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The French government condemned on Wednesday a visa ban imposed by the Trump administration on Thierry Breton, a former European Union commissioner who helped drive the EU’s Digital Services Act, which has recently targeted top US tech companies. “France strongly condemns the visa restriction imposed by the United States
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Russia plans to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade to supply its lunar space program and a joint Russian-Chinese research station as major powers rush to explore the earth’s only natural satellite. Ever since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to
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At a church in Syria where a suicide attack killed 25 people in June, hundreds of worshippers gathered before Christmas to remember those they lost and reaffirm their faith. With a small detail of security forces standing guard outside, members of Mar Elias Church held Mass on Tuesday evening and
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Russia and China on Tuesday criticized the United States for its military and economic pressure on Venezuela, telling the UN Security Council it was “cowboy behavior” and “intimidation.” US Ambassador Mike Waltz responded by saying “The United States will do everything in its power to protect our hemisphere, our borders,
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Two police officers were injured in an “incident” in Moscow near where a senior Russian general was killed this week, authorities said on Wednesday, with local media reporting that an explosion occurred. Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said it was “establishing the circumstances of an incident in
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Eight people including several children were killed when a kindergarten director lost control of an SUV and plunged into a pond in southeast China, state media reported Wednesday. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in Pengze county, a rural area 480 kilometers (300 miles) west of Shanghai dotted with small bodies
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Turkish authorities found voice recorder and black box from a private jet early on Wednesday that crashed shortly after it took off from the capital Ankara, killing the head of Libya’s armed forces and his four aides. The Falcon 50 aircraft requested an emergency landing because of electrical failure
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Hundreds of people protested near Bangladesh's High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday against the lynching of a Hindu man over allegations of blasphemy that has exacerbated tensions between Hindu-majority India and its Muslim-majority neighbour. Factory worker Dipu Chandra Das, 27, was beaten and set on fire in
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed a government decision Monday to establish a commission of inquiry into the October 7 attack, assuring the public that it would not be subject to political influence. “Today the Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved the bill to establish a special state commission of inquiry,
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War in the Middle East has inflamed tensions on Europe’s streets to unprecedented levels. The continent’s leaders need a step-change reaction.
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A round-up of four books looking at Egyptian cinema, Egyptian clothing, and Egypt’s Jewish Quarter, plus the Middle East memoirs of an accidental Dutch, provides an eclectic reading list.
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The Islamic Republic’s suppression of non-Persian minorities is nothing new—the first Shah had the same idea a century ago. Today, there is both a Persian and non-Persian opposition, albeit all very splintered.
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A Kenyan member of the Al-Shabab militant group who received pilot training in the Philippines was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for conspiring to mount a 9/11-style attack in the United States. Cholo Abdi Abdullah was convicted last year of conspiring to murder US nationals, conspiring to
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Far from cowed by authorities’ history of suppression, the women of Iran have been at the forefront of protests in recent years. Even from jail, they keep the spirit of defiance alive.
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After years of stagnation, there is a yearning for change and for trade. With a stabilising security situation, reducing insurance risks, and financial mechanisms in place, UK-Libya business ties could bloom.
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Russia on Monday expressed “full support” for Venezuela as the South American country confronts a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers by US forces deployed in the Caribbean. The pledge from Moscow, itself embroiled in the war in Ukraine, came on the eve of a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting Tuesday