Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) shakes hands with Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji. (File photo)
Category: 2. World
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Ukraine allies to hold talks at G20 on White House peace plan
Ukraine’s allies will seek to “strengthen” a US plan to end the war with Russia when they meet at the G20 summit in South Africa, UK PM Sir Keir Starmer has said.
The summit begins a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Ukraine faced “one…
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Militants kidnap 227 people from school in Nigeria
Militants kidnapped 215 students and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Nigeria, AFP reported, citing the Christian Association of Nigeria.
According to the news agency, some of the kidnapped students managed to escape.
The report…
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Takeaways from Trump and Mamdani’s surprisingly cordial meeting
Watch: “I’ll be cheering for him” – Trump praises Mamdani after first meeting US President Donald Trump met New York City’s newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani at the White House in what was billed as the political showdown of the year – but…
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The Christian converts the US is deporting back to Iran
Getty ImagesPastor Ara Torosian says Iranian Christians fear what will happen to them if deported back to Iran One Monday in mid-October, after a year in US immigration detention, officers arrived unannounced at Majid’s cell in Texas.
They told him…
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Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
Sofia Bettiza,BBC Global Health Reporter and
Woody Morris,BBC World Service, Denmark
BBCKeira says she sobbed uncontrollably when her baby was taken away from her When Keira’s daughter was born last November, she was given two hours with her before…
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India’s blind women cricketers chase history at first T20 World Cup
Annesha GhoshSports writer
AFP via Getty ImagesIndia’s players celebrate their win over Pakistan in the Women’s Blind T20 World Cup on 16 November The ongoing inaugural Blind Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup has put the spotlight on visually impaired…
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High-profile Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene to quit Congress after Trump feud
Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she will resign from office in January, an unexpected turn for the high-profile Republican days after a public feud with President Donald Trump.
Greene, who became one of Trump’s Maga…
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Will Trump’s no-show eclipse South Africa’s moment?
Mayeni JonesAfrica correspondent, Johannesburg
Gallo Images via Getty ImagesSouth Africa held a “social summit” ahead of the main event, in a bid to involve civil society voices in the G20’s decisions When it assumed the presidency of the G20 last…
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Zelensky warns Ukraine risks losing US support over White House peace plan
Zelensky/TelegramPresident Zelensky addressed the nation on Ukraine’s Dignity and Freedom Day Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Kyiv risks losing US support over a White House plan on how to end the war with Russia.
Addressing…
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