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UK faith leaders condemn Nationality and Borders Bill, warn it will criminalize refugees
Feb 28, 2022 09:56More than a thousand faith leaders in the UK, representing six major religions, have condemned the Tory government's anti-refugee bill, warning that it will criminalize Ukrainian refugees amid rising tensions over Russia's military operation in the former Soviet republic.
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Syria censures US-led smear campaign against Russia to maintain global hegemony
Feb 28, 2022 09:10Syria has strongly condemned the smear campaign of Western countries, in particular the United States, against Russia, saying they are distorting facts, exacerbating the situation, and aggravating the crisis in order to maintain their hegemony over the world.
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Assad’s adviser: West left Russia with no choice, Russia entitled to launch deterrent military operation in Ukraine
Feb 28, 2022 05:15An adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stressed that Western countries left Russia with no choice other than to launch a military operation in Ukraine as they failed to honor their commitments and the US-led NATO kept expanding eastward.
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GOP hawk urges US to sanction 'all Russian financial institutions'
Feb 28, 2022 04:42Republican Senator Tom Cotton, a US foreign policy hawk, has urged the United States to impose sanctions on “all Russian financial institutions,” in response to Moscow’s military actions in Ukraine.
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US asks Americans to consider leaving Russia immediately
Feb 28, 2022 04:33The US State Department has advised American citizens to consider leaving Russia immediately after Russian President Vladimir Putin put the country’s nuclear deterrence forces on “high alert.”
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Schumer: Biden administration to push Congress for $6.4 billion in aid to Ukraine
Feb 28, 2022 04:25Democratic US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Biden administration will ask Congress for more than $6 billion dollars in economic and military aid to help Ukraine fight against Russia.
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Officials weigh plans for evacuation of Iranians from Ukraine via Romania
Feb 28, 2022 03:33Diplomats from Iran and Romania at a meeting in Tehran discussed ways to help Iranian citizens leave crisis-hit Ukraine through the Romanian territories.
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Iran supports diplomatic efforts aimed at peaceful settlement of Ukraine conflict: President Raeisi
Feb 28, 2022 02:55Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the Islamic Republic welcomes any diplomatic effort aimed at peaceful settlement of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
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Biden claims alternative to huge anti-Russia sanctions is World War III
Feb 27, 2022 13:12US President Joe Biden has tried to justify massive – though yet ineffective – Western sanctions against Russia over its military operation in Ukraine, by claiming that the only other alternative would be to start a “Third World War.”
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Ukraine pres. says no to talks with Russia in Belarus, agrees to talks ‘without preconditions’ on Belarusian border
Feb 27, 2022 12:28Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has agreed to talks on the Belarusian border “without preconditions” after initially rejecting Russia’s offer of negotiations in Belarus due to what it called Minsk’s impartiality in the military conflict.