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At least 18 dead in Russian missile attack on Odesa
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At least 18 dead in Russian missile attack on Odesa

Kyiv, Jul 1: Russian missile attacks on residential buildings in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 18 people, including two children, authorities reported, a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island. Video of the pre-dawn attack showed the...
India, Japan hold talks to strengthen cybersecurity
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India, Japan hold talks to strengthen cybersecurity

New Delhi, June 30: India and Japan discussed cybersecurity cooperation during the fourth India-Japan Cyber Dialogue on Thursday. The two sides discussed the important areas of bilateral cyber cooperation and reviewed the progress made thusfar in the areas of cybersecurity and Information and...
NATO declares China as a security threat for the first time
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NATO declares China as a security threat for the first time

Madrid, June 30: NATO, the worlds most powerful military alliance, has declared China as a security threat for the first time, warning that Beijing's ambitions and coercive behaviour is a major challenge to the groups interests, putting its forces on a potential war-footing against Russia, media...
Pakistan complains to Twitter about India
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Pakistan complains to Twitter about India's move

Islamabad, June 30: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) took up the blocking of official accounts of Pakistani missions by India with Twitter management and demanded their restoration. Also, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned India for blocking the accounts of Pakistani missions...
We call for full respect of all religions, ensuring different communities can live in harmony, peace: UN spokesperson on Udaipur killing
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'We call for full respect of all religions, ensuring different communities can...

United Nations, Jun 30: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for the full respect of all religions and for ensuring that different communities can live in harmony and peace globally, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has said amidst communal tensions in Rajasthan after the killing of a...
Ukraine
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Ukraine's president says Putin has become 'a terrorist'

United Nations, Jun 29: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday of becoming "a terrorist" leading a "terrorist state" and urged Russia's expulsion from the United Nations. In a virtual address to the UN Security Council, Zelenskyy urged the UN to...
WWF calls for ambitious, consensual framework to halt biodiversity loss
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WWF calls for ambitious, consensual framework to halt biodiversity loss

Nairobi, June 27: The international community should agree on the establishment of a new and transformative framework to strengthen conservation of biodiversity in the light of threats fuelled by human actions and the climate crisis, senior officials from World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said. ...
In Ukraine, war is turning love into marriages
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In Ukraine, war is turning love into marriages

Kyiv, Ukraine: When the couple awoke to the rumble of war on Feb. 24, they'd been dating for just over a year. Russia was invading and Ihor Zakvatskyi knew there was no more time to lose. He fished out the engagement ring he'd bought but, until then, not yet been ready to give to Kateryna...
Russia defaults on overseas debt for 1st time in over a century
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Russia defaults on overseas debt for 1st time in over a century

Moscow, June 27: Russia has defaulted on its overseas debt for the first time in more than a century after missing a deadline, reports suggest. Russia has the money to make a $100 million payment and is willing to pay, but sanctions have made it impossible to get the sum to international...
UN human rights chief blasts US abortion ruling
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UN human rights chief blasts US abortion ruling

United Nations, June 25: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has denounced the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade that established a constitutional right to abortion, saying that it was a huge blow to women's human rights and gender equality. ...
Pakistan quietly jails 26/11 handler Sajid Mir for 15 years in terror financing case
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Pakistan quietly jails 26/11 handler Sajid Mir for 15 years in terror financing...

Lahore, Jun 2: Sajid Majeed Mir, one of India's most wanted terrorists on whom the US has placed a bounty of USD 5 million for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, has been jailed for over 15 years in a terror-financing case by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan, which is struggling to exit...
26/11 attacks handler, once claimed to be dead, arrested in Pak
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26/11 attacks' handler, once claimed to be dead, arrested in Pak

New Delhi, June 25: Years after denying his presence and even claiming he was dead, Pakistan has reportedly arrested Sajid Mir, a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative and the main handler of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Mir, involved in the November 2008 siege -- when a team of 10 men carried out...
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