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International
3/20/2023 10:17:41 AM
Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit China next week, in what a spokesman called a bid to ease tensions between the self-ruled island and the mainland.
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World
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Africa
3/18/2023 8:29:53 PM
Millions of Nigerians voted Saturday to elect state governors but faced intimidation and violence in some cities amid heightened tensions following a disputed presidential election in Africa's most populous nation last month.
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World
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Africa
3/18/2023 11:10:42 AM
Millions of Nigerians are headed back to the polls Saturday as Africa's most populous nation holds gubernatorial elections amid tensions after last month's disputed presidential vote.
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World
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International
3/18/2023 10:51:52 AM
Western officials are hoping for progress this weekend in EU-mediated talks between Serbia and Kosovo's leaders, in a new attempt to ease decades of tensions between the Balkan wartime foes and solve one of Europe's longest-standing disputes.
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World
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Region
3/16/2023 12:47:36 PM
The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a US Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea.
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International
3/16/2023 11:36:25 AM
France’s standoff over a bill raising the retirement age heads toward a climax Thursday, either via a parliamentary vote or through a special presidential move to force it through the legislature.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/15/2023 12:54:37 PM
Kyiv accused Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Wednesday of trying to widen the conflict in Ukraine after Washington said Russian fighter jets intercepted a US drone over the Black Sea, causing it to crash.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/11/2023 7:43:07 PM
The Egyptian presidency said in a statement on Saturday that the Saudi-Iranian deal to resume diplomatic ties is an “important step" to remove points of tensions in the region, while expressing hope that Tehran would "pursue a policy that takes into account the legitimate concerns of the countries of the region."
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World
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Region
3/10/2023 7:02:00 PM
Iran and Saudi Arabia on Friday agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after years of tensions between the two countries in a deal that was brokered by China; Iraq hailed the deal, Israelis sounded the alarms and the US welcomed it cautiously.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/10/2023 6:56:57 PM
Egypt is following with interest the recent agreement to resume diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran and hopes "it will ease tensions and achieve the aspirations of the peoples in the region," according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday.
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World
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International
3/9/2023 3:03:37 PM
The United States and China, already at loggerheads over multiple issues from Taiwan to semi-conductors, have seen relations nosedive since Washington shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that overflew the US.
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World
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International
3/7/2023 3:34:20 PM
China lashed out at the United States on Tuesday, with the foreign minister accusing Washington of stoking tensions between the two powers and warning of "conflict and confrontation".
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World
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Region
3/4/2023 7:56:49 PM
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said Friday, that "the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is a tragedy above all for the Palestinian people and for the violence to end, the occupation must end, referring to a one of the deadliest weeks in the West Bank.
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World
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Region
3/2/2023 2:28:36 PM
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke briefly Thursday at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations in the first high-level meeting in months between the two countries.
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World
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International
3/1/2023 2:59:44 PM
Fractured East-West relations over Russia’s war in Ukraine and increasing concerns about China’s global aspirations are set to dominate what is expected to be a highly contentious meeting of foreign ministers from the world’s largest industrialized and developing nations this week in India.
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World
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Africa
2/28/2023 12:23:41 PM
Tensions rose Monday during the counting of Nigeria's hotly contested presidential election when representatives from the parties of the two main opposition candidates walked out in anger from the center where state-by-state results were being announced.
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World
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International
2/24/2023 1:37:35 PM
Fresh from a meeting with China’s top diplomat and a UN Security Council session on Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Central and South Asia next week for international talks that will put him in the same room as his Chinese and Russian counterparts.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/23/2023 3:56:12 PM
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Cleverly has affirmed the UK’s commitment to work with international and regional partners, especially Egypt, in order to contain the current tensions between the Israeli and Palestinian sides and encourage them to return to the peace talks.
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World
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Region
2/22/2023 2:36:09 PM
Iran's top diplomat Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held talks with neighbouring ally Iraq Wednesday to discuss stalled talks with Saudi Arabia to ease regional tensions, as well as on border security.
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World
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International
2/22/2023 11:54:25 AM
China on Wednesday sharply criticized a visit to Taiwan by a senior Pentagon official and reaffirmed it has sanctioned Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying military equipment to the self-governing island democracy.
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