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US had intelligence of Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipelines: Report

By Anadolu Agency The US received intelligence that the Ukrainian military planned a hidden attack on the Nord Stream pipelines three months before it was damaged, according to a report by the Washington Post. The details of the plan were received by a European intelligence body and shared with the CIA last June. It outlines

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia to meet Crown Prince Mohammed

Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the 2023 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Summit, Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel) By The Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Tuesday in Saudi Arabia on a trip in which he plans to meet Crown

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Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of blowing up Kakhovka dam

By Anadolu Agency Explosions at the Kakhovka dam near Kherson, southern Ukraine unleashed floodwaters on Tuesday, as both Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of destruction. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Twitter said the destruction of the dam “confirms for the whole world that they (Russian forces) must be expelled from every corner of Ukrainian

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Prince Harry gets his day in court against tabloids he accuses of blighting his life

Prince Harry arrives at the High Court in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Prince Harry is due at a London court to testify against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping. Harry alleges that journalists at the Daily Mirror and its sister papers used unlawful techniques on an “industrial scale”

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Russia says U.S.-built F-16s could ‘accommodate’ nuclear weapons if sent to Ukraine

F-16 aircrafts fly during a NATO media event at an airbase in Malbork, Poland, March 21, 2023. Reuters/Lukasz Glowala By Reuters Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets can ‘accommodate’ nuclear weapons and warned that supplying Kyiv with them will escalate the conflict further. “We must keep in mind

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Somalia’s Speaker of the People’s Assembly seeks funds from Saudi Arabia

Photo/Somali Times The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Adan Mohamed Nur Madobe and his delegation arrived in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to sources told the Somali Times speaker seeks funds from Saudi Arabia. Somali politician seeks funds from middle east countries

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Russia says it thwarted major Ukrainian offensive, killed hundreds

Drone footage shows an explosion in an unidentified location after the defence ministry in Moscow said that Russian forces have thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the southern Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of pro-Kyiv troops, in this still image from a handout video released June 5, 2023. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via Reuters

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Starmer urged not to U-turn on new North Sea oil and gas ban

An oil platform in the Firth of Forth near Kirkcaldy, Fife. Labour’s policy has sparked anger among business and political leaders in Scotland. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA The Guardian By Kiran Stacey Keir Starmer’s promise to block new North Sea oil and gas exploration has received the backing of an eclectic range of high-profile groups, including

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Who is Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s new top diplomat?

Hakan Fidan has held critical positions in foreign policy and security in state institutions. / Photo: AA By TRT World Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkish intelligence agency National Intelligence Organization [MIT], has been appointed to the foreign minister post in the new Cabinet announced by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Fidan, who takes over from

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Tension in Kosovo may lead to renewed bloodshed: Russian envoy

By Anadolu Agency The recent tension in Kosovo is dangerous and it could lead to renewed bloodshed, Russia’s ambassador to Serbia warned Saturday. “This situation is dangerous, because there could be an outbreak of an even bigger conflict, and renewed bloodshed in northern Kosovo, and that could lead to the spread of tensions to the

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