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Dutch government collapses over immigration policy

The Dutch government collapsed on Friday after failing to reach a deal on restricting immigration, which will trigger new elections in the fall.

July 8, 2023 2:04 pm
 

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India's federal police arrest three railway staff over deadly train crash

India’s federal police have arrested three railway employees on Friday in connection with the country’s deadliest train crash in two decades that killed 292 people last month, the crime agency said in a statement.

July 8, 2023 1:38 pm
 

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Japan protests to South Korea over military drills on disputed islands

Japan has lodged protests with South Korea over military drills by the latter on disputed islands, calling the move “extremely regrettable.”

July 8, 2023 11:43 am
 

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Indian court rejects Rahul Gandhi's plea to suspend defamation conviction

An Indian high court rejected an appeal by opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday to suspend his conviction in a defamation case, quashing for now his hope of returning to parliament and contesting national elections due next year.

July 8, 2023 10:31 am
 

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US to send cluster munitions to Ukraine

The United States announced on Friday that it will send Ukraine widely-banned cluster munitions as part of a security assistance package, a move Ukraine said would have an “extraordinary psycho-emotional impact” on occupying Russian forces.

July 8, 2023 9:26 am
 

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Senior US diplomat heads to India to discuss free speech, minority rights

A senior U.S. diplomat will travel to India in the coming days and engage with its civil society over free speech and marginalization of minorities, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent U.S. visit when he denied that abuse of religious minorities existed in his country.

July 8, 2023 7:36 am
 

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Court rejects India's objections over water treaty arbitration

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague rejected on Thursday India’s objections to a Pakistan-initiated procedure over water use in the Indus River basin, reopening a procedure that had been blocked for many years.

July 7, 2023 6:01 pm
 

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Russia and Ukraine announce prisoner exchange

Russia and Ukraine announced a prisoner of war exchange on Thursday involving the return of 45 soldiers from each side.

July 7, 2023 4:57 pm
 

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Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene removed from US House Freedom Caucus

U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, has been voted out of the hardline House Freedom Caucus group after clashing with a fellow lawmaker, a caucus member said.

July 7, 2023 3:14 pm
 

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Mercenary chief Prigozhin back in Russia, Belarus's Lukashenko says

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that the mutinous chief of Russia’s Wagner group was still in Russia with thousands of fighters, but dismissed speculation that President Vladimir Putin would have Yevgeny Prigozhin killed.

July 7, 2023 2:01 pm
 

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US wants coalition of nations to engage China in curbing synthetic drugs

The U.S. wants other countries to engage China in limiting the flow of synthetic drugs, the State Department’s top official on narcotics said on Thursday, as Washington complains of a lack of cooperation from Beijing to combat illegal trade in the dangerous substances.

July 7, 2023 1:01 pm
 

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards seize commercial ship in Gulf - U.S. Navy

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “forcibly seized” a commercial ship in international waters in the Gulf and the vessel was possibly involved in smuggling, a U.S. Navy spokesperson said.

July 7, 2023 12:17 pm

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