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NATO scrambles fighter jets as Putin bre...

NATO scrambles fighter jets as Putin breaks promise to Trump in hypersonic ...

NATO scrambles fighter jets as Putin breaks promise to Trump in hypersonic strike **NATO Responds to Significant Russian Aerial Offensive in Ukraine** **Brussels, Belgium** – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was compelled to dispatch fighter jets to patrol its eastern flank following... read more »

Tehran fire LIVE: Horror smoke rises ove...

Tehran fire LIVE: Horror smoke rises over Iran's capital after Trump w...

Tehran fire LIVE: Horror smoke rises over Iran's capital after Trump war threat **Massive Blaze Engulfs Tehran Neighborhood, Emergency Services Respond** **TEHRAN, IRAN** – A significant fire erupted in the Janat Abad Shomali district of Tehran this afternoon, sending plumes of thick, black... read more »

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UN peacekeeping patrols suspended along ...

UN peacekeeping patrols suspended along Lebanon-Israel Blue Line

UN peacekeeping patrols suspended along Lebanon-Israel Blue Line **UN Mission Halts Patrols Amidst Chemical Release Concerns on Lebanon-Israel Border** United Nations peacekeeping operations along a critical segment of the Lebanon-Israel border, known as the Blue Line, have been temporarily... read more »

Global health systems at risk as funding...

Global health systems at risk as funding cuts bite, warns WHO

Global health systems at risk as funding cuts bite, warns WHO **Global Health Security Threatened by Waning Financial Support, WHO Issues Urgent Alert** The world’s collective capacity to respond to health crises and advance public well-being is facing a significant and escalating threat,... read more »

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Russia denies contacts with Taliban

Russia denies contacts with Taliban

Moscow – The Russian foreign ministry Wednesday denied media reports that a diplomat has held talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban movement over the release of a Russian held captive since... read more »

Japan to set up US-style security agency

Japan to set up US-style security agency

Tokyo – A committee under the Japanese lower house Wednesday passed a bill on establishing a US-style National Security Council (NSC) to make... read more »

UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

Male – A senior UN official began a two-day mission to the Maldives Wednesday along with Indian diplomats to push for free and fair presidential... read more »

Tajikistan’s Imomali Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan's Imomali Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan’s President Imomali Rakhmon has won a new seven-year term in Wednesday’s election, receiving 83.1 percent of the vote after all ballots... read more »

Israeli settlements are illegitimate, Kerry says

Israeli settlements are illegitimate, Kerry says

US Secretary of State John Kerry has called settlements constructed by the Israeli regime on occupied Palestinian lands “illegitimate”. Kerry made... read more »

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