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North Korea pledges to ‘powerfully support and assist’ Russian army until victory in Ukraine

By Anadolu Agency North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui pledged on Friday that her country would “powerfully support and assist the Russian army” until its victory in Ukraine. Meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Choe, who arrived in Russia on Wednesday to hold “strategic consultations,” said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un voiced strong

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CIA spy chief meets Somali corrupt president

A photograph appears on the internet CIA Director William J. Burns made a secret visit to Mogadishu on Thursday, emphasizing the U.S. heightened focus on the Horn of Africa as regional rivalries intensify in his meeting with Somali corrupt president Hassan Sheikh, spy chief discussed boosting intelligence collaboration, enhancing counter-terrorism strategies and addressing the geopolitical

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Spanish floods kill 95 as year of rain falls in a day in Valencia

A river flows under a partially collapsed bridge affected by torrential rains that caused flooding in the town of Carlet, Valencia region, Spain, October 30, 2024. Photographer Eva Manez By Reuters At least 95 people have been killed in possibly the deadliest flooding to hit Spain in its modern history after torrential rain battered the

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UN Security Council voted to begin a two-year withdrawal

File Photo/Somali Times The UN Security Council has voted to begin a two-year withdrawal of its political mission in Somalia, which has been in the East African country for more than a decade. Read: Former Somalia President Farmajo revealed the cause of Hassan Sheikh’s failure Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Read:

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Harris faces Gaza protest during Ellipse speech

By Anadolu Agency US Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, campaigning in Washington, D.C., faced protests from hundreds of people expressing disapproval of her administration’s Gaza policy. With just one week until the presidential election on Nov. 5, Harris held a rally at the Ellipse in the capital, the same site where former President

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World Insights: Anomalies grip final stretch of U.S. election

People at the U.S. presidential debate media filing center watch a live broadcast of the first presidential debate between U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia, the United States, on Sept. 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Rui) By Xinhua News Agency A wave of chaos has surfaced ahead of what some political

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UK anti-Islam activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ jailed for breaching injunction

Anti-immigration activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, gestures before arriving at Folkestone Police Station in Folkestone, Britain, October 25, 2024. Photographer Chris J Ratcliffe/File Photo By Reuters British anti-Muslim activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known by the pseudonym Tommy Robinson, on Monday was jailed for 18 months after he admitted contempt of court by breaching an

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Iran doesn’t seek war with Israel but will defend its people, says president

By Anadolu Agency Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced Sunday that his country does not seek war but will defend its people and respond in a “proportionate” manner to the latest Israeli attack. “We do not seek war, but we will defend our country and the rights of our people. We will give a proportionate response

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Putin says Moscow will respond if West helps Ukraine to strike deep into Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin reacts during a press conference at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 24, 2024. Maksim Bogodvid/BRICS-RUSSIA2024.RU Host Photo Agency via Reuters/File Photo By Reuters President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia’s defence ministry was working on different ways to respond if the United States and its NATO allies help

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Tehran says Israeli fighter jets used US-controlled airspace over Iraq to attack Iran as death toll rises to 4

A view of fighter jet being prepared ahead of Israeli army’s attack on Iran, on October 26, 2024 in Israel By Anadolu Agency The Iranian armed forces announced an increase in the death toll from two to four soldiers in the Israeli overnight airstrike, adding that Israeli fighter jets used US-controlled airspace over Iraq to

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