AZERBAIJAN LAUNCHES ‘ANTI-TERROR ACTIVITIES’ IN KARABAKH AS PEACE WITH AR­ME­NIA ENDS

  Screen grab of strikes on supposed positions and equipment of the Armenian military by Azerbaijani Bayraktar TB2 UAVs. Tue 19 September 2023: Azerbaijan on Tuesday said it started “anti-terror activities” in Karabakh to uphold the provisions outlined in the 2020 trilateral peace agreement it signed with Russia and Armenia. The Defense Ministry in a […]

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INDIA ASKS CANADA DIPLOMAT TO LEAVE WITHIN FIVE DAYS IN A TIT-FOR-TAT MOVE

Tue 19 September 2023: Just hours after Ottawa removed the South Asian country’s top intelligence agent and accused it of a part in the death of a Sikh separatist leader, India said on Tuesday that it had dismissed a Canadian diplomat and given him five days’ notice to leave the country. New Delhi’s decision reflected […]

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PAKISTAN SUPPLIED ARMS TO UKRAINE IN RETURN FOR IMF BAILOUT WITH HELP OF US – REPORT

Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire towards Russian positions with a 155mm M777 Howitzer artillery weapon on the front line somewhere near the city of Bakhmut on March 11, 2023 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Photo Credit: AFP Tue 19 September 2023: Pakistan supplied munitions and arms to Ukraine in return for the recent […]

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CANADA INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN INDIA, KILLING OF SIKH ACTIVIST

Mon 18 September 2023: Justin Trudeau calls on Indian government to cooperate with probe into Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing in Canada in June. Canada’s prime minister has said Canadian security agencies are investigating “credible allegations of a potential link” between Indian government agents and the killing of a prominent Sikh-Canadian activist earlier this year. Speaking […]

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RUSSIA SAYS IT HAS ‘NOTHING’ TO REVEAL ON CHECHEN LEADER KADYROV HEALTH RUMOURS

Mon 18 September 2023: Ramzan Kadyrov’s health is unknown to Russia, despite claims that the Chechen leader may be ill. On Monday, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin, told reporters, “We have no information on this.”  “In any case, the presidential administration can hardly give out health certificates, so we have nothing to tell […]

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US AND IRAN SWAP PRIS­ON­ERS AF­TER $6BN TRANS­FER

Mon 18 September 2023: Iran has released five American citizens as part of a Qatari-mediated prisoner exchange with the United States, which also freed five Iranians. The US citizens and two of the five Iranians have landed in Qatar’s capital, Doha, before making their way to their own countries. The three other released Iranians are not returning to Iran, […]

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BBC ‘URGENTLY LOOKING INTO’ RUSSELL BRAND SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS

Mon 18 September 2023: The BBC said on Sunday that it was “urgently looking into the issues” raised by sexual assault allegations made against the broadcaster’s former employee, British comedian and actor Russell Brand, who rejects the allegations, Reuters reported. Brand, the ex-husband of American singer Katy Perry, worked on BBC radio shows between 2006 […]

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RUSSIA URGES UN’S TOP COURT TO THROW OUT UKRAINE GENOCIDE CASE

  Members of the World Court listen as Russia begins presenting its objections against the jurisdiction of the World Court in a genocide case brought by Ukraine which claims Moscow falsely applied genocide law to justify its February 24, 2022 invasion, in The Hague, Netherlands, September 18, 2023. Mon 18 September 2023: Russia has called […]

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NATO CLAIMS IT CAN DEPLOY 3.5 MILLION SOLDIERS IN THE EVENT OF AN ATTACK

Mon 18 September 2023: NATO, in accordance with its new defense plans, can deploy 300,000 soldiers in the first month of a potential attack on the bloc, while the total number of the alliance’s military personnel could reach 3.5 million people, Chair of the NATO Military Committee Adm. Rob Bauer said on Saturday. “If we […]

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