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War in Ukraine
2/24/2025 6:37:11 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron held "very friendly" talks with Donald Trump at the White House Monday, as European leaders look to shore up a transatlantic alliance upended by the US president's outreach to Russia over the conflict in Ukraine.
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Africa
2/24/2025 6:36:18 PM
More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's prime minister said Monday.
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War in Ukraine
2/24/2025 10:01:06 AM
Defying Kyiv and its European allies, Washington plans on Monday to submit to the UN Security Council and General Assembly a draft text that calls for a "swift end" to the Ukraine conflict but makes no reference to its territorial integrity, in an early test of Donald Trump's muscular approach to the crisis.
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Region
2/23/2025 10:34:45 PM
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun told a visiting Iranian delegation on Sunday that the war-scarred country was "tired" of external conflicts playing out on its territory.
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War in Ukraine
2/22/2025 7:12:37 PM
Preparations are underway for a face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Saturday, marking a clear departure from Western efforts to isolate Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
2/22/2025 5:53:41 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is "not ready" to sign a minerals deal with the United States, a source told AFP on Saturday, raising questions about Washington's demands as a rift between the two countries deepened.
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Africa
2/21/2025 3:55:35 PM
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday he would invite Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky soon to discuss an "inclusive peace process" to end a conflict sparked by Russia's 2022 invasion.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/19/2025 11:28:11 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi commended Wednesday the historic Spanish stance in support of the Palestinian cause, affirming Egypt’s commitment to continue working with Spain to reach a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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Region
2/19/2025 9:41:53 PM
Two-thirds of Syrians risk being wounded or killed by unexploded ordnance remaining after Syria's almost 14-year civil war, the Humanity and Inclusion non-governmental organisation said Wednesday.
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Africa
2/19/2025 9:00:19 PM
Countries bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sought to shore up defences on Wednesday as violence spreads through the region, with Burundi forced to pull back troops and Uganda securing a key city.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/19/2025 6:51:27 PM
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections,” lashing out after the Ukrainian president said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation as he moves to end the Kremlin's war against Ukraine on terms that Kyiv says are too favourable to Moscow.
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War in Ukraine
2/19/2025 3:30:07 PM
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday praised US President Donald Trump for blaming the Ukraine conflict on moves to admit Kyiv into the NATO military alliance.
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War in Ukraine
2/18/2025 2:42:47 PM
Russia told the United States on Tuesday that settling the war in Ukraine required a reorganisation of Europe's defence agreements, as the superpowers met in Saudi Arabia without Kyiv or the EU.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/18/2025 12:58:34 PM
The top diplomats from Russia and the U.S. met Tuesday in Saudi Arabia to discuss improving ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. The talks represented a rapid and major change in American foreign policy under President Donald Trump.
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Region
2/18/2025 10:41:11 AM
Security forces in Syria said on Monday that they arrested three people involved in the execution of hundreds of civilians by government forces in Damascus in 2013, two years after the country’s 13-year civil war began.
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World
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Africa
2/17/2025 9:28:45 PM
Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo whose residents appeared resigned to their fate under the new rulers.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/17/2025 6:47:18 PM
Senior American and Russian officials, including the countries’ top diplomats, will hold talks on improving their ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, officials said Monday, in what would be the most significant meeting between the sides since Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbour nearly three years ago.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/16/2025 5:07:03 PM
President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder said Sunday he is looking forward to the Egyptian-Arab proposal on Gaza, stressing that peace is the only hope for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that shall prevail through the two-state solution.
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World
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Africa
2/15/2025 8:05:16 PM
Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/15/2025 7:10:40 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he blocked a Donald Trump-led deal that would give the US access to vast amounts of Ukrainian natural resources as it lacked "security guarantees" for Kyiv and "does not protect us".
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