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Anti-racism protesters take a knee in silence in Paris People light flares as they protest against racism and police brutality, in Place de la Republique, in Paris, France, on June 9, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Hundreds of anti-racism protesters in Paris took a knee and observed eight minutes of silence on Tuesday in memory of George Floyd, the black American... |
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China, Russia fighting off US snapback threat against Iran at UN A file photo of the interior of the United Nations Security Council at its headquarters in New York, US
Veto powers China and Russia have written to the United Nations, arguing strongly against a US threat that it will try and bring about a return of all sanctions against Iran if the world body fails... |
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EU calls on warring sides in Libya to stop fighting, join peace efforts A member of government forces prostrates in prayer as an expression of gratitude as his comrades celebrate in the Qasr bin Ghashir district, south of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, after retaking it from rebels, on June 4, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The European Union (EU) has called on all warring parties... |
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Canada doubles arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite dire rights record: New figures The file photo shows Canadian light armored vehicles (LAVs).
Newly-released figures have revealed that Canadas sales of military hardware to Saudi Arabia hit a record in 2019, despite a moratorium that was in place on approval of new arms exports to the kingdom due its poor human rights record.
Citing... |
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US Senate Republicans plan their own police reform effort House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
US Senate Republicans say they are working on their own legislation relating to police reform and social injustice following the death in custody of African American George Floyd last month.
This comes a day after the Democrats unveiled an expansive reform package... |
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Hong Kong police arrest 53 rioters during new protest The file photo shows riot police asking protesters to leave in front of public housing after a march in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, China, on July 14, 2019. (By Reuters)
Police in Hong Kong have arrested 53 rioters during a protest against the passage of a national security bill in the global financial... |
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Boko Haram kills 69, razes village in northern Nigeria Women sift through the remains of a market blown up during an attack on September 20, 2018, in Amarwa, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Nigerias Maiduguri. (Photo by AFP)
Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 69 people and razed a village to the ground in northern Nigerias Borno state on Tuesday afternoon,... |
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Saudi blockade of Yemen a new crisis amid pandemic: Minister A Yemeni sanitation worker, wearing protective gear, sprays disinfectant in a neighborhood in the northern Hajjah province on May 31, 2020, during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by AFP)
Yemens health minister says the ongoing blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia against the war-torn country has... |
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Coronavirus pandemic could spark global food emergency: UN chief This photo taken on June 3, 2020, shows a woman walking past an escalator covered with pro-democracy protest art, a common site since the start of the protests in June last year, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. (Photo by AFP)
The world is facing an "impending global food emergency" that could impact... |
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Gugino fell harder than pushed: Trump blames ANTIFA for set-up Anti-fascist demonstrators gather in protest at an alt-right rally in Portland, Oregon in 2019. (Photo via The New York Times)
US President Donald Trump is promoting a conspiracy theory that ANTIFA has set up the police assault on an elderly man, which left him lying motionless as blood pooled on the... |
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Coronavirus Cases Passes 22,000 in Afghanistan The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 684 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,128 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
Kabul was on the top of the list with 393 new cases, followed by Herat with 96.
Other provinces reporting cases were Kandahar (13), Nangarhar (95), Badghis (6),... |
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Two US officers charged with assault on old man Martin Gugino, a 75-year-old protester, lays on the ground after he was shoved by two Buffalo, New York, police officers during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd in Niagara Square in Buffalo, New York, on June 4, 2020. (Reuters photo)
Two US police officers have... |
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Specialized report claims UK bears joint liability in drone-related war crimes The RAFs Reaper drones work closely with US drone forces especially in the West Asia region
Britains secretive drone program has come under the spotlight with credible allegations that the UK is potentially complicit in US war crimes.
A new report by the specialist website Drone Wars UK has subjected... |
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China says has no plans to join US-Russia arms control talks Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying
China says it has no plans to participate in negotiations on arms control with Russia and the United States, after being invited by Washington to take part in the talks, to be held later this month.
