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US luring ‘variety’ of nations to join AUKUS in defiance of Russia, China warnings
Jun 27, 2023 09:46Senior US officials say they are in talks with a “variety” of countries about possibly adding them to the second phase of the Indo-Pacific AUKUS security pact, amid escalating tensions between world powers.
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Russia says preparing to transfer Wagner hardware to army’s possession
Jun 27, 2023 09:07Russia says it was preparing to hand over military hardware belonging to the Wagner Group to the country’s regular army after the brief mutiny staged by the private military company over the weekend.
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UN expert: US treatment of Guantanamo prison inmates inhuman and degrading, Washington must apologize
Jun 27, 2023 05:27A United Nations expert has slammed the treatment of inmates at the Guantanamo Bay prison by the United States government as inhuman and degrading, calling on Washington to apologize and provide reparations.
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Blinken upholds Biden’s calling Xi ‘dictator’; Beijing slams label as ‘extremely absurd’
Jun 26, 2023 10:29US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has upheld the American president’s recent labeling of his Chinese counterpart as a “dictator,” which Beijing slammed as “extremely absurd.”
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US needs to ‘fundamentally change’ its behavior toward Iran: FM spox
Jun 26, 2023 07:54Iran has underlined the need for the United States to “fundamentally change” its hostile behavior toward the Islamic Republic as a prelude to any alternation in Tehran’s policy regarding Washington.
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N Koreans hold anti-US rally, vow revenge marking Korea war Anniv.
Jun 26, 2023 04:42Nearly 120,000 mostly young North Koreans have taken part in mass rallies held in capital Pyongyang censuring US “imperialism” and vowing a “war of revenge” against it while marking the 73rd anniversary of the Korean War.
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'Six Muslim nations bombed': Minister calls out Obama’s hypocrisy on Indian minorities
Jun 26, 2023 04:36A senior Indian official has called out the hypocrisy of former US President Barack Obama’s remarks about the condition of Muslim minorities in India, pointing out that the United States bombed six Muslim nations when he was in office.
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Top US general calls off planned trip to Israel, Jordan in wake of Russia's Wagner affair
Jun 25, 2023 11:32Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, has canceled his planned trip to Israel in the wake of an abrupt armed mutiny by the Wagner private military group against the Russian leadership and his government.
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Beijing condemns US sanctions of Chinese firms over fentanyl
Jun 25, 2023 04:55China has condemned the United States for sanctioning several Chinese firms and individuals for allegedly trafficking chemicals used for the manufacturing of fentanyl, calling their arrests "arbitrary detention."
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Key US think tank pushes firmer anti-China policy over Taiwan
Jun 25, 2023 04:01A major US foreign policy think tank has called for stronger American measures against China over the self-ruled island of Taiwan, advocating closer military, diplomatic and economic ties with Chinese Taipei in face of Beijing’s insistence on reunification.