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Russia, Ukraine to Exchange Displaced Children After Rare Talks
Russia, Ukraine to Exchange Displaced Children After Rare Talks

Russia and Ukraine agreed in a Qatari-brokered deal to exchange almost 50 children displaced by Moscow's invasion, the Kremlin's children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova announced in Doha on Wednesday. Moscow has been accused of forcibly taking Ukrainian children into Russian territory during its full-scale offensive, with Lvova-Belova ...

Iran Reduces Presence in Syria Following Israeli Strikes on Officials
Iran Reduces Presence in Syria Following Israeli Strikes on Officials

Iran reduced its military footprint in Syria after a succession of strikes blamed on Israel, a source close to Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and a war monitor said on Wednesday. Iran has provided military support to Syrian government forces through more than a decade of civil war but a series of strikes targeting its commanders in recent ...

Blinken Visits China to Manage Tensions but Increase Pressure
Blinken Visits China to Manage Tensions but Increase Pressure

US Secretary of State Blinken visited China on Wednesday, as the US seeks to increase pressure over Ukraine and Fentanyl, while simultaneously managing tensions ahead of November's upcoming election. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned Wednesday to China on his second visit in one year, as the United States ramps up pressure on its ...

Seven Arrested in Australia Police Raids, Links to Assyrian Attack
Seven Arrested in Australia Police Raids, Links to Assyrian Attack

Australian police said seven people who posed an "unacceptable risk and threat" to the public have been arrested after anti-terror raids that involved more than 400 officers Wednesday. Police said the individuals were linked to a 16-year-old accused of stabbing an Assyrian Bishop in Sydney, and adhered to a "religiously motivated extremist ...

Interpol Issues Red Alert for Iranian Minister Over 1994 Attack
Interpol Issues Red Alert for Iranian Minister Over 1994 Attack

Argentina has asked Interpol to arrest Iran's interior minister over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The Iranian minister, Ahmad Vahidi, is part of a delegation from Tehran currently visiting Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and Interpol has issued a red alert seeking ...

US-UK: A Long-Standing Strong Alliance Until Further Notice
US-UK: A Long-Standing Strong Alliance Until Further Notice

When former British Prime Minister David Cameron was appointed as Foreign Secretary in November 2023, many expected significant changes in foreign policy. With years of experience in government leadership, Cameron was well-versed in numerous international issues — including the Palestinian issue and the Arab-Israeli conflict — having ...

Prosecutors Accuse Trump of 'Willful' Violations of Gag Order
Prosecutors Accuse Trump of 'Willful' Violations of Gag Order

Former President Donald Trump was accused by prosecutors on Tuesday of violating a gag order issued by a judge in order to prevent him from intimidating witnesses in his past trial. Prosecutors accused Donald Trump on Tuesday of brazenly violating a gag order imposed by the judge presiding over his "hush money" trial to prevent him from ...

NSO Group's Pegasus Software Under Scrutiny in Spanish Court
NSO Group's Pegasus Software Under Scrutiny in Spanish Court

Spain’s High Court has reopened an investigation into the deployment of Israeli cyber-intelligence firm, NSO Group’s Pegasus software, to spy on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and other Spanish politicians, according to a report released by Reuters. The investigators are slated to share information with France, where politicians and other ...

Jailed Nobel Laureate Urges Iran to Protest 'War Against Women'
Jailed Nobel Laureate Urges Iran to Protest 'War Against Women'

Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi urged Iranians to protest a "full-scale war against women" after authorities intensified a crackdown obliging women to obey the country's Islamic dress code. Mohammadi, who is held in Tehran's Evin prison, urged Iranian women to share their stories of arrest and sexual assault at the hands ...

Armenia and Azerbaijan Agree to Begin Demarcating Their Border
Armenia and Azerbaijan Agree to Begin Demarcating Their Border

Armenia and Azerbaijan started settling their border dispute on Tuesday in an effort to normalize relations following Azerbaijan's capture of Nagorno-Karabakh last year. Armenia and Azerbaijan announced on Tuesday that they had started fixing their border, as part of normalization efforts between the arch foes that had been locked in a ...

UK's Rwanda Migrant Plan Clears Parliamentary Hurdle
UK's Rwanda Migrant Plan Clears Parliamentary Hurdle

The UK's plan to deport migrants to Rwanda passed through parliament on Monday, with deportations set to begin within days, although international legal challenges may remain. The UK readied on Tuesday to start detention of migrants within days before deporting them to Rwanda, after the controversial plan cleared its final hurdle, sparking ...

Security, Water, and Oil Dominate Erdogan's Talks in Iraq
Security, Water, and Oil Dominate Erdogan's Talks in Iraq

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, embarked on his first state visit to neighboring Iraq in years, with discussions centered around water, oil, and regional security matters. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in neighboring Iraq on Monday for his first state visit there in years, with water, oil, and regional security ...