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The Swedish government on Friday proposed changes to the constitution that would allow revoking the citizenship of some criminal gang leaders, as part of its work to combat widespread organized crime. In January, a cross-party parliamentary committee proposed constitutional changes to allow stripping the passports of people with dual nationality
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Tewolde has fought multiple times for Eritrea, one of the most closed societies on Earth, and is now praying another war is not about to break out with neighboring Ethiopia. “If the war starts, many people will go to the front and, as before, many children will lose their fathers,
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at an annual summit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties on the second day of his state visit. The 23rd Russia-India Summit comes at a pivotal moment as the United States pushes for a
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a US plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin, indicating in comments published Thursday that any deal is still some ways off. US President Donald Trump has set in motion the most intense diplomatic push to stop
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TikTok said Friday it will comply with Australia’s imminent ban on under-16s joining social media on the day it comes into force, but told users the changes “may be upsetting.” Australia’s world-first legislation comes into effect December 10, curbing the world’s most popular social media platforms and
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Turnout is expected to be low for Hong Kong’s “patriots only” legislative election on Sunday, with subdued political campaigning as the population reels from the city’s deadliest blaze in decades that has killed 159 people so far. Volunteers tentatively handed out flyers and hung banners outside subway stations
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Chaos gripped major Indian airports Friday as passengers of the country’s biggest airline, IndiGo, scrambled to cope up with widespread flight disruptions and cancelations triggered by newly enforced rules limiting working hours for crew and pilots. Scenes of frustration played out as passengers slept on airport floors, queued for
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Survivors in Indonesia were piecing back shattered lives Friday after devastating floods killed more than 1,500 people across four countries, with fears of fresh misery as more rain looms. Indonesia has borne the brunt, with its toll rising to 837 dead and 545 missing, authorities said, many in Sumatra’
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The Syrian Counterterrorism Branch in the northern city of Aleppo arrested Abdel Razzak Barakat, a former police chief and MP under the defunct regime of Bashar Assad. The Ministry of Interior said that Barakat was involved in suppressing peaceful demonstrations in Homs at the beginning of the Syrian revolution in
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A raid by US forces and a local Syrian group aiming to capture an Daesh (IS) group official instead killed a man who had been working undercover gathering intelligence on the extremists, family members and Syrian officials have told The Associated Press. The killing in October underscores the complex political
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday said the next round of talks with Israel will begin on December 19, calling the reaction to initial negotiations this week “positive.” “It is natural that the first session would not be highly productive, but it paved the way for upcoming sessions that will
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, marking his first visit to India since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago. Putin’s two-day visit comes as India and Russia mark 25 years of strategic partnership. Putin and
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Several agreements were signed on Wednesday as Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his Bahraini counterpart, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, co-chaired the fourth meeting of the Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Council in Manama. The princes said they were eager to consolidate and develop cooperation between their countries, and
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Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council reaffirmed their indivisible security bond rooted in common faith, lineage, language and a shared destiny at the conclusion of the 46th session of the Supreme Council at Al-Sakhir Palace in Bahrain. The delegates declared that the security of GCC states was indivisible and that
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A defense pact announced by Britain and Norway on Thursday will see their navies jointly operate a warship fleet to “hunt Russian submarines” in the North Atlantic, the UK government said. The agreement aims to protect critical undersea infrastructure, such as cables, that Western officials say are increasingly under threat
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The UN General Assembly on Wednesday called for the immediate and unconditional return of Ukrainian children “forcibly transferred” to Russia — a delicate issue as Kyiv and Moscow try to negotiate an end to the fighting. The assembly adopted the non-binding resolution by a vote of 91-12, with 57 abstentions. Russia