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Moldovan President Maia Sandu warned Tuesday that her country’s democracy faces a “race against time” from what she said was attempts by Russia to influence parliamentary elections this month. In a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Sandu said the Sep. 28 vote to choose a new 101-seat
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A wave of drone strikes hit a power station, a weapons factory and an oil refinery near Sudan’s army-held capital on Tuesday, witnesses at the sites told AFP, while a military source said an air base had also been targeted. The aerial assault ended a period of relative calm
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Israel’s military said Tuesday it carried out an airstrike targeting Hamas leadership, without saying where. The announcement came as an explosion could be heard in Doha, Qatar’s capital. The Qatari-funded news network Al Jazeera has linked an explosion in Doha to an Israeli announcement that it targeted Hamas’
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Lebanon’s army is set to fully disarm Hezbollah near the border with Israel within three months, Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi told AFP on Tuesday. In August, the Lebanese government ordered the military to draw up plans to disarm the once-dominant militant group by the end of the year, having
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Militants in eastern Congo affiliated with the Daesh group killed at least 60 people in an attack overnight, an official said. The attack was carried by the Allied Democratic Force in Ntoyo, North Kivu, after residents gathered at a burial. “The ADF attack caused around 60 deaths, but the final
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An Israeli drone strike targeted a car south of Beirut on Tuesday, wounding a Hezbollah member, according to a Lebanese security source. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that “an enemy drone targeted a car near the mosque of Zarout between the towns of Jiyeh and Barja in Iqlim
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Hamas on Monday to lay down its arms or face the destruction of Gaza and its own annihilation. “This is a final warning to the Hamas murderers and rapists in Gaza and in luxury hotels abroad: Release the hostages and put down your weapons
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Paramedics said at least five people were killed in a shooting attack in Jerusalem after two attackers opened fire at a bus stop at a busy intersection in north Jerusalem. Paramedics said an additional 15 people were injured, including six in serious condition. Police said the attackers shot people waiting
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Russian forces attacked a thermal power generation facility in the Kyiv region, Ukraine’s energy ministry said on Monday. “The goal is obvious: to cause even more hardship to the peaceful population of Ukraine, to leave Ukrainian homes, hospitals, kindergartens and schools without light and heat,” the ministry wrote on
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US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was issuing a “last warning” to Hamas, saying the Palestinian militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza. “The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well. I have warned Hamas about the consequences
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US authorities are investigating a bogus email purportedly from a Republican lawmaker that contained malware apparently aimed at giving China insights into the Trump administration’s trade talks with Beijing, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The malware in the email that appeared to be sent by Representative John
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Ukraine struck 60 targets on Russian territory in August, Ukraine’s top military commander said on Monday. “The Russian Federation’s capabilities to produce fuel and lubricants for the army, their aviation weapons, missiles and UAVs, and air defense systems have been weakened, and the functioning of the transport system
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Turkiye’s main opposition CHP called on citizens and residents of Istanbul to gather on Sunday, after police set up barricades in areas around its Istanbul headquarters in what the party leader called a “siege.” The Republican People’s Party (CHP) has been the target of a months-long legal crackdown,
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was counting on a “strong” US response to Russia’s intensifying attacks against Ukraine since a meeting between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin on August 15 in a failed bid to end the raging war. “It is important that there is a
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The World Health Organization has asked Taliban authorities to lift restrictions on Afghan female aid workers, allowing them to travel without male guardians and help women struggling to access care after a powerful earthquake killed 2,200 people in eastern Afghanistan. “A very big issue now is the increasing paucity
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is ready to move to a second phase of sanctioning Russia, the closest he has come to suggesting he is on the verge of ramping up sanctions against Moscow or its oil buyers over the war in Ukraine. Trump has repeatedly