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Lavrov says Ukraine’s president made peace talks with Russia ‘criminal offense’

By Anadolu Agency Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made negotiations with Moscow a “criminal offense,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue conference in New Delhi, Lavrov said everybody is asking when is Russia ready to negotiate to end the war that began in February 2022, but nobody prompts

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What’s the interest of countries discussing Somalia support in Doha?

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia flag In a statement published on the website of the government of Qatar, it said that it will hold a meeting of the United States, Britain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Somalia, which will discuss how to support Somalia. In this preliminary meeting that took place in Washington DC, the

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China leads US in global competition for key emerging technology, study says

By Reuters China has a “stunning lead” in 37 out of 44 critical and emerging technologies as Western democracies lose a global competition for research output, a security think tank said on Thursday after tracking defence, space, energy and biotechnology. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) said its study showed that, in some fields, all

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British navy seizes Iran missiles, parts likely Yemen bound

In this photo from the U.S. Army, anti-tank missiles and medium-range ballistic missile components seized by the United Kingdom Royal Navy sit pier side at an undisclosed location in the Middle East on Feb. 26, 2023. The British navy seized anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missile assemblies during a raid on a small boat

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US increases military support for Somalia against Al-Shabab

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia flag By The Associated Press The United States is increasing its military assistance to Somalia as the country sees success in battling what the U.S. calls “the largest and most deadly al-Qaida network in the world.” Sixty-one tons of weapons and ammunition arrived Tuesday in Mogadishu, the U.S. said in a

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Death toll of train collision in northern Greece climbs to 36

By Anadolu Agency The death toll from a collision between a passenger train and a cargo train in northern Greece has climbed to 36, with the search for survivors continuing, local media reported on Wednesday. According to Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, a fire department spokesman, rescue teams are looking for people trapped in the wreckage at the

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Bola Tinubu: From godfather of Lagos to Nigeria’s president-elect

Presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrives with his wife Oluremi Tinubu at a polling station before casting his ballot in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria February 25, 2023. Photographer James Oatway/File Photo/File Photo By Reuters For much of his political career, Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu has exerted power from behind the scenes, widely regarded as a “godfather”

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Rising food and gas costs push Kenya’s inflation up to 9.2pc

By Business Daily Africa Kenya’s inflation in February edged up for the first time in four months on renewed pressure on food and cooking gas prices, the statistics agency has reported. Inflation — a measure of the cost of living over the last 12 months— rose to 9.2 percent from 9.0 percent the month before,

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Anti-homosexuality law to be tabled tomorrow – Speaker Among

The Leader of Opposition in Parliament Mathias Mpuuga (L) and Speaker Anita Among during the joint ecumenical thanksgiving service at Parliament on February 28, 2023. By Daily Monitor Uganda has strict anti-gay legislation but there have been no prosecutions for consensual same-sex acts in the country in recent years. In 2014, the Constitution Court struck

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Algeria and Russia aim to boost military ties

Moscow has for decades been a major supplier of arms to Algeria, which has one of Africa’s most powerful armies. File/AFP By AFP The head of Algeria’s army has hosted Russia’s top security official to discuss boosting their military ties, the defence ministry in Algiers has said. General Said Chengriha said the Monday visit of

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