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Turkey: Finland, Sweden must amend laws if needed to meet NATO demands
May 31, 2022 12:24The Turkish foreign minister says Finland and Sweden must amend their laws if needed to meet Turkey's demands and win Ankara's backing for their NATO membership bid, doubling down on a threat to veto the expansion of the US-led military alliance so long as the two Nordic states failed to stop supporting terrorist groups.
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Russia takes control of half of key city in east Ukraine
May 31, 2022 09:47Russian forces have taken partial control over a key industrial city in eastern Ukraine, as they continue an unrelenting push deeper into the Donbass region.
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Iran: IAEA’s latest report unfair, does not reflect truth
May 31, 2022 08:43Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s latest report on the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium is not fair and does not reflect the truth about the talks between Iran and the agency.
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Germany agrees on $107bn fund to modernize military amid Russia 'threat'
May 31, 2022 06:36Germany’s coalition government and the main opposition party have reached an agreement on a €100 billion ($107 billion) boost to the country's military budget on Sunday, despite the country grappling with record inflation.
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Ukraine shelling kills 6 civilians, injures 14 in central Donetsk: Press TV correspondent
May 31, 2022 04:04Six civilians have been killed and 14 others injured as Ukrainian forces continue shelling the central Donetsk region in the east of the country, Press TV correspondent says.
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Biden says US won’t give Ukraine rocket systems capable of reaching Russia
May 31, 2022 02:43US President Joe Biden says the United States will not provide Ukraine with rocket systems capable of reaching Russia.
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Liberation of Donbas ‘unconditional priority’ for Moscow, says FM Lavrov
May 30, 2022 09:07Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called the liberation of Ukraine's breakaway Donbas region an “unconditional priority” for Moscow, while other Ukrainian territories should decide their future.
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Russia says US sparks off food crisis in Ukraine by depriving it of grain reserves
May 29, 2022 10:52Russia says the United States is provoking a food crisis in Ukraine by depriving the ex-Soviet country of its grain reserves.
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Russian gas embargo ‘poison’ for German society, says minister
May 29, 2022 02:50German Labor Minister Hubertus Heil has warned the country against an embargo of Russian natural gas, saying the move would seriously impact the economy and its laborers.
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Ukraine negotiator: Agreement with Russia cannot be trusted, It can only be stopped by force
May 29, 2022 02:42Ukraine’s chief negotiator in peace talks with Russia says there is no use in seeking out an agreement with Moscow, which has been conducting a military operation in the ex-Soviet republic, saying it can only be stopped by force.