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China says US must lift sanctions as condition for military talks
Jun 29, 2023 09:45Beijing says the Joe Biden administration needs to lift sanctions against China if it wants high level communications between the two world powers' armed forces.
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China: Guantanamo prison just tip of iceberg in US’ ‘deplorable’ record of rights violations
Jun 29, 2023 09:37China says the Guantanamo Bay detention camp is just the tip of the iceberg in human rights violations committed by the United States, weeks after the United Nations slammed Washington for inhumane treatment of prisoners at the notorious offshore military prison.
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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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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.
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Over $200 billion likely stolen from US COVID relief programs, watchdog says
Jun 28, 2023 05:10Over $200 billion from the US government's COVID-19 relief programs were likely stolen, a federal watchdog said on Tuesday, adding that the US Small Business Administration (SBA) had weakened its controls in a rush to disburse the funds.
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US creating obstacles to torpedo Yemen peace efforts: Head of Supreme Political Council
Jun 28, 2023 04:41The head of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council says the United States is sabotaging efforts aimed at establishing calm across the country, as representatives from warring parties as well as regional and international actors strive toward ending the war.
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Experts rebuke West's portrayal of weakened Putin as merely 'wishful thinking'
Jun 27, 2023 14:25EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell claims Russia may have entered an era of political instability and internal fragility following Vladimir Putin's brief standoff with the Wagner Group, but experts insist the West's portrayal of a weakened Putin is merely based on wishful thinking.
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US to pour another $500 million worth of weapons into Ukraine war
Jun 27, 2023 14:09The United States has planned to send a new shipment of weapons worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Ukraine.
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Putin hails military for saving Russia from 'civil war'
Jun 27, 2023 12:08President Vladimir Putin has lauded the swift and effective response of the Russian army and security forces during the recent armed mutiny by the Wagner paramilitary group, preventing the nation from plunging into “a civil war.”