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Russia praises India’s neutral stance on Ukraine fighting

In this photo provided by Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar’s Twitter handle, Jaishankar and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov sit for a meeting in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 1, 2022. (Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar’s Twitter handle via AP) By Associated Press Russia’s foreign minister lauded India for not judging in a “one-sided way”

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N.Korea may be preparing new nuclear tests to improve arsenal, U.S. and allies say

A satellite image shows new buildings in the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, Kilju County, North Hamgyong province, North Korea, March 24, 2022. Picture taken March 24, 2022. Satellite image 2022 Maxar Technologies/Handout via Reuters By Reuters There are increasing signs that North Korea could soon test a nuclear weapon for the first time since 2017

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13 Chinese jets enter Taiwan’s air defense zone amid US-Philippines drills

Credit: Twitter MoNDefense By Anadolu Agency Taiwanese Defense Ministry says jets flew near Luzon island where 9,000 US-Philippines troops are conducting joint drills Taiwan on Thursday said 13 Chinese jets entered its air defense identification zone (ADIZ), flying near a location where the US and the Philippines are conducting joint military exercises. Six J-16s, four

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Kenya’s top court to issue final ruling on president’s constitutional changes

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta gives a statement on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination, during a European Union – African Union summit, in Brussels, Belgium February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool/File Photo By Reuters Kenya’s Supreme Court is scheduled on Thursday to rule on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s bid to make sweeping constitutional changes, which critics have seized

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Britain is not seeking to remove Russia’s Putin – PM Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly question time debate in Parliament in London, Britain March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville By Reuters Britain is not aiming for regime change in Russia or to remove President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, saying the goal was to

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US Ambassador to Somalia says, US respects the territorial integrity of Somalia since the 1960s

File Photo Somali Times/US Ambassador to Somalia Larry Andre US Ambassador to Somalia Larry Andre says his country respects the territorial integrity of Somalia since the 1960s. In an interview with outlet media, Andre said the United States was committed to dealing with the Somaliland administration while protecting Somalia’s politics. Outlet media asked about the

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Ukraine’s president calls Istanbul peace talks ‘positive’

By Anadolu Agency Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that the latest round of peace talks with Russia in Istanbul, Turkiye could be called “positive,” but “the enemy is still on our territory.” “The signals we hear from the negotiating platform can be called positive,” Zelenskyy said on his Telegram account. “But these signals do

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Kenya’s Indian Ocean oil dream fades as test drilling gives negative results

By The East African Mlima-1, the well in the Lamu Basin, off Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast recently touted as the country’s first offshore oil strike, is commercially unviable. Results of the exploration released by Italian energy group Eni, show that the well proved nonviable and was to be “plugged” and “abandoned,” after it failed to

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Russia has achieved main initial goals in Ukraine: Defense chief

By Anadolu Agency Russia said on Tuesday that it had achieved its main goals for the first stage of its “special military operation” in Ukraine. “The combat potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been significantly reduced, which allows us to focus our main attention and efforts on achieving the main goal — the liberation

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Somalia seizes illegal fishing boats off the coast Bari region

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia, officials say it has seized foreign boats, which were fishing illegally off the coast of Bari region. The capture of the boat came after the Puntland Maritime Police Force conducted an operation off the coast of the Hafun district in the Bari region, according to a statement from the Somali officials.

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