Views: 7 TAIPEI, Taiwan — An American pastor jailed in China for more than 18 years has been released this week, according to the State Department on Monday. 68-year-old Lin, a naturalized US citizen, had gone back to the country of his birth in 2006, after applying for permission from the Chinese government to open […]
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Views: 6 TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree increasing the number of staff and military personnel in the armed forces. According to the decree, which was published on the government portal, the staffing level of the armed forces increased from 2.2 million to 2.38 million, signifying an
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Views: 8 Eleven more people have been killed in a wave of violence in a Mexican cartel heartland shaken by gang infighting, authorities said Sunday.The latest fatalities included five men whose bodies were found on a highway south of the city of Culiacan, the Sinaloa state prosecutor’s office said in a daily update. More than 30
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Views: 9 WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Exceptionally heavy rainfall pounding Central Europe has prompted deadly flooding in the region, with four new deaths reported Monday in Poland and one each in Czech Republic and Romania. The flooding has swamped parts of Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania as a low-pressure system crossing the region has unleashed
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Views: 6 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today and reaffirmed the importance of a durable and dignified peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Secretary Blinken welcomed recent progress between the parties, including agreement on a border delimitation regulation. The Secretary emphasized the importance of the bilateral relationship between the
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Views: 8 President Masud Pezeshkian claims that Iran has not transferred any weapons to Russia since he took office in late July and seemed to open the door for direct talks with the United States over nuclear issues, but only if Washington shows it is not “hostile” toward the Islamic republic. The 69-year-old Pezeshkian, deemed
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Views: 10 TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – More than 40 civilians were killed in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the village of Gouz Al-Naqa in Sudan’s Gezira State. The RSF has blocked villagers from returning to bury the dead. This incident follows months of conflict between the RSF and the
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Views: 15 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department imposed on Monday sanctions on two Georgian government officials and two members of the country’s pro-Russian far-right movement who it said were involved in violent crackdowns on protests. Large street protests erupted in Georgia over a “foreign agent” law, which the South Caucasus country’s parliament passed in
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Views: 8 Madrid, on May 28, 2024. (Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP) MADRID, Spain — The first Palestinian ambassador to Spain presented his credentials on Monday to Spanish King Felipe VI after Madrid in May formally recognized a Palestinian state. Husni Abdel Wahed welcomed to palace by King Felipe VI, four months after Madrid formally recognized
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Views: 6 On September 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini died in the custody of Iran’s moral police after she was arrested for not following a strict Islamic dress code. Her death led to an outrage and now, two years later, 34 Iranian women prisoners have gone on a hunger strike and dozens are flouting the hijab
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