"We have repeatedly clarified our position. China... |
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Houston bids farewell to George Floyd in hometown funeral Pallbearers load the casket of George Floyd into a hearse after a public viewing at the Fountain of Praise church Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. (AFP photo)
Mourners packed a Houston church to pay tribute to George Floyd at his hometown funeral on Tuesday, the culmination of a long farewell to the... |
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Nepal repeats call for talks with India to resolve border disputes A file photo taken on May 11, 2020 shows a Nepali demonstrator shouting slogans after he was arrested in Kathmandu, Nepal, during a protest against Indias newly-inaugurated link road to the Chinese border in a disputed area with Nepal. (By AFP)
Nepal has reiterated an offer to hold talks with India... |
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Top EU diplomat: EU: US no longer party to Iran deal, cant invoke JCPOA European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the US has already pulled out of an international 2015 nuclear agreement signed between Iran and major world powers and cannot currently use its former membership of the deal to seek a permanent... |
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Imposing bans on Irans shipping network shows lack of vision, strategy in US: Russian envoy Russias Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov
A senior Russian diplomat has criticized the United States for imposing sanctions on the Iranian shipping network, saying the move shows a "lack of strategic thinking and vision" in Washington.
In a post on his... |
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Airbus, Boeing refuse to repair Iranian plane parts: Aviation chief Iran says two major plane manufacturers still refuse to repair parts for Iranian airplanes.
Irans civil aviation chief says major global plane manufacturers still refuse to do repair work on aircraft parts belonging to the Iranian airlines.
Ali Abezadeh, who leads Irans Civil Aviation Organization,... |
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Mitt Romney opposes Trump by voicing support for anti-racism protesters Republican Senator Mitt Romney has voiced support for the Black Lives Matter movement, criticizing US President Donald Trump over his racist policy against anti-racism protesters.
Romney told reporters in the Capitol on Monday that he was outraged over George Floyds death in Minneapolis and wanted... |
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White House says has no regrets about tear-gassing peaceful protesters A line of police move demonstrators away from St. Johns Church across Lafayette Park from the White House on Wednesday. (AP photo)
The administration of US President Donald Trump has said there are "no regrets" about the decision of using tear gas against peaceful demonstrators from outside the White... |
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Indias capital could soon see half a million coronavirus cases: Officials An Indian police officer and a social worker distribute vegetables to people in need during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Amritsar, India, on April 15, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Delhi authorities warned Tuesday that they expect cases... |
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Iran freed US navy veteran White on humanitarian grounds: Judiciary spokesman Michael White (L), a freed US Navy veteran detained in Iran since 2018, poses with US Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook while on his return to the US at Zurich Airport in Zurich, Switzerland June 4, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
A senior Iranian judicial official says US navy veteran Michael White was freed... |
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Global COVID-19 cases pass 7.13mn mark, death toll at 406,540 Medical staff attend to a patient allegedly infected with the new coronavirus, at the COVID-19 unit at San Juan de Dios hospital, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on June 8, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The total coronavirus infections worldwide now number at 7,136,366, and the toll of related deaths has reached... |
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Iran rejects Turkey excuse with warning, expects gas flow to resume Iran sells about 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) a year of gas to Turkey under a 25-year supply deal.
An Iranian energy official says he expects Turkey to resume gas imports from Iran by mid-July, putting an end to a relatively long gap which raised many eyebrows.
The gas flow has stopped since March... |
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Turkey issues arrest warrants for 275 military personnel over links to coup mastermind Turkish police walk in front of the Metropolitan Municipality headquarters in Diyarbakir, Turkey, August 19, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
Turkey has issued arrest warrants for 275 more people, mostly military staff members, over their suspected linked to of US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, who... |
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Armenia prime minister sacks army, police, security chiefs over lockdown violations Members of staff wearing protective gears welcome and check ID papers of passengers upon their arrival from the Russian city of Mineraliser Vody at the Zvartnots airport, outside Yerevan Yerevan, early on June 3, 2020, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by AFP)
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China warns students about choosing Australia, citing racist incidents Police officers patrol near the Sydney Opera House following the implementation of stricter social-distancing and self-isolation rules to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sydney, Australia, on April 6, 2020. (File photo by Reuters)
China has urged students going overseas to... |
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France bans chokehold arrest technique amid anti-racism protests People attend a protest against police brutality and the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Nantes, France, on June 8, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
France has unveiled reforms that include banning the controversial chokehold technique of arrest, amid a string of protests against racism... |
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Spain top court probes former king in $100mn Saudi bribe case Former Spanish King Juan Carlos
Spains Supreme Court has launched a probe into whether former King Juan Carlos received millions of dollars in kickbacks from Saudi Arabia in a rail deal.
In a statement released on Monday, the general prosecutors office said the court was looking into allegations... |
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