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4/11/2023 6:57:00 PM
A UN spokesperson said late on Monday that talks between Saudi and Omani delegations and Houthi rebels in Yemen's capital Sana'a over the weekend were "a welcome step towards the de-escalation of tensions."
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4/11/2023 12:02:49 PM
China has wrapped up three days of military drills around Taiwan, its largest since August, in a show of force it described as a rehearsal to "seal off" the self-ruled island.
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4/11/2023 12:12:21 AM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Vietnam this week in the latest bid to build relations with a growing US partner as tensions flare with China over Taiwan, the State Department said Monday.
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4/10/2023 11:09:09 AM
Israeli warplanes and artillery struck targets in Syria as tensions reached a peak Sunday at a volatile Jerusalem shrine with simultaneous religious rituals.
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4/9/2023 5:38:06 PM
Pope Francis underlined his "deep concern" over a flare-up in tensions between Israel and Palestinians, as he led Easter Mass on Sunday.
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4/9/2023 2:54:45 PM
Israeli warplanes and artillery struck targets in Syria following rare rocket fire from the northeastern neighbor, as Arab-Israeli tensions reached a peak Sunday at a volatile Al-Aqsa Mosque compound with simultaneous religious rituals.
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4/8/2023 12:23:28 PM
The U.S. Navy has deployed a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East, a spokesman said Saturday, in what appeared to be a show of force toward Iran following recent tensions.
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4/7/2023 4:44:03 PM
Russia on Friday called on Israel, the Palestinians, and Lebanon to end the "escalation" of violence, saying it was "deeply" concerned.
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4/5/2023 5:50:00 PM
French unions on Wednesday said last-ditch talks with the prime minister to ease tensions over a divisive pension reform were a "failure" and called for record turnout at protest rallies the next day.
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4/5/2023 11:48:24 AM
Suspected Israeli airstrikes in Syria in recent weeks have killed two Iranian military advisers, temporarily put the country’s two largest airports out of service, and raised fears of regional escalation.
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4/4/2023 7:15:56 PM
NATO members Turkey and Greece can resolve their disputes through peaceful means and dialogue, Turkey’s defense minister said after talks with his Greek counterpart Tuesday, in the latest sign of easing tensions between the rival neighbors.
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4/4/2023 4:23:20 PM
Germany has called for a Munich Group peace conference in Berlin in May on the current Palestine-Israel tensions with the participation of group members Egypt, Jordan, Germany and France, reported the Jordan Times on Tuesday.
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4/3/2023 12:25:56 PM
Russian tactical nuclear weapons will be deployed close to Belarus' borders with NATO neighbors, the Russian ambassador to Belarus said Sunday amid simmering tensions between Russia and the West over Moscow's war in Ukraine.
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3/31/2023 11:19:24 AM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday pledged enduring ties with Israel but warned against inflaming tensions with the Palestinians, following a rare public spat between the allies.
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3/29/2023 11:18:21 AM
More than three months of tensions culminating in a general strike prompted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pause controversial judicial reforms that had been a signature policy of his hard-right coalition.
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3/29/2023 11:14:19 AM
Israel's hard-right government and opposition parties were set for a second day of talks Wednesday on controversial judiciary reforms that sparked a general strike and mass protests in the country's most severe domestic crisis in years.
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3/29/2023 11:12:17 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rebuffed President Joe Biden's suggestion that the premier “walks away” from a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system, saying the country makes its own decisions.
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3/28/2023 11:06:23 AM
Israel’s political factions opposed to embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began setting up negotiating teams Tuesday after he paused a controversial judicial overhaul plan that had set off unprecedented street protests and a spiraling domestic crisis.
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3/27/2023 10:17:21 PM
The announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he intends to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus appears to be another attempt to raise the stakes in the conflict in Ukraine.
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3/27/2023 7:31:20 PM
The Louvre in Paris, the most visited museum in the world and home to the Mona Lisa, was shut to visitors all day Monday after workers striking over pension reforms blocked the entrance, AFP correspondents said.
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