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Iran summons Swedish and Danish envoys over Quran desecrations

Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Swedish and Danish charges d'affaires in Tehran over the recurrent Quran "desecration" in the two Nordic countries, the semi-of

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Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested after corruption conviction

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested Saturday after a court handed him a three-year jail sentence for corruption, a development that could end his f

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UN chief urges for immediate end of hostilities in Sudan

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate end to violence in Sudan after meeting Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye in Bujumbura,

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Chinese FM meets with UN special envoy over Myanmar issue

The international society should respect Myanmar's sovereignty and promote political dialogue to restore peace and stability in Myanmar, Chinese State Councilor and For

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Chinese nationals evacuated from Sudan: Foreign Ministry

China said on Monday a first group of Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Sudan to a neighboring country amid an ongoing operation to get its people away from a

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Israeli minister faces backlash for saying, 'no such thing as a Palestinian people'

Westviolence controversial Finance Minister Bezlel Smotrich is facing new criticism for saying there is no such thing as a Palestinian people.Speaking at an event in

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Peruvian Congress rejects president's request for early elections

Peru's Congress has rejected a request by President Dina Boluarte to move forward elections slated for April 2024 to December 2023.The proposal was rejected in the earl

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Suicide blast kills at least five outside Afghan foreign ministry

A suicide bomber killed at least five people outside the Afghan foreign ministry on Wednesday, police said, and a nearby hospital said over 40 people were wounded.Kabul

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Türkiye summons French envoy over PKK protests

Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the French ambassador on Monday and voiced "dissatisfaction" with French authorities' attitude toward protests by the Kurdistan Worker

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Canada sanctions ex-Haiti president and prime ministers

Canada has expanded its economic sanctions freezing the Canadian assets of Haitian political elites to include former president Michel Martelly and former prime ministe

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UN chief 'strongly condemns' coup in Burkina Faso: spokesman

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, on Saturday condemned army officers who seized power in Burkina Faso and called on all parties to refrain

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Biden signs landmark gun legislation into law

U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan gun control bill into law on Saturday, thereby enacting the most sweeping legislation designed to prevent gun violence in n

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Biden signs landmark gun legislation into law

U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan gun control bill into law on Saturday, thereby enacting the most sweeping legislation designed to prevent gun violence in n

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Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing briefs ASEAN envoys on current situation

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) envoys met with Myanmar's State Administration Council (SAC) Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Monday in the lat

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Biden calls Texas synagogue hostage situation 'act of terror'

The U.S. President Joe Biden said a hostage taker killed at a Texas synagogue got his weapons off the street. He said this on Sunday, a day after the safe release of fo

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President of Kazakhstan responds to unrest triggered by fuel prices

Click arrows to view gallery After increases in fuel prices triggered unrest in Kazakhstan this week, the country’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev vowed to respond “rob

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Mexico asylum applications surge in 2021, Haitians top list

Haitian migrants line up as they wait for a QR code to register their migratory situation, in Tapachula, in Chiapas state, Mexico, December 29, 2021. /Reuters The number of asylum applications