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China says military drills encircling Taiwan designed to test its ability to ‘seize power’

By Nectar Gan, Eric Cheung and Brad Lendon, CNN 6 minute read Updated 6:41 AM EDT, Fri May 24, 2024 Watch China’s military drills surrounding Taiwan 00:48 – Source: CNN CNN  —  China’s military drills around Taiwan are designed to test its ability to “seize power” over the island, the People’s Liberation Army said Friday […]

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Turkey’s Erdogan in Iraq to push for reset of ties, cooperation against PKK

Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani oversaw the signing of a four-way memorandum of understanding between Turkey, Iraq, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates for joint cooperation on Iraq’s $17 billion Development Road project, with Qatari and Emirati ministers in attendance. Item 1 of 5 Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Turkish […]

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Why the 2024 election is about far more than Trump’s legal nightmare

8 minute read Published 12:00 AM EDT, Wed March 27, 2024 Joe Biden, RFK Jr. and Donald Trump.Getty Images CNN  —  It’s not only about Donald Trump’s courtroom dramas. As the ex-president tries to ride a narrative of personal political persecution through his criminal trial quagmire back to the White House, other substantial political forces […]

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Sen. Van Hollen: Biden Must Halt Offensive Arms to Israel If Restrictions on Gaza Aid Are Not Lifted

STORYMARCH 20, 2024 Watch Full Show Volume 90% Listen Media Options This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. DONATE TOPICS GUESTS Image Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO (right) We speak with Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland about the U.S. response to Israel’s brutal offensive on Gaza, which has killed over 32,000 Palestinians. Van […]

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Rescuers work at a site of a building damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia regards itself to be at war due to the West’s intervention on Ukraine’s side and cannot allow a state to exist on its borders that has shown itself ready to use any method to seize control of Crimea, the Kremlin said on Friday. The comments from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov to […]

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Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities, including major hydroelectric plant

1 of 8 |  In this photo provided by Petro Andryuschenko, the adviser of the head of Mariupol city’s administration, burning trolleybus is seen on the damp of hydroelectric power station after Russian attacks in Dnipro, Ukraine, Friday, March 22, 2024. Over 60 drones and almost 90 missiles of various types were fired that night, Ukrainian […]

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Putin addresses Red Square crowd after election win blasted by West

President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed the “return” to Russia of annexed Ukrainian territories, after winning an election slammed as illegitimate by Western powers. The ex-spy won over 87 percent of the vote in a three-day ballot that included voting in parts of Ukraine held by Russian forces. Moscow has presented the weekend presidential election […]

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