Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow on Thursday of shirking a meeting between him and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, despite US-led attempts to arrange a summit to end the war. US President Donald Trump is trying to end Russia’s three-and-a-half year invasion of Ukraine by bringing both Zelensky and Putin to the negotiating table. But […]
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Decades after Pakistani troops killed his friends in Bangladesh’s independence war, veteran freedom fighter Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear Ahmed eyes warming ties between Dhaka and Islamabad with cautious pragmatism. Bangladesh is hosting the foreign minister and trade envoy this week, its most senior Pakistani visitors in years, in a bid to reset relations scarred by […]
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China set off alarm bells in New Zealand when it dispatched powerful warships on unprecedented missions in the South Pacific without explanation, according to military documents obtained by AFP. Beijing has spent years expanding its reach in the southern Pacific Ocean, courting island nations with new hospitals, freshly paved roads and generous offers of climate […]
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Der ehemalige Sicherheitsberater von Ex-Kanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU), Christoph Heusgen, hat die Bundesregierung zur Anerkennung eines Palästinenserstaates aufgerufen und gewarnt, Israel könne sich zu einem “Apartheidstaat” entwickeln. “Israels Sicherheit ist deutsche Staatsräson, aber zur israelischen Sicherheit gehört auch, dass sich das Land nicht durch den exzessiven Einsatz militärischer Gewalt und den Bruch des Völkerrechts weltweit […]
Read MoreInmitten der israelischen Vorbereitungen auf die Einnahme der Stadt Gaza hat Israels Regierungschef Benjamin Netanjahu die Aufnahme “sofortiger Verhandlungen” zur Freilassung “aller Geiseln” angeordnet. Er habe angewiesen, “unverzüglich Verhandlungen über die Freilassung aller unserer Geiseln und die Beendigung des Krieges unter für Israel akzeptablen Bedingungen aufzunehmen”, sagte Netanjahu am Donnerstag in einer Videobotschaft. Unterdessen verstärkte […]
Read MoreArgentine and Chilean football fans traded blame on Thursday after a pitched battle in a Buenos Aires stadium involving knives, sticks and stun grenades, which left 19 people injured, three seriously. More than 100 people were arrested over some of the worst sporting violence South America has seen in years. Chilean President Gabriel Boric described […]
Read MoreSome armed Palestinian groups in Lebanese refugee camps began handing over their weapons to the authorities on Thursday after reaching a deal earlier this year, with Washington hailing the move as a “historic step”. The efforts at disarmament came after the Lebanese government, under US pressure, tasked the army with formulating a plan to also […]
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Canada’s measles case count has passed 4,500, with the western province of Alberta — which has about five million people — recording more cases this year than the United States, figures updated Thursday showed. World Health Organization data released this month show Canada accounts for about half of all the confirmed measles cases across the Americas […]
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Colombian authorities said five people were killed and dozens more injured when a truck bomb tore through a busy street in the city of Cali on Thursday, deepening the country’s most serious security crisis in decades. Police said the explosion targeted a military aviation school in the city’s north — a fresh challenge to Colombia’s […]
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