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    Record 38 million people internally displaced by conflicts: Watchdog
    May06

    Record 38 million people internally displaced by conflicts: Watchdog

    GENEVA – Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries, equivalent to the total populations of New York, London and Beijing, a watchdog group said Wednesday.Nearly one third of them – a full 11 million people – were displaced last year alone, with an...

    US aims to make Iran nuclear deal immune to Russian, Chinese veto
    May06

    US aims to make Iran nuclear deal immune to Russian, Chinese veto

    UNITED NATIONS – Washington wants to be certain that any nuclear deal between Iran and major powers includes the possibility of restoring UN sanctions if Tehran breaks the agreement without risking Russian and Chinese vetoes, a senior US official said on Tuesday.United Nations sanctions and a future mechanism for Iran to buy atomic...

    Russia to roll out Red Square military parade on unprecedented scale
    May06

    Russia to roll out Red Square military parade on unprecedented scale

    MOSCOW – Russia is pulling out all the stops for celebrations on Saturday marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany with 16,000 troops marching in a Red Square parade, along with hundreds of units of military hardware.In a defiant show of military strength despite international condemnation over its actions in...

    Iran, powers toil to overcome divisions in nuclear talks -envoys
    May06

    Iran, powers toil to overcome divisions in nuclear talks -envoys

    UNITED NATIONS – Iran and world powers are struggling to overcome deep divisions on two core sticking points in talks on a possible nuclear deal: reimposing UN sanctions if the Iranians violate the agreement and how Tehran can buy atomic technology, envoys said.Negotiators were wrapping up nearly a week of talks in New York on Tuesday, the...

    Two killed, five wounded in Ukraine clashes: Kiev
    May04

    Two killed, five wounded in Ukraine clashes: Kiev

    KIEV – Two soldiers were killed and another five were wounded in the past 24 hours in Ukraine’s separatist-held east, Kiev said Monday, as both sides traded blame over the increasing number of ceasefire violations.Two servicemen died and three more were wounded after their armoured vehicle hit a mine in the Lugansk region, said...

    China’s Xi to visit Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus
    May04

    China’s Xi to visit Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus

    BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia this week to attend World War II anniversary celebrations, the foreign ministry announced Monday, with Kazakhstan and Belarus also on his itinerary.Xi will visit Moscow from Friday through Sunday at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the ministry said on its...

    Japan PM won’t attend Russian WW2 ceremony: Govt spokesman
    Apr28

    Japan PM won’t attend Russian WW2 ceremony: Govt spokesman

    TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not attend an official ceremony in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two because of a schedule conflict, the nation’s top government spokesman said on Tuesday.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference Japan’s ambassador to...

    Putin accuses ‘quasi-partners’ of counting on Russia collapse
    Apr27

    Putin accuses ‘quasi-partners’ of counting on Russia collapse

    President Vladimir Putin accused some of Russia’s “quasi-partners” on Monday of counting on the country’s collapse by cutting its banks off from the global financial system at a time when oil prices had plunged.Speaking in Russia’s second city of St Petersburg, Putin said they had been proved wrong and the economy...

    Pro-Putin bikers turned away at Polish border
    Apr27

    Pro-Putin bikers turned away at Polish border

    WARSAW – Ten Russian pro-Kremlin bikers who had planned a controversial WWII victory ride through Europe were on Monday denied entry into Poland at the Belarusian border, Polish border guards said.Russian bikers including the Night Wolves – a fiercely nationalistic motorcycle club backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin – had...

    Nursultan Nazarbayev: Kazakhstan’s moderniser with authoritarian streak
    Apr27

    Nursultan Nazarbayev: Kazakhstan’s moderniser with authoritarian streak

    ASTANA, Kazakhstan – A shepherd’s son who counts former British prime minister Tony Blair and Russian President Vladimir Putin among his admirers, Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Nazarbayev has overseen two decades of change in his Central Asia country, while remaining entrenched himself.Under Nazarbayev, the sprawling country of 27...