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US senator presses for declassified report on Al Jazeera reporter’s killing
US Senator Chris Van Hollen called on Monday for declassifying a government report on the death of Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist who was shot and killed while covering an Israeli army raid last year.…
US defense secretary discusses upgrading ties with India to counter China
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday discussed upgrading partnership with India, a major arms buyer, and set a roadmap for cooperation for the next five years as both countries grapple with China’s economic rise and increased…
Turkish forces arrive in Kosovo to bolster NATO-led peacekeepers after recent violence
A Turkish commando battalion requested by NATO has arrived in Kosovo to assist in quelling recent violent unrest in the Balkan country.
The Turkish Defense Ministry shared a video on Sunday showing troops wearing the insignia of the…
Kuwait’s foreign minister and US Navy chief discuss security cooperation
Kuwaiti Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Brad Cooper, commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, met on Monday to discuss the relationship between their countries in the realm of naval security, and…
IAEA will ‘never politicize’ its work in Iran, Grossi says
The International Atomic Energy Agency will “never politicize” its work in Iran, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said on Monday, insisting after Israel’s prime minister accused it of capitulating to Iranian pressure that his agency has…
Nepali guide rescues climber from Everest death zone
A Nepali guide abandoned his client’s Everest summit bid to rescue a Malaysian climber in a deadly mountaineering season that has seen at least twelve deaths.
Gelje Sherpa was guiding a Chinese client to the 8,849-meter (29,032-feet)…
Girls poisoned in attack on primary schools in Afghanistan
Dozens of girls in two primary schools have been poisoned in a targeted attack in Afghanistan, an education official has said.
77 students were hospitalized in two separate attacks in the north of the country.
Mohammad Rahmani, the…
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi calls on US audience to stand up for ‘modern India’
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi pressed his criticism of the country’s leadership in a speech Sunday, calling for Indians in the US and back home to stand up for democracy and the Indian constitution.
Gandhi, a sharp critic of…
Fighters opposed to government in Moscow have captured some Russian soldiers in Belgorod, near…
Fighters opposed to the government in Moscow say they have captured some Russian soldiers in Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine.
Belgorod’s top official replied to say he had agreed to meet the men’s captors if the soldiers were…
India’s railway ministry recommended that country’s top detective agency should…
India's railway ministry has recommended that the country's top detective agency should investigate the deadly crash that killed 275 people.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the decision but did not give more details.…