World
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Africa
6/30/2022 10:50:40 AM
Regional leaders voiced alarm Wednesday over escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan in a disputed border area and appealed for dialogue to stem the crisis.
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World
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International
6/29/2022 1:30:29 PM
Tensions were high Wednesday in the western Indian city of Udaipur, a day after police arrested two Muslim men accused of slitting a Hindu tailor's throat and posting a video of it on social media, in a brutal attack representing a dramatic escalation of communal violence in a country riven by deep religious polarization.
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World
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Africa
6/29/2022 1:20:09 PM
The head of the African Union Commission voiced concern on Wednesday over "escalating military tension" between Ethiopia and Sudan, calling for restraint and dialogue.
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World
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International
6/24/2022 5:53:43 PM
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell was headed to Tehran on Friday for a surprise visit that could breathe new life into stalled talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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World
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International
6/24/2022 12:28:58 PM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doubled down on his nuclear arms buildup to overwhelm ``hostile forces'' at a key meeting where military leaders approved unspecified new operational duties for frontline army units.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
6/23/2022 12:58:57 PM
Three consecutive summits over the next week will test Western resolve to support Ukraine and the extent of international unity as rising geopolitical tensions and economic pain cast an increasingly long shadow.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
6/22/2022 9:48:49 PM
New tensions between Moscow and the West are rising after Lithuania decided to halt the transport of some goods through its territory to the Russian region of Kaliningrad as part of European Union sanctions on the Kremlin.
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World
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International
6/21/2022 1:46:09 PM
South Korea successfully launched its first homegrown space rocket on Tuesday, officials said, a triumph that boosted the country's growing space ambitions but also proved it has key technologies to build a space-based surveillance system and bigger missiles amid animosities with rival North Korea.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
6/16/2022 10:13:09 PM
Russian energy giant Gazprom on Thursday defended gas cuts to Europe as prices soared and tensions raged between Russia and the West over Ukraine.
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World
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Region
6/16/2022 5:18:40 PM
The defense ministers of Greece and Turkey met Thursday on the sidelines of a NATO meeting amid renewed tensions between the neighboring countries and allies, Turkey's defense ministry said.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
6/15/2022 7:00:21 PM
Russia's Gazprom told Eni it would cut its gas supply by around 15 percent for Wednesday, the Italian energy giant said, amid tensions between Moscow and the West following its invasion of Ukraine.
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World
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Region
6/15/2022 2:48:57 PM
Israel marked a major escalation in its years-long campaign of airstrikes in Syria, carrying out an attack last week that shut down the country's main civilian airport in Damascus as Israel steps up efforts to stop Iranian weapons shipments to Hezbollah.
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World
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Region
6/15/2022 2:47:32 PM
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to reassure his compatriots late Tuesday that despite strong rhetoric from Turkey, relations are not at the low of 2020 when the neighbors' warships were shadowing each other in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
6/15/2022 9:33:00 AM
Escalating tensions towards Tehran are rendering the Vienna talks obsolete. It is not yet clear if Israel will bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, risking regional war
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World
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Region
6/14/2022 10:52:41 AM
The US envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border met Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Tuesday in Beirut, the president's office said . The talks focused on ways of reaching a solution amid rising tensions along the tense boundary.
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World
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International
6/13/2022 12:12:40 PM
The number of nuclear weapons in the world is set to rise in the coming decade after 35 years of decline as global tensions flare amid Russia's war in Ukraine, researchers said Monday.
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World
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Region
6/13/2022 9:50:37 AM
Two members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard's aerospace division died as ``martyrs'' in Iran in separate incidents over the weekend, Iranian media reported on Monday. The term is typically a designation given to those on important assignments.
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World
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International
6/12/2022 10:51:36 AM
China will "fight to the very end" to stop Taiwanese independence, the country's defence minister vowed Sunday, stoking already soaring tensions with the United States over the island.
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World
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International
6/8/2022 10:07:56 PM
China and Russia took aim at the United States during a landmark UN General Assembly session on Wednesday, accusing Washington of stoking tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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World
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International
6/7/2022 12:52:05 PM
The South Korean and U.S. militaries flew 20 fighter jets over waters off South Korea's western coast Tuesday in a continued show of force as a senior U.S. official warned of a forceful response if North Korea goes ahead with its first nuclear test explosion in nearly five years.
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