Australia’s winemakers”…
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Lucknow(India): As the elections are about to knock on the doors of the state government, the UP government has appointed former BJP MLA Ram Babu Harit the chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh…
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Beijing on Tuesday accused NATO of exaggerating the threat from China and “creating confrontation”, after a vow from the Western allies to work together to counter the challenges posed by its policies.…
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Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid said he had succeeded in forming a broad-based coalition to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving leader. Should it be confirmed by the 120-member Knesset…
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The United States on Friday announced punitive measures against Belarus targeting the regime of strongman President Alexander Lukashenko, who met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid a global outcry over the forced…
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