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Qatar, Germany Support Possible Agreement with Iran in Vienna Talks Framework
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz in Doha, emphasizing the importance of supporting the efforts to reach an agreement with Iran in the framework of the Vienna Talks. According to media outlets, Hamad Al Thani said that reaching an agreement with Iran will maintain security and stability in the region. Regarding the global energy crisis, he said that Qatar has been planning for ...
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Xi Jinping urges China's armed forces to focus on prepping for wars
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged China's military to focus attention on gearing up for military action. 'It is imperative to conscientiously summarize and apply successful experience in reforms, to master new situations and [understand] the requirements of the tasks, to focus on preparing for wars, and to have the courage to explore and innovate,' Xinhua News Agency quoted the Chinese leader as saying at a conference on national defense and military ...
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Shooting Breaks out Between Tajik, Kyrgyz Border Guards
Shooting broke out between patrol guards on the border between Kyrgystan and Tajikstan on Wednesday, according to Russian news agencies, citing the Kyrgyz border service. Although recent years have witnessed some back and forth on the border between the two countries, with the latest incident following a round of fighting on Tuesday between two other former Soviet states, Azerbaijan and Armenia. The recent clashes between the two have been the most lethal ...
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China, Russia Building 'More Just' World Order: Beijing
While the Chinese President and his Russian counterpart prepare to meet this week, a top Chinese official stated that China is eager to alter the international order in a 'more just and rational path.' China and Russia have grown closer in recent years as part of a 'no limits' alliance that serves as a counterweight to the United States' global supremacy and hegemony. 'Under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and ...
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North Korea Passes Law Allowing it to Conduct Preventive Nuclear Strikes
North Korea has passed a law, declaring itself a nuclear weapons state and enshrining the right to use preemptive nuclear strikes to protect itself. The Supreme People's Assembly, the North's legislature, lent its blessing to the law on Thursday, legislating the country's status as a nuclear weapons state, the official news agency KCNA reported on Friday. The law determines the occasions on which the country is supposed to deploy its nuclear weapons, ...
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65 Killed after 6.8-Magnitude Quake Hits China's Sichuan
A total of 65 people have been killed in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luding County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, local authorities said Tuesday, according to Xinhua. Thirty-seven people were killed in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and the other 28 died in Shimian County of Ya'an City. As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, 12 people were missing and 170 were found injured in Ganzi, including 56 seriously injured. A total ...
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Pro-Taliban Cleric among 18 Dead in Afghanistan Mosque Blast
A blast outside a mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 18 people including a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric in what authorities said was an attack. '18 have been killed and 23 have been injured,' spokesman for the interior ministry Abdul Nafi Takor told Reuters. Herat's police spokesman Mahmood Rasoli said that Mujib Rahman Ansari the pro-Taliban cleric was among the dead along with ...
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‘Return Money Stolen from Afghans’: Russia Tells US to Pay for Its 20-year Occupation
Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya called on his US counterpart Linda Thomas-Greenfield to return the money stolen from the Afghan people, instead of trying to make others pay for someone else’s bills during the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan. Thomas-Greenfield claimed during the meeting that Russia allegedly contributes too little to funding the restoration of Afghanistan. 'From the long-winded speculations of our US colleagues, this could be perceived ...
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