Car bomb kills Russian general
MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters/BBC): A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow on Monday, Russian investigators said, adding that they suspected Ukrainian special services could have been behind the attack. The bomb exploded under the Kia Sorento car driven by Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of...
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US, Ukraine call Miami talks fruitful despite no success
MIAMI, Dec 22 (BBC): US and Ukrainian envoys say "productive and constructive" talks have taken place in Miami, but there still appears to be no major breakthrough in efforts to end Ukraine's war with Russia.Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, issued a joint statement with the top Ukrainian negotiator, Rustem...
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Israel demolishes residential building in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Dec 22 (AFP): Israeli bulldozers tore through a four-storey residential building in east Jerusalem on Monday, displacing scores of Palestinians in what activists said was the largest such demolition in the area this year.The building, located in the Silwan neighbourhood near the Old City, comprised a dozen apartments housing...
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Reviving turce aimed at
BANGKOK, Dec 22 (BBC): Officials from Thailand and Cambodia will meet next week to discuss the possibility of reviving a ceasefire, Thailand's foreign minister said, as deadly border clashes entered a third week.Both countries had signed a ceasefire earlier in July, brokered by US President Donald Trump. But fighting broke...
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Iran’s missile programme defensive
TEHRAN, Dec 22 (AFP): Iran insisted on Monday that its missile programme was defensive in nature and designed to dissuade attack, while adding the existence of its arsenal was not up for debate.Israel had presented Iran's ballistic missiles, along with its nuclear programme, as the two main threats it sought...
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