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UN probe finds 'dramatic increase' in Myanmar war crimes
Aug 09, 2023 04:53The United Nations says it has evidence that Myanmar's military has been "committing increasingly frequent and brazen war crimes" since they took power in a coup d'état more than two years ago.
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Top US diplomat demands reverse of Niger coup in secret visit, hints intervention
Aug 09, 2023 04:33A top US diplomat has demanded the undoing of Niger’s coup and the return to power of its West-sponsored president in a secret visit to the West African nation for talks with coup leaders, suggesting a military intervention otherwise.
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Trump says trials would hamstring presidential campaign
Aug 09, 2023 04:14Former US president Donald Trump blasted the multiple prosecutions threatening his re-election bid on Tuesday, complaining that court appearances would keep him off the campaign trail for much of 2024.
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England's senior doctors plan new strike in pay dispute with government
Aug 09, 2023 04:06Senior doctors in England have announced a plan to go on their second mass strike this year over a long-standing pay dispute with the government.
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Indigenous people march in Belem as the Amazon Summit kicks off
Aug 09, 2023 04:42Indigenous people took to the streets of Belem, in Brazil to protest , as leaders of eight Amazonian countries met on the first day of the Amazon Summit on Tuesday, August 8.
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'Ruse for ethnic cleansing?' Indian court halts demolitions of Muslim homes
Aug 08, 2023 13:21The Punjab and Haryana high court in India has halted the administration's demolition drive of houses, questioning the local government-sanctioned measure as an “exercise of ethnic cleansing” by the state.
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Former Pakistani prime minister challenges his conviction in high court
Aug 08, 2023 13:09Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has appealed against his conviction that bars him from politics for five years.
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Russia, Qatar aim to ditch dollar in bilateral trade: Envoy
Aug 08, 2023 11:24The Russian ambassador to Qatar says the two countries are seeking to use national currencies in their bilateral trade amid an accelerating wave of de-dollarization across the world.
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Ukraine asks US for ATACMS long-range missiles despite warnings from Russia
Aug 08, 2023 05:38Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has made an urgent call on the United States to provide his country with long-range missiles to be used in the war with Russia.
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Niger military rulers seek dialogue with West African bloc: Ousted prime minister
Aug 08, 2023 05:05Niger's ousted prime minister says the country's military rulers, who overthrew civilian authorities in a recent coup, seek dialogue with a West African bloc that has threatened military intervention to restore the ousted president to power.