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Some damage to Sino-US ties beyond repair, Chinese media warn Chinas state media have warned that some damage to Sino-US relations is "beyond repair." (File photo)
Chinas state media have warned that some impairments inflected upon the Sino-US ties amid the persisting anti-China measures by the outgoing Trump administration are "beyond repair," after the rising... |
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New Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Sanaa airport out of despair, confusion: Ansarullah In this file picture, an airport official stands by a Felix Airways plane, destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike, at the international airport of Yemens capital Sanaa, on April 29, 2015. (Photo by Reuters)
Yemens popular Houthi Ansarullah movement has roundly condemned the fresh round of Saudi airstrikes... |
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Law passed banning photographs of on-duty police officers being published A journalist watches a live stream interview of French President Emmanuel Macron to the digital news platform Brut on December 4, 2020 in Paris. / AFP / BERTRAND GUAY
The bill also increases the surveillance powers of the police, introducing high tech measures such as drones and facial recognition cameras... |
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Palestine to sue Israel at ICC for killing teen at West Bank protest Thirteen-year-old Palestinian Ali Ayman Nasr Abou Aliya (shown in the picture) was fatally shot by Israeli forces during a protest against illegal settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on December 4, 2020. (Photo via Twitter)
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates says... |
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4 French police officers charged over black mans abuse; 2 in custody A French police officer holds his shield during a protest in Nantes, November 27, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Four French police officers caught on camera while brutally beating a black man in Paris earlier this month have been charged, amid public outrage over Frances new controversial security law.
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Eight Saudis killed in Yemeni ballistic missile attack against coalitions positions Yemeni ballistic missile
The Yemeni army, backed by popular forces, have launched a missile attack against the Saudi-led coalitions Camp Tadawain in Yemens Marib, killing at least eight Saudi forces.
Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Sunday that the... |
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Macron calls police beating of black man shameful in face of rising protests Protesters carry placards censuring French governments new security law that seeks to protect police officers while engaging in brutal force against protesters. (Photo by AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron has described the beating of a black man by a police officer in the county as "shameful" for... |
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Latam women march to demand end to domestic violence Demonstrators march to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Lima, Peru, on November 25, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Latin American women marched on Wednesday, November 25, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the region.
Women... |
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Russia denounces Pompeos visit to occupied Golan as provocation Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C) listens during a briefing by Israeli officials in the occupied Golan Heights, November 19, 2020. (Photo by AP)
Russia has censured as "a provocation" a contentious visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the Israeli-occupied side of Syrias Golan Heights, saying... |
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Biden urged to extend US-Russia START treaty, limit deployed nuclear arms In this file photo, Joe Biden, then vice president, shakes hands with Vladmir Putin, who was then prime minister, in a meeting in Moscow March 10, 2011. (Photo By Reuters)
Arms control advocates have urged US president-elect Joe Biden to save the last major nuclear arms control treaty between the US... |
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Car crashes into gate of German Chancellor Merkels office Firefighters remove the car that crashed into the gate of the main entrance of the chancellery, the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in Berlin, Germany, on November 25, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
A car has crashed into the gate of German Chancellor Angela Merkels office in the capital, Berlin,... |
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Yemen stresses right to self-defense as Saudi Arabia resorts to UN over Aramco raid A general view shows the damage at a Saudi Aramco oil company distribution station that Yemeni forces targeted in a retaliatory attack, in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 24, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Yemen says its armed forces reserve the legitimate right to respond to any act of aggression... |
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Pakistan, India accuse each other of sponsoring terrorism at UN A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel checks a car carrying United Nations (UN) Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan officials as they cross to Pakistan at the India-Pakistan Attari-Wagah border post on November 4, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Pakistan has filed a report with the United Nations (UN)... |
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Turkish president, Saudi monarch talk bilateral relations ahead of G20 summit File photo shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi King Salman meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 14, 2017. (Photo by Reuters)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud have exchanged viewpoints on the development of mutual ties ahead... |
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Violence erupts in Brazil after Black man beaten to death at Carrefour store Demonstrators gesture outside a Carrefour supermarket during a protest against racism, after Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas was beaten to death by security guards at a Carrefour supermarket in Porto Alegre, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 20, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
More than 1,000 demonstrators... |
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Iran condemns Pompeos visit to occupied lands, pro-Israel doctrine US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C-R) leaves following a security briefing on Mount Bental in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on November 19, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Iran has condemned a visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the Israeli-occupied territories, saying his doctrine includes formalizing... |
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Macron accuses Turkey, Russia of pushing anti-French sentiment in Africa French President Emmanuel Macron (File photo)
French President Emmanuel Macron has accused Turkey and Russia of whipping up anti-France sentiments across Africa by funding individuals that incite resentment against Paris in the local media.
