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Russia hosted a delegation of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban government Tuesday and issued a strong warning against a foreign military presence in the country. Speaking at the start of an international meeting on Afghanistan in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov praised the Taliban government for efforts to combat the
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday promised to treat Canada fairly in talks over painful US tariffs on Canadian goods, but was less committed about a continental trade deal that also includes Mexico. “I think they’re going to walk away very happy,” Trump said, referring to Canada, in Oval
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At least 15 people were killed late Tuesday after debris from a massive landslide hit a bus in India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh, local authorities said. The bus was traveling on a hilly stretch near Bilaspur district when a landslide struck following days of torrential rains. There were
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Central Asian leaders in Tajikistan on Thursday, for only the second such summit since the fall of the Soviet Union, as Moscow jostles with China and Europe for influence. Weakened by the war in Ukraine, Russia’s historic grip over the region has waned
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Qatar’s prime minister and senior delegates from the United States and Turkiye will join Hamas and Israeli negotiators on Wednesday for a third day of talks aimed at ending the Gaza war. Israel and Hamas are holding indirect negotiations in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, based on
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Ukraine is intensifying strikes on Russian refineries and oil infrastructure, with more than 30 attacks since early August, aimed at weakening Moscow’s ability to finance war against its neighbor. Current consequence? Russia is the world’s third-largest producer and second-biggest exporter of crude oil. Oil and gas revenues represented
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Syria announced a comprehensive ceasefire with Kurdish forces after a meeting on Tuesday between Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi that followed deadly clashes in the northern city of Aleppo. Syria’s authorities, who took power last year after overthrowing Bashar Assad, have rejected Kurdish demands for
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The search for victims of last week’s Indonesian school collapse ended on Tuesday with the death toll climbing to 67, an official said. Part of the multi-story Islamic boarding school on Indonesia’s Java island caved in on September 29 as more than 170 students gathered for afternoon prayers.
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A crew member of the Dutch cargo ship that was attacked by Houthis in the Gulf of Aden last week has died of his injuries, the vessel's Amsterdam-based operator Spliethoff said in a statement Monday evening. The company did not release further details about the deceased crew member,
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The first round of Gaza talks between Hamas and mediators have ended in Egypt “amid a positive atmosphere,” Egyptian state-linked media reported early on Tuesday. Al-Qahera News reported the talks will continue on Tuesday, also between Hamas and mediators in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, where an Israeli delegation
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Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday denounced the arbitary detention of nine more United Nations workers in Yemen by Houthi rebels, along with the seizure of assets and facilities in areas under Houthi control. “Most recently, the Houthi de facto authorities detained nine additional UN personnel, bringing the total number of
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An aircraft that appeared to be a medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Sacramento on Monday evening, closing the eastbound lanes, according to officials. The crash happened just after 7 p.m., according to officer Mike Carrillo, a spokesperson for the Valley Division of California Highway Patrol. In images
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President Nicolas Maduro said Monday that Venezuela foiled a false flag operation by what he called local terrorists to plant explosives at the US embassy in Caracas and exacerbate a dispute between the two countries over drug trafficking. Speaking on his weekly TV program, Maduro said two sources which he
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Any European Union decision on using frozen Russian state assets to help Ukraine must follow international law and the European Central Bank is “very attentive” to the process, ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Monday. The EU is searching for a way to finance Ukraine’s defense and reconstruction with
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The US government shutdown entered its second week on Monday, with no sign of a deal between President Donald Trump’s Republicans and Democrats to end the crisis. Democrats are refusing to provide the handful of votes the ruling Republicans need to reopen federal departments, unless an agreement is reached
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Afghanistan’s Taliban government has agreed in principle to the repatriation of its nationals from Germany, a German interior ministry spokesperson said on Monday. “The Afghan de facto government has agreed in principle to repatriation by air if the people we are repatriating are identified as Afghan nationals,” the spokesperson