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UN ends Mali peacekeeping mission at government request
Jul 01, 2023 09:58The United Nations Security Council has voted to end a decade-old peacekeeping mission in Mali after the country’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop called the operation a "failure" and demanded its immediate halt.
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CIA chief made secret trip to Ukraine prior to Wagner mutiny: US official
Jul 01, 2023 09:03CIA Director William Burns made a secret trip to Ukraine, prior to the Wagner Group's armed mutiny against Moscow, US newspapers have reported.
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France deploys 45,000 troops to quell police brutality protests, nabs 1,000
Jul 01, 2023 08:52France has deployed 45,000 police and several armored vehicles to quell protests across the country over the police killing of a teenager for a traffic violation and arrested nearly 1,000 protesters.
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First US malaria cases diagnosed in decades in Florida, Texas
Jul 01, 2023 05:09The US states of Florida and Texas have diagnosed the first malaria cases in decades, raising fears of another outbreak.
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Cracks emerge at EU leaders' summit regarding Ukraine policy
Jul 01, 2023 04:41The war in Ukraine has dominated a summit of EU leaders in Brussels.
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OIC plans emergency meeting over Qur'an desecration in Sweden
Jul 01, 2023 04:27The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has decided to hold an emergency meeting over the recent desecration of the Holy Qur'an in the Swedish capital of Stockholm.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro barred from holding public office until 2030
Jul 01, 2023 03:01Judges in Brazil have barred former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years.
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Sweden reaches out to OIC members with 'regret' over Qur'an desecration: Iraq
Jul 01, 2023 02:49The Iraqi Foreign Ministry says it has received a letter from the Swedish government that expresses “deep regret” over a Qur'an burning outside a Stockholm mosque that sparked a backlash across the Muslim world.
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Russia urges UN Security Council expansion to counter Western dominance
Jun 30, 2023 14:12Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia has called for the expansion of the United Nations Security Council to include more non-Western countries.
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Macron urges parents to keep kids off streets, blames social media for fueling unrest
Jun 30, 2023 11:41French President Emmanuel Macron has urged parents to keep teenagers at home to quell the unrest spreading across the country, calling on social media to stop fuelling what he described as "copycat" violence.