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RALEIGH/NORTH CAROLINA: US President Joe Biden said on Friday he intended to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in the November presidential election, giving no sign he would consider dropping out of the race after a feeble debate…
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NEW DELHI: New Delhi on Friday rejected the US State Department's 2023 religious freedom report on India, calling it "deeply biased" and one that does not understand the South Asian nation's social fabric. The report, released on…
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MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia should resume production of intermediate and shorter range nuclear-capable missiles and then consider where to deploy them after the United States brought similar missiles to…
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Iranians voted for a new president on Friday following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, choosing from a tightly controlled group of four candidates loyal to the supreme leader at a time of growing public frustration and…
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Iran has installed half the advanced uranium-enriching machines it said earlier this month it would quickly add to its Fordow site dug into a mountain but has not yet brought them online, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a report seen by…
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The European Union has decided to sanction six people and three companies for financing Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the EU council said on Friday. The EU said it was sanctioning Jamil Yusuf Ahmad Aliyan, Ahmed Sharif…
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WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court raised the legal bar for prosecutors pursuing obstruction charges against defendants involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol in a ruling on Friday with potential implications for the…
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ANKARA: The international crime watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) removed Turkiye from its “grey list” of countries that require special scrutiny on Friday, in a boost to the country’s economic turnaround plan. Turkiye was…
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President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan scheduled snap parliamentary elections for Sept. 1 in a decree published on Friday in a widely expected move that appears unlikely to radically change the parliament's make-up. Aliyev, in power since…
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In a tense interview, Vice President Kamala Harris defended President Joe Biden's record and downplayed his faltering moments during the recent presidential debate with Donald Trump. Top Democrats expressed alarm over Biden’s shaky…
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