Not for Russia to 'decide' if West can deploy troops to Ukraine: NATO chief
PRAGUE, Sept 04 (AFP/Reuters): NATO chief Mark Rutte said Thursday that Russia did not have a veto on whether Western powers can deploy troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees if a truce is reached."Why are we interested in what Russia thinks about troops in Ukraine? It's a sovereign...
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Afghan quake toll tops 2,200
KABUL, Sept 04 (AFP): More than 2,200 people were killed in the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan at the weekend, according to the latest toll from the Taliban authorities.The vast majority of the total 2,217 dead and nearly 4,000 injured were in the mountainous Kunar province near the...
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Thailand set for new PM vote
BANGKOK, Sept 04 (AFP): Thai royal officials rejected a request by the ruling party to dissolve parliament, the country's acting prime minister said Thursday, clearing the way for a vote that could select his successor.A power vacuum has consumed Thailand's top office since last Friday, when the Constitutional Court sacked...
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Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31
GAZA, Sept 04 (AP): The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday warned that any Israeli move to annex the occupied West Bank would be a "red line," without specifying its possible impact on the landmark normalization accord between the two countries.The warning came as Israel pressed ahead with the initial stages...
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Xi holds talks with Kim in Beijing
BEIJING, Sept 04 (AFP): Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un met for talks in Beijing on Thursday, state media reported, while the North Korean leader is in China on a rare foreign visit.Kim and Russia's Vladimir Putin flanked Xi at a massive parade of Chinese military might on...
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