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Japan signs agreement to buy 400 long-range missiles from US
Jan 18, 2024 11:34Japan has signed a deal with the United States to buy 400 long-range Tomahawk missiles as the country ramps up its military capacity.
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Thousands of tractors block Berlin as farmers protest over fuel subsidy cuts
Jan 18, 2024 10:31Thousands of tractors brought Berlin’s city center to a standstill as farmers from across Germany protested on parliament’s doorstep over rising costs and a plan to phase out agricultural fuel subsidies.
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US re-lists Yemen's Ansarullah as 'terrorist' group over Red Sea shipping attacks
Jan 18, 2024 10:03The United States says it put Yemen's Ansarullah back on a list of "terrorist" entities, accusing them of repeated attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea.
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US Senate rejects resolution on Israeli human rights violations in Gaza, military aid
Jan 18, 2024 09:57The US Senate has overwhelmingly rejected a proposed resolution that would have made military aid to Israel conditional to whether the regime is committing human rights violations in its war against the besieged Gaza Strip.
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UK parliament approves new copy of Sunak's controversial Rwanda bill
Jan 18, 2024 12:20The United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament has approved Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's controversial Rwanda deportation bill.
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UN paints bleak post-war future for Gaza
Jan 18, 2024 04:44The United Nations has warned about a bleak post-war future for the Gaza Strip, which has endured more than three months of a ferocious and genocidal Israeli military onslaught.
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China's population drops for 2nd year despite govt.'s schemes
Jan 18, 2024 09:34China’s population has declined for a second straight year despite Beijing's schemes to increase the birth rate.
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UN chief reiterates call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Jan 17, 2024 14:19UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday reiterated his call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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Trump back in court for defamation case after landslide Iowa victory
Jan 17, 2024 09:48Former US President Donald Trump attended a New York courtroom session, after a landslide campaign victory in Iowa, to defend himself against the latest defamation lawsuit filed by writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of sexual violence.
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Positions of Pakistan-based Jaish al-Adl terror group struck by missiles, drones
Jan 17, 2024 06:50Two major strongholds of the so-called Jaish al-Adl terrorist group in Pakistan’s southwestern Province of Balochistan have been precisely struck and completely wiped out by a salvo of missiles as well as a squadron of combat drones.