"We must not be naive on this subject: many of those who speak,... |
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Venezuelas Maduro announces mass production of indigenous drones, aircraft Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a televised announcement at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, on November 15, 2020. (Photo via AFP)
President Nicolas Maduro says Venezuela has launched the mass production of domestically-developed multifunctional drones and multipurpose... |
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Three detained in Germany over $1-billion Green Vault jewel heist German police officers secure the area during raids in Berlin, after thieves grabbed priceless jewels from the historic Green Vault museum (Gruenes Gewoelbe) in the city of Dresden last year, in Germany, on November 17, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Police raided apartments across Berlin early on Tuesday... |
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French police clearing refugees from encampment near Paris French police arrive to evacuate a migrant camp of some 2,000 people near the A1 motorway, which links the Paris region to northern Europe, in Saint-Denis, northern Paris, France, on November 17, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Police in France have started evacuating refugees camped under a motorway junction... |
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Russias Putin approves establishment of naval base in Sudan Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chairman of Sudans Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in Sochi, Russia, in October 2019. (File photo by AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the establishment of a major naval base in Sudan, which will improve Moscows ability to... |
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Pakistan govt. under public pressure to expel French envoy over blasphemous cartoons Pakistani policemen gather on a road after firing teargas shells during an anti-France protest of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan in Islamabad on November 15, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Public anger continues to simmer in Pakistan against the French government for throwing its weight behind the publication... |
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Syria mourns top diplomat & seasoned politician Walid Muallem Syrias Foreign Minister Walid Muallem listens during speeches at the international conference on Iraq in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on May 4, 2007. (Photo by Reuters)
Syrias Foreign Minister and deputy Prime Minister Walid al-Muallem has died at the age of 79.
Syrias official news agency SANA reported... |
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Cyprus standoff: Erdogan irks EU by insisting on two-state division of island Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar attend a ceremony in northern Nicosia, Cyprus November 15, 2020. (Photo via Reuters)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for an equal "two-state" solution in Cyprus and warned against what he described as... |
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Armenia says it thwarted assassination attempt on PM Pashinyan Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrives for an interview with AFP in Yerevan on October 6, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Armenias National Security Service (NSS) says it has foiled an attempt by former officials to assassinate the countrys prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, and to seize power following... |
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US Army identifies 5 soldiers killed in Sinai copter crash The five US soldiers killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk Crash in Sinai, Egypt Nov. 12, 2020. (File photo)
Five US soldiers who died when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Sinai, Egypt on Nov. 12 have been identified.
The soldiers were participating in a Multinational Force and Observers deployment,... |
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Putin backs idea of urging countries to pass laws to protect sentiments of believers Russian President Vladimir Putin (photo by AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his support for a proposal by a leading mufti from the countrys North Caucasus region to call on other United Nations (UN) member states to pass laws protecting the feelings of religious believers.
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France hasnt learned from dark past: Iranian intellectuals Protesters burn an effigy of French President Emmanuel Macron during a demonstration in Kolkata, the capital of Indias West Bengal state, on November 4, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
A group of Iranian intellectuals strongly refute Emanuel Macrons claim that support for sacrilege amounts to protection of free... |
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French freedom of speech based on double standards: Nasrallah Frame grab shows Hezbollahs Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivering a televised speech on October 30, 2020.
The secretary-general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement condemns the French presidents Islamophobic remarks, saying the freedom of expression is based on double standards... |
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China threatens US with legitimate response over arms sales to Taiwan Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian takes a question at a daily media briefing in Beijing, China, on April 8, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
China has censured the United States approval of advanced arms sales to Taiwan as interference in its domestic affairs and warned of a "legitimate response."
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