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Queen Elizabeth II spoke with UK PM Johnson on Wednesday

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II spoke with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday as she continues to carry out her official duties, days after testing positive for COV

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Taliban announces new Afghan government

The Taliban has announced that Mohammad Hasan will be the head of Afghanistan's new government.A spokesman also confirmed that Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar will be deputy Afghan leader.Howe

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Taliban order members to enter Kabul: spokesman

The Taliban has ordered its fighters to enter the Afghan capital Kabul, a spokesman for the group said on Sunday.The statement by Zabihullah Mujahid came shortly after reports saying President Ashraf

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Taliban claim control over Afghanistan's Jalalabad

The Taliban have gained control over Afghanistan's Jalalabad, the country's fifth largest city, the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter on Sunday.

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Iran urges U.S. to quit pressure policy

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday that the U.S. should give up the pressure policy pursued by its former President Donald Trump.Saeed Khatibzadeh said at his weekly press conference t

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France to hold presidential election in April 2022

The first round of France's presidential election will be held on April 10 next year, with the second round scheduled on April 24, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Tuesday.Legislative elect

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Blasts on buses in western Kabul kill at least 7: police

At least seven people were killed after blasts hit two buses in the western part of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan on Saturday, according to local police.Basir Mujahid, Kabul's police spokesman, a

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Kremlin calls U.S. sanctions against Russia pointless

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks at a press conference in Moscow, December 23, 2016. /VCG Photo The Kremlin said Monday that despite over 90 U.S. sanctions against Russia throughout hist

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Several injured in east Jerusalem car-ramming attack: Police

A car-ramming attack wounded several people including four police officers in the flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem on Sunday, police said, adding that the attacker was shot.Aft

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U.S. says Japan, S. Korea agree on UN resolutions for Korean Peninsula

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed on Wednesday with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the need to fully implement UN resolutions to protect the stability of the Korean Peninsu

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U.S. says will seek cooperation with China while competing with it

U.S. State Department spokespersonNed Price on Monday said America's relations with China are multifaceted and Washington will seek to cooperate even as it competes with Beijing.Speaking at a press b

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Philippine president not attending ASEAN summit on Myanmar: spokesman

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will not attend a summit of leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries in Jakarta this weekend, his spoke

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S. Korea seeks international litigation over Fukushima water plan

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called for officials to examine ways to bring Japan's decision to release water from its Fukushima nuclear plant to the International Tribunal for the Law of th

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Car bombing near Kabul kills at least three security personnel

The Taliban has claimed responsibly for a car bombing that has killed at least three Afghan security personnel and injured 12 others in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday.Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faram

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Philippine to reimpose stricter COVID-19 curbs in capital to arrest surge in cases

The Philippines will reimpose stricter quarantine measures in the capital Manila and nearby provinces, a senior official said on Saturday, as the country battles to con

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Jordan health minister resigns after oxygen outage kills six patients

Jordan's health minister resigned on Saturday after six people died following an oxygen outage in a hospital treating coronavirus patients and police were deployed to hold back angry relatives, state

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Japan PM Suga to meet Biden in first half of April

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will travel to the United States to meet President Joe Biden next month to discuss Indo-Pacific issues, local media reported on Friday citing Japan's chief gove