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Leonid Volkov: Navalny’s former chief of staff attacked with hammer in Lithuania | CNN
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Leonid Volkov, Alexey Navalny's former chief of staff, speaks during an interview in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2022.…
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Ukraine summons Vatican envoy over Pope remarks – BBC News
By Kathryn ArmstrongBBC News11 March 2024Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Visvaldas Kulbokas was summoned by Ukraine after the Pope's comments over the need to negotiate with RussiaUkraine has summoned the Vatican's envoy after the Pope said the country should "have the courage to raise the white flag" against Russia.Apostolic Nuncio…
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Gaza aid ship yet to leave Cyprus – BBC News
By Sofia Ferreira SantosBBC News11 March 2024, 05:10 GMTUpdated 28 minutes agoImage source, World Central KitchenImage caption, The ship, Open Arms, will tow a barge loaded with dry and canned food for GazansA ship with humanitarian aid for Gaza remains docked in Cyprus, a day after it was due to begin its journey.A charity leading the mission…
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Vital Russian Supply Lines In Black Sea Cut By Ukrainian Drones – Naval News
In late February two Russian government ships did something highly unusual. The transport ship Sparta-IV and tanker Yaz were sailing from the Russian base at Tartus in Syria towards the Black Sea. These ships are…
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Five ways Israelis have changed, after 5 months of war
A tattered Israeli flag waves on Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
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Sweden becomes NATO’s 32nd member as PM visits Washington
Sweden formally joined NATO in Washington on Thursday, two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced it to rethink its national security policy and conclude that support for the alliance was the Scandinavian nation’s best guarantee of safety.Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson handed over the final documentation to the U.S. government…
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Red panda found in baggage of smuggling suspects at Thai airport
Thai customs officials rescued a red panda, snakes, monkeys and chameleons from checked-in luggage at the country’s main airport this week after arresting six Indian nationals for attempted smuggling.A total of 87 reptiles and mammals were found in the baggage, including chameleons, snakes, a large-beaked parrot, red-eyed squirrels, bats and…
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Russia ignores arrest warrants for Putin officers – BBC News
2 hours agoImage caption, Viktor Sokolov has been reportedly sacked after a series of successful Ukrainian drone attacks against Russian warshipsRussia has said it does not recognise arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for two top Russian commanders over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.The court named Sergei Kobylash…
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Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against
NEW DELHI (AP) — The woman in the Instagram video appeared shaken. Her face was swollen and bruised. Sitting beside her husband, she began recounting her ordeal.“Something happened to us that we wouldn’t wish on anyone,” she said in Spanish, with captions in English. Her husband then said: “We were…
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Rockets kill and wound workers in North, Israeli forces make major push in Gaza, West Bank
The IDF dropped leaflets on Monday urging Palestinians in northern Gaza not to loot aid trucks traveling through the area, days after dozens of people were killed as crowds rushed an aid convoy in an attempt to loot it.
"People of the northern Gaza Strip, to contribute to improving humanitarian conditions and aid access to the…
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