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Armenian separatists say Azerbaijan closing in on key town
The leader of Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh said on Thursday Azerbaijani forces were closing in on the town of Shusha, whose capture ...Putin says equipment a problem in production of Russian COVID-19 vaccines
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was facing challenges scaling up production of its main COVID-19 vaccine due to problems ...Three dead as woman beheaded in knife attack at French church
A woman was beheaded by an attacker with a knife who also killed two other people at a church in the French ...Lebanon, Israel hold 2nd round of maritime demarcation talks
Lebanon and Israel held a second round of U.S.-mediated talks Wednesday over their disputed maritime border and agreed to continue discussions on ...Macron orders France back into COVID-19 lockdown
France will go back into a nationwide lockdown starting this week to try to contain the COVID-19 epidemic that is again threatening ...Tanzania votes for president amid fears of violence, fraud
Voters in Tanzania are going to the polls on Wednesday for a presidential election that the opposition warns is already deeply compromised ...Turkey-backed Syria fighters retaliate for deadly airstrike
Syrian opposition groups allied with Turkey lobbed hundreds of missiles and artillery rockets at government posts in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, in ...At least seven killed in blast at Pakistan religious school
At least seven students were killed and scores more wounded Tuesday in a bomb attack on a Koran study class at a ...Erdogan doubles down in backlash against Macron’s Islam comments
The backlash against President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on Islam intensified Sunday, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan again urging him to have ...UK hospital told to prepare for Oxford COVID vaccine in November
Staff at a major London hospital trust have been told to be ready to receive the first batches of the vaccine being ...














