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India launches air base in Mauritius amid China’s regional sway
Feb 29, 2024 14:00India and Mauritius have jointly inaugurated an Indian-financed air base on the island of Agalega in Mauritius.
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Putin warns West of nuclear war risk over troops in Ukraine
Feb 29, 2024 13:57Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says certain Western countries are risking triggering a nuclear war by deploying boots in eastern Ukraine, warning Moscow could strike Western targets.
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Police in Britain need ‘significant overhaul,’ inquiry says, amid run of scandals
Feb 29, 2024 13:55Police in Britain need “a significant overhaul,” an inquiry says, against the backdrop of the case of an officer who committed rape and murder in 2021.
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Russia’s UN envoy says US giving Israel ‘license to kill’ Palestinians
Feb 29, 2024 04:52Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations says an alternative draft resolution Washington has proposed on the situation in the besieged Gaza Strip simply paves the way for more Palestinian civilian deaths.
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German warship opens fire on US Reaper drone: Reports
Feb 29, 2024 06:55A German warship partaking in a European anti-Yemen coalition in the Red Sea has mistakenly opened fire on an American MQ-9 Reaper drone, reports say.
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Judge disqualifies Trump from 2024 ballot for inciting ‘insurrection’
Feb 29, 2024 06:50A judge in Illinois has ruled that former US President Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s ballot for the 2024 presidential election.
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Koreans want end to massive joint US-South Korea war games
Feb 28, 2024 14:18South Korean civil groups have demanded an end to massive “Freedom Shield” joint war games by the United States and South Korea scheduled to begin March 4 and run through March 14.
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South Africa says following up on Israel's non-compliance with ICJ ruling
Feb 28, 2024 14:09South Africa says it has contacted the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to pursue Israel's non-compliance with the top court’s ruling on the prohibition of genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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US sanctions ‘may not apply’ to gas pipeline project with Iran: Pakistan energy minister
Feb 28, 2024 11:09Pakistan’s caretaker energy minister says the sanctions the United States has imposed on Iran over its civilian nuclear program may not apply to the gas pipeline as Islamabad was going to start work on the project within its territory and connect to neighboring Iran.
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India’s Muslims targeted by alarming spike in hate speech in 2023: Research
Feb 28, 2024 08:20Anti-Muslim hate speech more than doubled across India last year amid accusations of Islamophobic tendencies against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, the BJP. A research group has said the incidents mostly took place in states governed by the ruling Hindu nationalist party.