World
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Region
2/3/2022 9:50:46 PM
European Union interior ministers on Thursday agreed to create a new decision-making body amid efforts to beef up the 27-nation bloc's borders, and to kick-start desperately needed reforms to the EU's malfunctioning asylum system on a step-by-step basis.
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World
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International
1/31/2022 7:05:30 PM
The United States and Russia squared off Monday in the UN Security Council, where Moscow lost an attempt to block a public meeting on Moscow's troop buildup near Ukraine's borders and Western fears of an invasion
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World
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Region
1/23/2022 10:12:16 PM
Workers in war-wrecked Yemen recovered five more bodies from the rubble of a prison facility hit by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike, bringing the death toll to at least 87, an international aid group said Sunday.
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World
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Region
1/16/2022 6:15:08 PM
Baghdad has repatriated almost 4,000 of its citizens stuck on the Belarus borders with European Union members Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia in recent weeks, Iraq's foreign minister said Sunday.
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World
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Region
1/8/2022 10:36:11 PM
Three Turkish soldiers were killed in southeastern Turkey on Saturday when a bomb exploded on the border with Syria, the Turkish defence ministry said.
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World
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International
12/31/2021 12:57:39 PM
Olaf Scholz firmly backed Ukraine by underlining the "inviolability of borders" in his first New Year's speech as German chancellor on Friday, amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion.
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World
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Region
12/26/2021 4:13:10 PM
Iran on Saturday announced the decision to close its land borders with neighboring countries for 15 days to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 variant of Omicron.
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World
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Africa
12/20/2021 9:17:35 PM
The leader of Tigray forces in Ethiopia says its fighters outside of the region have been ordered to withdraw and return to the embattled federal state.
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World
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International
12/16/2021 8:09:24 PM
There are currently 488 media professionals imprisoned around the world, the highest number since Reporters Without Borders began counting more than 25 years ago, the NGO announced Thursday.
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World
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International
12/14/2021 12:34:15 PM
Russia said Tuesday it was monitoring a French warship near its borders in the Black Sea, as tension soars between Moscow and the West over Ukraine.
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World
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International
12/4/2021 5:51:31 PM
Russia criticised the West on Saturday for imposing fresh sanctions against Belarus over accusations the former Soviet nation has stoked a migration crisis on its borders with EU countries.
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World
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International
12/3/2021 5:58:40 PM
Ukraine's defense minister estimated Friday that Russia has amassed more than 94,000 troops near their borders and said there is a probability of a ``large-scale escalation'' in late January.
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World
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Region
12/2/2021 12:17:29 PM
Moroccan tourism operators are facing potential ruin after the country abruptly shut its borders over the Omicron variant of Covid, the latest blow to an industry battered by the nearly two-year pandemic.
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World
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International
12/1/2021 5:57:51 PM
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow would seek Western guarantees precluding any further NATO expansion and deployment of its weapons near his country's borders, a stern demand that comes amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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World
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International
11/29/2021 11:08:54 AM
As cases of a new coronavirus variant are confirmed around the world, Japan announced Monday that it will suspend entry of all foreign visitors, joining an increasing number of countries that are tightening their borders as fear spreads of yet another extension of pandemic suffering.
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World
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International
11/23/2021 1:05:55 PM
Ibrahim Rasool loved his job as a referee because of sportsmanship and fair play. But the 33-year-old from Afghanistan says there's nothing fair about the way the European Union treats people flocking to its borders in search of a better life.
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World
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International
11/17/2021 7:58:36 PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday it would be a "tragic mistake" for Russia to embark on "military adventurism" on the borders of Poland and Ukraine, amid escalating regional tensions.
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World
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International
11/14/2021 4:04:29 PM
Poland, Lithuania and Latvia are considering asking NATO to hold emergency talks as they struggle to manage a tense migration standoff on their borders with Belarus, the Polish prime minister said Sunday.
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World
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International
11/13/2021 11:04:09 AM
A roadside bomb exploded in a tribal district that borders Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two police, authorities said.
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Egypt
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Defence
11/8/2021 7:10:33 PM
The Military Joint Committee between Egypt and Israel agreed to increase the number of Egyptian border guards at the Rafah border area with Israel, the Egyptian Armed Forces announced on Monday.
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