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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose country is fending off a Russian invasion, said Saturday that Israel had an unquestionable right to defend itself from attacks from Palestinian militants."Israel's right to defence is indisputable," Zelen...
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Lithuania on Friday closed two of its six border checkpoints with Belarus in a move it announced earlier this month citing the security risk posed by Russia's Wagner mercenary group."Both Sumsko and Tvereciaus border checkpoints were shut at midnight...
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President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday asked Congress for more than $13 billion in new military spending for Ukraine, citing the need for continued support following Russia's "unprovoked" invasion of the country last year.The funding would...
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Saudi Arabia is hosting talks on the Ukraine war on Saturday in the latest flexing of its diplomatic muscle, though expectations are mild for what the gathering might achieve.The meeting in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah underscores Riyadh's "rea...
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Russia withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Initiative on July 17. Russia said that the EU sanction affected the exportation of its own foodstuffs. The UN voiced its concerns about the fate of millions of people, who face hunger and depend on grain supp...
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Russia's navy carried out a live fire "exercise" in the Black Sea, Moscow's defence ministry said Friday, days after the Kremlin declared it would consider ships travelling to Ukraine through the waterway potential military targets.A missile boat fro...
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The fate of delivering humanitarian aid to more than 4.8 million people in Northwest Syria is unknown after the UN Security Council failed on July 11 to adopt two resolutions of extending the cross-border aid delivery to the Syrian opposition from Tu...
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The accord allowing for Ukrainian grain to be exported via the Black Sea, crucial in easing a global food crisis sparked by the Russian invasion, has beenthe subject of gruelling talks to get Moscow to agree to its renewal.Set to expire late Monday,...
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"Nikolai", a 21-year-old transgender man, says he does not know how he can keep living in Russia after lawmakers moved to outlaw gender transitions.The bill, which passed its second reading on Thursday, is part of an ultra-conservative, anti-Western...
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The smell of freshly cut wood floated over a newly built Belarusian camp sitethat could end up housing Russia's Wagner fighters after their short-lived rebellion against the Russian army's leaders last month.With Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenk...
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The United Nations condemned the civilian cost inflicted by Russia's war in Ukraine as the fighting passed the 500-day mark with no end to the conflict in sight.More than 9,000 civilians, including 500 children, have been killed since Russia's Februa...
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EU negotiators on Friday sealed a plan to boost ammunition production in the bloc, as part of a push to arm Ukraine and restock depleted arsenals.The 500-million-euro ($545 million) Act in Support of Ammunition Production -- or ASAP -- is aimed at ra...
