A car bomb in Moscow killed Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, the head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, on Monday. This marks the third assassination of a senior Russian military officer in the past year, raising tensions and concerns over targeted attacks on high-ranking officials. Details of the Attack

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The Trump administration has recalled nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and senior embassy positions worldwide, a move aimed at reshaping the United States’ diplomatic posture with officials fully aligned to President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda. Scope of the Ambassadorial Removals According to State Department officials, chiefs of mission in at least 29 countries

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Officials from Thailand and Cambodia will meet next week to discuss the possibility of reviving a ceasefire as deadly border clashes enter their third week. The renewed fighting this month has killed at least 41 people and displaced nearly one million residents on both sides of the border, according to official reports. Background: Ceasefire Collapse

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Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to hold bilateral border talks later this week, following a regional meeting in Malaysia aimed at halting renewed clashes between the neighboring Southeast Asian countries. The announcement comes after violent confrontations earlier this month left at least 23 people dead in Thailand and 20 in Cambodia, while displacing over 900,000

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Israeli authorities demolished a four-storey residential building in east Jerusalem on Monday, forcibly evicting dozens of Palestinian families. The operation, carried out in the Silwan neighborhood near the Old City, left around 100 residents—including women, children, and elderly individuals—without homes and uncertain where to go. Eyewitnesses reported that authorities carried out the evictions in the

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China has announced new provisional import tariffs on certain dairy products from the European Union, marking the latest development in an ongoing trade dispute between the two economic powers. The decision, confirmed by Beijing’s Commerce Ministry on Monday, follows a lengthy investigation that began in August 2024. These measures are set to take effect on

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HONG KONG — China announced on Monday that it will impose provisional tariffs of up to 42.7% on dairy products imported from the European Union, including milk, cream, and various cheeses. The tariffs are set to take effect on Tuesday, according to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. The duties are based on preliminary findings from

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The European Union (EU) sharply criticized China on Monday for imposing duties of up to 42.7 percent on European dairy products, calling the move “unjustified” and a potential escalation of the ongoing trade tensions between the two economic powerhouses. The new levies, officially called “duty deposits,” are set to come into effect on Tuesday and

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Syria’s new government has launched a major crackdown on the Captagon drug industry, which flourished under former President Bashar al-Assad, according to a recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Since al-Assad’s ouster in late 2024, Syria’s interim authorities, led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, have targeted the network of Captagon

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Denmark has summoned the United States ambassador following President Donald Trump’s controversial appointment of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as a special envoy to Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen expressed being “deeply angered” by the appointment, highlighting Landry’s statements supporting the idea of making Greenland part of the United States

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