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US says it wants to control Venezuelan o...

US says it wants to control Venezuelan oil indefinitely. Can it?

US says it wants to control Venezuelan oil indefinitely. Can it? **U.S. Energy Sector Eyes Potential Venezuelan Oil Investments Amid Policy Debates** Washington D.C. – High-level executives from prominent U.S. oil companies are slated to meet with former President Donald Trump to discuss... read more »

Peace on paper, but catastrophe continue...

Peace on paper, but catastrophe continues on the ground in Gaza

Peace on paper, but catastrophe continues on the ground in Gaza Here’s the rewritten news article: **Fragile Truce: Violations Threaten Gaza Ceasefire** Gaza City – Hopes for a sustained cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip are fading as reports emerge of continued breaches of the... read more »

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Two wounded in a shooting with US federal agents in Portland: report

Two wounded in a shooting with US federal agents in Portland: report **Federal Agents Involved in Portland Shooting; Investigation Underway** Portland, OR – An investigation is underway following a shooting incident in Portland involving U.S. federal agents that resulted in injuries to two... read more »

Syria: Aleppo fighting leaves civilians ...

Syria: Aleppo fighting leaves civilians dead, displaces thousands

Syria: Aleppo fighting leaves civilians dead, displaces thousands **Renewed Hostilities in Aleppo Trigger Humanitarian Crisis, UN Urges Ceasefire** Aleppo, Syria – Escalating violence in Aleppo has resulted in a dire humanitarian situation, with reports indicating at least five civilian... 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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