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Syria rejects report on alleged chemical attack as 'politicized' by U.S., Western allies

Syria on Thursday rejected a recent report by an intergovernmental chemical watchdog that accuses the Syrian forces of a chemical attack near Damascus in 2018 as "polit

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Scholz says caution needed in supply of weapons to Ukraine

Underscoring the need for caution in delivering military aid to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz made it clear that Germany would not send combat aircraft and ground tro

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More heavy weapons for Ukraine 'in the near future': NATO chief

Ukraine can expect more deliveries of heavy weapons from Western countries soon, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with German media on Sunda

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German police finish clearing site of violent anti-coal protests

Police on Sunday said they had almost finished clearing climate activists from a German village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion, as both sides accused

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German coal mine: Climate protesters cling on at disputed site

German police have stepped up their attempts to clear hundreds of climate protesters holed up in an abandoned village in western Germany.A continuing standoff over the

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APD | Hun Sen: ‘If I Didn’t Rely on China, Who Would I Rely on?’

"If I don’t rely on China, who will I rely on?"Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has said it twice."If we don't rely on China, who will help us build roads and bridges?"

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Countries putting travel curbs on China for political purposes: expert

China's adjustment of COVID-19 response and entry-exit policies are timely and necessary based on new characteristics of the variants and the country's reality, Anton B

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Putin bans oil exports to countries that imposed price cap

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday delivered Russia's long-awaited response to a Western price cap, signing a decree that bans the supply of oil and oil products to na

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Japan's recent heavy snow causes 13 deaths, many injuries

Recent heavy snow in Japan's north and elsewhere have killed 13 people, injured more than 80 and left more than 10,000 households without power, the authorities said on

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Serbia seeks NATO approval to return its troops to Kosovo

The Serbian government will ask the NATO peacekeeper commander to allow the country to send up to 1,000 police and army personnel to Kosovo, President Aleksandar Vucic

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Iran accuses U.S. of 'seeking to cause chaos' to force concessions in nuke talks

The Iranian foreign minister on Sunday accused the United States, along with some other Western countries, of "seeking to cause chaos" in Iran to force its concessions

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EU proposal would send proceeds of frozen Russian funds to Ukraine

The European Commission proposed a plan on Wednesday to compensate Ukraine for its damages caused by the conflict with proceeds from investing Russian funds frozen unde

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Iran beefs up border security near Iraq, citing 'separatist' threats

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has stepped up military presence near the western and northwestern borders of the country to deal with "separatist" threat

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APD | The African Union should join the G20 leaders group

Author: Yaroslav Lissovolik, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion ClubThe final declaration of the G20 in Bali duly focusses on a number of key challenges for th

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European leader calls on world, China to pressure Russia

The European Council president urged global powers Tuesday to intensify pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine, including Moscow's biggest supporter, China, sa

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El Salvador fights gangs by destroying members' tombstones

El Salvador’s government took its efforts against the country’s powerful street gangs to another level by sending inmates into cemeteries to destroy the tombs of gang m

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Russia halts Ukraine Black Sea grain exports over ship attack claim

Russia on Saturday suspended participation in the UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal after what it said was a major Ukrainian drone attack on its fleet and civilian ships