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UN council to meet on Russian claim of US labs in Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (AP): The UN Security Council was scheduled a meeting on Friday at Russia's request to discuss what Moscow claims are "the military biological activities of the US on the territory of Ukraine," allegations vehemently denied by the Biden administration."This is exactly the kind of false flag...

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Pakistan warns arch-rival India

ISLAMABAD, Mar 11 (Arab News): Pakistan on Friday warned New Delhi of "unpleasant consequences" over what it said was an Indian-originated, but unidentified high-altitude supersonic object that crashed in Pakistani territory.Pakistan foreign office said in a statement it summoned on Friday India's charge d'affaires in Islamabad to lodge a protest...

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Japan, S Korea leaders agree to boost ties with US to tackle N Korea

TOKYO/SEOUL, Mar 11 (Arab News): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said they had agreed on Friday to ramp up three-way ties with the United States in responding to North Korea's evolving military threat.Kishida told reporters after a phone call with Yoon the two agreed...

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UK sanctions 386 Russian lawmakers over Ukraine

LONDON, Mar 11 (AFP): Britain slapped on Friday a fresh wave of sanctions on Moscow, targeting 386 members of Russia's parliament who supported President Vladimir Putin's devastating invasion of Ukraine. The new sanctions against members of Russia's Duma, the lower house of parliament, ban them from travelling to Britain as...

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More than 2.5m people have fled Ukraine: UN

GENEVA, Mar 11 (Reuters): More than 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine, UN agencies said on Friday, and a further 2 million have been driven from their homes within the country since the start of a Russian invasion on Feb. 24.The United Nations has been planning its humanitarian needs on...

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Iran nuclear talks paused

VIENNA, Mar 11 (Arab News): The EU said Friday that the talks it is chairing on the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear accord must be paused, days after fresh demands from Russia complicated negotiations.The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell tweeted that the pause was “due to external factors,”...

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‘Hundreds killed, widespread abuses in Ethiopia’

NAIROBI, March 11 (AFP): At least 750 civilians were killed or executed in Ethiopia's Amhara and Afar regions after they became caught up in the war last year, the country's rights body said Friday.The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission also catalogued a litany of abuses, including torture and gang rape and...

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News in Brief (2022-03-12)

India says it accidentally fired missile into PakistanNEW DELHI, Mar 11: India said on Friday it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan because of a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance. "On 9 March 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of...

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