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Iran-U.S. prisoner swap likely set in motion as $6B of once-frozen Iranian assets reaches Qatar
Iran and the United States will exchange prisoners on Monday after some $6 billion once frozen in South Korea reached Qatar, a key element of the...
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Russia urges U.N.'s top court to toss out Ukrainian case that seeks to halt Moscow's invasion
Russia on Monday called a Ukrainian case alleging that Moscow abused the Genocide Convention to justify its invasion last year an "abuse of...
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi heads to Moscow after meeting with U.S. national security adviser
China's top foreign policy official is heading to Russia for security talks after two days of meetings with U.S. President Biden's national...
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As Slovakia's trust in democracy fades, its election front-runner campaigns against aid to Ukraine
A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia's early parliamentary election plans to reverse the country's military and...
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Everything you need to know about this year's meeting of leaders at the U.N. General Assembly
For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic. Then, it was Russia's war in Ukraine. Throughout it all, the perils of climate change, poverty and...
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Libya was mired in chaos and corruption. For years, warnings the Derna dams may burst went unheeded
The warnings were clear but went unheeded. Experts had long said that floods posed a significant danger to two dams meant to protect nearly 90,000...
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Taiwan says 103 Chinese warplanes flew toward the island in a new daily high
China's military sent 103 warplanes toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period in what the island's defense ministry said Monday was the most for a day in...
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Road collision kills 4 Greek rescue workers dispatched to flood-stricken Libya, health minister says
Four Greek rescue workers dispatched to Libya following devastating flooding in the eastern city of Derna were killed in a road collision Sunday,...
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Ukraine is the spotlight at U.N. leaders' gathering, but is there room for other global priorities?
The war in Ukraine and its visiting president take center stage at the United Nations this week, but developing countries will be vying for the...
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Biden administration praises N. Korean defectors, human rights activists
The Biden administration on Sunday elevated its push to draw attention to human rights abuses by the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,...
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Iran blocks nuclear inspectors after U.S. unfreezes billions of dollars for Tehran
Iran began barring U.N. inspectors from nuclear sites over the weekend, days after the Biden administration freed up $6 billion in frozen funds in...
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UNESCO names Erfurt's medieval Jewish buildings in Germany as a World Heritage Site
A U.N. committee on Sunday named a group of medieval Jewish sites in the eastern German city of Erfurt as a World Heritage Site, the second time...