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POLITICS
Eleven People at Least Killed in Afghanistan Bus Bombing
At least eleven people were killed and 25 others wounded when a Taliban roadside bomb struck a passenger bus along a provincial highway in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province Sunday night, the local government confirmed on Monday. “The incident occurred in…
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HUMANITARIAN
Boats carrying hundreds of migrants arrive in Italy’s Lampedusa
Seven boats packed with hundreds of migrants arrived on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday, and officials said more people were expected as the weather improved. More than 1,000 people got off the…
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POLITICS
Russian President Putin: “We will ‘firmly’ defend Russian interests”
President Vladimir Putin on Sunday vowed that Russia will “firmly” defend national interests and denounced the return of “Russophobia”, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of victory in World War II. His speech to…
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POLITICS
Iranian President Rouhani: Only the details remained to be agreed to revive the nuclear deal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday he was optimistic over talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and suggested a deal had been reached to lift the main sanctions on Tehran,…
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OPINION
Biden takes advantage of his grand opportunity
It is no accident that US President Joe Biden — who last week completed his first, momentous 100 days in office — chose to select a portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 20th century’s greatest…
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POLITICS
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi: Egypt will not accept compromising its water security
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi affirmed his confidence in the ability of the President of the Congo to solve the Renaissance Dam crisis. Al-Sisi stressed that Egypt will not accept prejudice to its water security,…
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HUMANITARIAN
US wants COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver to benefit world, not boost China biotech
Biden administration is examining ways to ensure that a waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents to aid poor countries will not hand sensitive US biopharmaceutical technology to China and Russia, responding to a chorus of concerns,…
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POLITICS
Clashes erupt between Palestinians and Israeli occupation police in Jerusalem
Clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police outside the Old City of Jerusalem on Saturday as tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers prayed at the nearby Al-Aqsa Mosque on Islam’s holy night of Laylat…
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POLITICS
Terrorist blasts in Kabul kills 40, injures dozens
Multiple blasts at a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens more, mostly female students, officials said, in an attack Afghan President Ashraf Ghani blamed on…
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