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Trump expects a ‘long talk’ with Xi about Iran, which sells most of its US-sanctioned oil to China.
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Trump expects a ‘long talk’ with Xi about Iran, which sells most of its US-sanctioned oil to China.
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Attitudes in the country have been hardened by several fatal attacks by Afghans in recent years, including a car-ramming in Munich last year.
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KYIV (AFP) — Russia resumed drone and missile strikes on Ukraine Tuesday as a three-day ceasefire expired, killing one person and injuring several others,…
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KYIV (AFP) — Ukraine and Russia accused each other of multiple attacks on civilians Sunday, the second day of what was supposed to have been a three-day truce…
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NABLUS, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Under the bleachers of a West Bank stadium, a dozen men from Gaza live in a former changing room, blocked from…
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KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russia and Ukraine confirmed on Friday a United States-brokered truce and a large prisoner swap over 9 to 11 May, when Moscow celebrates…
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Israel carried out strikes across Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least eight people in the south according to authorities, with raids also targeting a highway…
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Then there’s the elephant in the room: the West Philippine Sea. While some might think this is just a ‘military thing,’ it is actually a ‘dinner thing.’
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Zelensky hailed a Ukrainian strike on an oil depot in the Yaroslavl region.
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Iranian forces launched ‘multiple missiles, drones and small boats’ at the three US warships.
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‘We’ve had very good talks over the last 24 hours, and it’s very possible that we’ll make a deal.’
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MACTAN, Cebu — The leaders of the Philippines, Cambodia and Thailand on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to peaceful dialogue and de-escalation following…
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The local bourse bounced back above the 6,000 level while the peso strengthened sharply to P60.42 from Wednesday’s close of P61.30, reflecting a weak US dollar…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange index rebounded strongly on Wednesday, climbing 1.17 percent to 5,967.21 on reports that the US paused military escort operations…
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The ceasefire announcement comes amid slow Russian advances, as Kyiv gained roughly 120 sq km in April — the first net loss for Moscow since mid-2023.
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A parallel I see is the way our own political playbook is repeated over and over again.
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The most likely near-term scenario is more of the same: the conditional ceasefire extended pending talks, with almost no shipping through the Strait of Hormuz,…
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On 19 April, a clash between government troops and New People’s Army fighters in Toboso, Negros Occidental, left 19 people dead.
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