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A series of strong aftershocks from a deadly earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan at the weekend injured at least another 10 people and caused further damage, Taliban authorities said on Friday. Five shallow aftershocks, the strongest measuring at magnitude 5.6, were recorded by the US Geological Survey on Thursday
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Russia fired more than 500 drones and two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight, authorities said Wednesday, as Ukraine’s president and European leaders pressed on with talks on how to strengthen Ukrainian defenses and boost as-yet unsuccessful US-led peace efforts. The main Russian nighttime targets were civilian infrastructure, especially energy
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Syria has interrogated and detained members of its defense and interior ministries suspected of committing abuses against civilians in the predominantly Druze province of Sweida in July, the committee investigating the violence has said. Hundreds of people were killed in Sweida in violence that began between tribes and Druze factions
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday justified the lethal military strike that his administration said was carried out a day earlier against a Venezuelan gang as a necessary effort by the United States to send an unmistakable message to Latin American cartels. Asked why the military did not instead interdict the
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The UN Support Mission in Libya said Tuesday that it was “gravely alarmed” over new military mobilizations by rival groups in the Libyan capital. In recent days, armed vehicles have reportedly moved into Tripoli from Misrata, around 200 kilometers (125 miles) away, and on Monday night gunfire was heard in
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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was “very disappointed” by Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s failure to strike a Ukraine peace deal — but remained vague on any possible consequences for Moscow. Since meeting Putin in Alaska last month, Trump has pushed the Kremlin chief to hold bilateral talks with
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed social media rumors that have swirled about his health — including that he had died — as “fake news” during a press conference at the White House. Trump did not schedule any public appearances or hold any press conferences for several days last week, a
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Moscow expects talks between Russia and Ukraine to continue but “new territorial realities” must be recognized and new systems of security guarantees formed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks published on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered tens of thousands of troops to invade Ukraine in February 2022
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A thousand villages in India’s Punjab state are marooned by deadly floods, with thousands forced to seek shelter in relief camps, government authorities say. Flooding across the northwestern state killed at least 29 people and affected over 250,000 last month, with the state’s chief minister calling it
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Rescuers desperately searched Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of homes flattened by an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 800 people. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake, followed by at least five aftershocks, hit remote areas in mountainous provinces near the border with Pakistan around midnight Sunday. The head
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was on his way to Beijing on Tuesday morning, having crossed the border into China aboard an armored train ahead of a massive military parade on Wednesday. Kim will join Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin for
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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border late Sunday, causing some injuries. Information on the scale of damage was not immediately available. The quake at 11:47 p.m. was centered 27 kilometers east-northeast of the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, the US Geological
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said early Monday that a suspect had been arrested in the shooting of former speaker of parliament Andriy Parubiy, and had given an initial statement to investigators. A statement from the country’s interior minister suggested that Saturday’s killing had been carefully planned, supporting Zelensky’
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that “understandings” he reached with US President Donald Trump at a summit in August opened a way to peace in Ukraine, which he would discuss with leaders attending a regional summit in China. Kyiv and its Western allies call Russia’s full-scale invasion
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The Iran-backed Houthis raided offices of the United Nations’ food, health and children’s agencies in Yemen’s capital Sunday, detaining at least 11 UN employees, officials said. The rebels tightened security across Sanaa after Israel killed their prime minister and several Cabinet members. Abeer Etefa, a spokesperson for the
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Russia and China jointly oppose “discriminatory” sanctions in global trade that hinder the world’s socio-economic development, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a written interview with China’s official Xinhua news agency. The two countries will continue to work to reduce mutual trade barriers, Putin said in the interview