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Russia has called upon the UN Security Council to facilitate investigations into the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, a Russian diplomat said Thursday.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the 26th St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated the growing use of national currencies for cross-border exchanges signals the end of the hegemony of the US dollar.

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A Turkish-Kyrgyz educator who was abducted by Turkish agents in Kyrgyzstan in 2021 has been sentenced to 21 years in prison on a charge of "establishing an armed terrorist group," Turkish media reports said on June 16, adding that Orhan Inandi had been "brought to Turkey via an "operation" carried out by the National Intelligence Organization.

'The humanitarian situation in Syria remains critical and continues to deteriorate. Norway will provide approximately NOK 1.7 billion in support to assist those affected by war, earthquakes and a steep rise in food prices in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Türkiye,' said Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt.

Tension has been escalating in northern Syria between Turkish forces and Kurdish militants as Russia speaks about a roadmap to restore Syria-Türkiye ties.

An advisory group of political parties and civil society organizations opposed to Myanmar's military junta have condemned the Russian government's political support and continued sale of weapons to the regime.

A junta helicopter crashed near an air force base in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw, killing the pilot and a trainee, local media reported Friday.

Junta troops have raided 14 camps belonging to anti-regime People's Defense Force militia in Myanmar's Sagaing and Magway regions over the past two weeks, killing 15 people, including women, militia officers said.

A woman was burned to death in her home when junta troops raided her village in Myanmar's northern Sagaing region, residents told RFA Thursday.

Recent reports have surfaced that the US and Iran have been "quietly" rekindling talks on Tehran's nuclear program. Indirect negotiations between the sides on a return to the 2015 JCPOA deal had earlier stalled, but the media reported that the Biden administration has been seeking a spate of commitments from Iran in return for concessions.

Iran accepted some limitations in the nuclear deal, aka the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), but, from a technical point of view, it did not lose anything, says former Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi.

The Quds Base of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force has announced that it dismantled a terrorist group in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi praises the growing cooperation between the Islamic Republic and Cuba as a source of hope for independent nations and a cause of frustration for global imperialist powers.

Iranian state news agencies have reported the arrest of two young men accused of being part of a team that manages a Telegram channel associated with the wave of protests sweeping the country.

The US needs to give up the illusion of dealing with China "from a position of strength," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday, urging Washington to stop undermining China's sovereignty, security and development interests under the guise of "competition."

Secretary of State Antony Blinken left Washington on Friday night for China. The trip, which was postponed after an incident in February over a suspected Chinese spy balloon, is being closely watched on Capitol Hill.

Canada has frozen ties with China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank after the bank's Canadian communications head resigned, explosively accusing the organization of having "one of the most toxic cultures imaginable" on his personal Twitter account.

Today, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence concluded a successful visit to Brussels, Belgium. During her visit, she participated in the thirteenth meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and a meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defence Ministers. During the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers, Minister Anand and her Allied counterparts discussed the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, and