US President Joe Biden launched his re-election bid on Tuesday with a promise to protect American liberties from “extremists” linked to former president Donald Trump, who he beat in 2020 and might face again in 2024. Biden made his announcement in a slickly produced video released by his new campaign team that opens with imagery […]
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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the country will quit the International Criminal Court, which in March issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ramaphosa made the comments at a joint press conference with visiting Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto. Ramaphosa said there had long been a feeling in […]
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NEW DELHI: Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appealed to the High Court in the western state of Gujarat seeking a stay of conviction in a defamation case, challenging a lower court’s ruling against his plea, his lawyer said. Gandhi was convicted last month in a case brought by a state lawmaker from the […]
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday held talks with his Portuguese counterpart, kicking off his first European tour since resuming office in January, amid tensions with the West over the war in Ukraine. The veteran left-winger is seeking to revive Brazil’s diplomatic relations after four years of relative isolation under his far-right […]
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Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday Moscow may use nuclear weapons first in case of any aggression against it or its allies. Opponents should not underestimate Russia’s determination, said Medvedev, who also served as the Russian president between 2008 and 2012, during an educational marathon in Moscow called “Knowledge,” a platform […]
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Pakistan has “fulfilled all the conditions” of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the release of the $1.1 billion tranche, Finance and Revenue Minister Senator Ishaq Dar said on Monday, hoping the Fund will soon sign the staff-level agreement. Both sides have been engaged in multiple talks since February to break impasse on the pending […]
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VIENNA: About 100 Syrian migrants assembled on 23 April in the centre of Vienna to protest against the plans of Arab regimes to “normalize” relations with Assad and to bring him back into the Arab League. These plans have been advocated by Saudi-Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia and other regimes. Türkiye is also prepared […]
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SWAT: At least 12 people were martyred and 53 others injured on Monday after a suicide bombing took place at a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Kabal area of Swat district. According to police, unidentified assailants started firing during which a suicide bombing took place and a second massive explosion occurred within seconds […]
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A Palestinian man has driven his car into a crowd on a Jerusalem street, injuring five people before being shot dead by a passerby, Israeli police said. Hours earlier on Monday, Israeli troops killed a Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank, the latest in a long series of incidents during an upsurge […]
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a meeting chaired by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that the war in Ukraine is “causing massive suffering and devastation to the country and its people” and fueling “global economic dislocation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic”. “Tensions between major powers are at an historic high. So are the risks of […]
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