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In just a matter of years, Africa has become the "global epicentre of terrorism", with groups such as Da'esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates exploiting local conflicts and fragilities to serve their own ends, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday, calling for violent extremism to be rooted out.

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Vladimir Putin met with transitional President of the Republic of Chad Mahamat Idriss Deby, who is in Russia on an official visit.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has held a press conference at the UN headquarter in New York finalising his official visit. The top diplomat answered various questions touching upon the most hot topics of the day.

The South Korean navy is holding a wintertime training for its special force units to improve their combat capabilities against threats allegedly posed by Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Wednesday, citing navy sources.

Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government has claimed administrative control of four key towns in the northern region of Sagaing following their fall to resistance forces, but residents say they still live in constant fear of attacks by the military.

Intense battles between junta troops, the Kachin Independence Army and joint People's Defense Forces have killed 40 civilians, locals told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday.

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Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron met the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on 24 January.

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A high-ranking Iraqi official has called on the United States to push for an end to the unreeling Israeli ground and air offensives against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, than to carry out strikes in Iraq against facilities run by the country's anti-terror resistance groups.

Iraq's National Security Adviser Qasim al-Arji has said that the US forces' attack on Popular Mobilization Forces was a violation of Iraq's sovereignty.

The spokesman for the commander-in-chief of Iraq's Armed Forces has denounced the recent US strikes against sites and facilities of the Iraqi army and anti-terror groups as "unacceptable" and a "blatant" violation of the Arab country's sovereignty.

Russia accused Ukraine of shooting down a Russian military cargo plane that crashed on January 24 in the Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine, killing all 74 people on board, including 65 Ukrainian POWs who were on their way to a prisoner exchange.

Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of shooting down a military transport plane that Moscow said was carrying 74 people, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were set to be swapped for Russians held by Kyiv.

As Ukrainian forces struggle to fend off Russia's invasion with dwindling supplies of rockets and other munitions, some supporters are arguing that there is more the Biden administration could do to re-arm them without waiting for long-delayed congressional approval.

January 23, a distance meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group addressed situation of the battlefield, Ukraine's most urgent needs and defence industry capacity.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said he is trying to "put some urgency" into providing ammunition and defense systems to avoid a "too little, too late" scenario as Ukraine fights off Russa's full-scale invasion.