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Iran says response to IAEA's resolution is 'firm and proportionate'

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a tweet on Wednesday his country's response to the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) resolution i

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DPRK fires projectile toward East Sea, says ROK military

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea on Saturday, the military of the Republic of Korea (ROK) said, thr

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Pelosi announces she is running for reelection

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday she is running for reelection."While we have made progress much more needs to be done to improve people’s lives. This elect

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European Parliament President David Sassoli dies age 65

European Parliament President David Sassoli has died in Italy, according to a Tweet from his spokesman early Tuesday local time."The @EP_President David Sassoli passed

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Australia cancels tennis star Novak Djokovic's entry visa

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared "no one is above rules" on Thursday, after the country's border force cancelled the visa for Novak Djokovic and denied him entry to play in the Austr

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Ugandan police urge calm after serious blast in capital

Ugandan police have urged the public to remain calm after an explosion rocked the capital city of Kampala on Saturday.Spokesperson Fred Enanga said in a tweet that poli

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Twitter experiencing widespread outages

Twitter users in Canada and parts of the U.S. appear to be having trouble accessing the social media platform on Friday morning. Reports from third-party web monitoring service Downdetector indicate t

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Kabul hit by powerful explosion, gunfire, at least three dead

A powerful blast followed by sporadic gunfire hit Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Tuesday near the city's heavily fortified "Green Zone", an area home to government buildings and foreign embassies

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Nigeria suspends Twitter's operations indefinitely

Nigerian government on Friday suspended the operations of Twitter, two days after it accused the U.S. social networking company of double standards and supporting the secessionists in the west Africa

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Israeli foreign minister arrives in Cairo, first visit in 13 years

Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi's tweet on May 30 about his arrival in Cairo. /@Gabi_Ashkenazi Israeli Foreign MinisterGabi Ashkenazi said Sunday that he has arrived in Cairo, the firs

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Uganda reopens int'l airport after fire outbreak

Uganda on Tuesday reopened its Entebbe International Airport after operations were temporarily suspended following a fire outbreak earlier in the day, the country's aviation regulator said. /Xinh

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China donates oxygen concentrators to India

The first batch of 100 oxygen concentrators, 40 ventilators and other anti-pandemic supplies donated by the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) arrived in India on Sunday by Chinese cargo flight, Chine

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China urges Japan to revoke wastewater dump decision and apologize

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wednesday called on the Japanese government to revoke its decision to dump nuclear polluted water into the ocean and apologize, in response to a q

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Watch French military using robots in training mission

The French military posted training mission photos alongside various robots including Spot, the robot dog, built by the U.S. firm Boston Dynamics. The photos have spurred d

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Thousands protest peacefully on the eve of Dutch election

On the eve of the Netherlands' general election, some 2,000 people gathered in The Hague on Sunday to protest against the government and its tough coronavirus lockdown. /AFP Police clashed wit

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Sputnik V makers demand apology from EU medicines agency

The makers of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine on Tuesday demanded an apology from European Medicines Agency (EMA)after a senior official warned member states against authorizing the jab ahead of approval

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Indian PM receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital Delhi, Modi said in a tweet.