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Solomon PM urges review of security pact with Australia in move likely to anger China
Jun 29, 2023 05:26The prime minister of Solomon Islands has called for a review of a security treaty with Australia as he hosts the country's defense minister in the capital Honiara, amid concerns by China that Canberra is playing into US-led competition in the Pacific.
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Airstrikes kill ten people in Sagaing region of Myanmar: Reports
Jun 29, 2023 05:21A Myanmar military airstrike on a village has reportedly killed ten civilians as fighting ravages swathes of the country since a military coup in 2021 toppled Myanmar's democratically-elected government and put the junta at the helm.
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Nicaragua takes complaint to UN over US refusal to pay compensation for backing death squad
Jun 29, 2023 05:14Nicaragua has lodged a complaint with the UN against the US for its refusal to comply with a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering it to compensate Managua for its support of a notorious death squad in the 1980s.
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Lukashenko says Wagner chief Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus
Jun 28, 2023 13:07Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has confirmed that the leader of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has arrived in Belarus, days after the group’s brief armed mutiny in Russia over the weekend.
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South African priest converts to Islam after 'series of dreams', performs first Hajj pilgrimage
Jun 28, 2023 12:07Ibrahim Richmond, a former Christian priest from South Africa, who recently converted to Islam following a series of dreams and led thousands of his followers to embrace the religion, has performed his first Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
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India firm used toxic industrial-grade material in syrup: Sources
Jun 28, 2023 11:46The Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last year had poisoned 19 children used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient rather than the legitimate pharmaceutical version, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
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Muslim pilgrims mark day of Arafah, a high point of Hajj on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia
Jun 28, 2023 11:38Muslim pilgrims have converged on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia marking the day of Arafah, as part of the annual hajj ritual.
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NATO chief cautions members not to underestimate Russia's military might
Jun 28, 2023 11:00NATO member states should not underestimate the Russian military power, despite the short-lived mutiny against it by the Wagner group, said the chief of the US-led military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, while pointing out that it has increased its readiness to confront Russia in recent days.
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US Congress pushes Biden to send cluster bombs to Ukraine
Jun 28, 2023 10:56A bipartisan panel of US lawmakers is urging Joe Biden's administration to send mass-destructive cluster munitions to Ukraine, in a move that could help Kiev inflict heavy casualties on Russia forces and raise serious human rights issues.
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Trump refused US military's decades-long push to attack Iran: Ex-CIA agent
Jun 28, 2023 10:20Former US president Donald Trump had resisted pressure from his top advisers in Washington to wage military action against Iran, a former CIA agent and State Department official has unveiled following recent media release of a tape recording of Trump talking about top-secret document regarding the plot.