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  • Investigators search for motive of would-be Trump assassin
    on September 17, 2024

    U.S. investigators are sorting through the social media accounts and other postings of the suspect in the latest apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, trying to determine a motive and whether anyone else may have been involved.Sheriff's deputies in Florida arrested 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, stopping him on a major highway late Sunday after he fled from the former president's golf

  • India, US hold 22 Intersessional, discuss strategic and defence priorities
    on September 16, 2024

    New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): India and the US held the 22 Intersessional on Monday and the discussions covered bilateral strategic and defence priorities as well as regional and global issues. The officials of the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence and the US State and Defence Departments attended the 22 Intersessional. In a post on X, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswa

  • Azerbaijani president speaks to U.S. secretary of state on peace with Armenia
    on September 16, 2024

    BAKU, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken over phone on Monday about the peace efforts between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and the upcoming COP29 climate conference, the Azerbaijani president's press service said. Blinken commended the recent advancements, including the Aug. 30, 2024, regulation on border delimitation, and reiterated the U.S. commit

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    on September 16, 2024

    Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev warns that further escalation of the Ukraine conflict could have ?irreversible consequences?Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has claimed that Russia is "militarily invincible," warning against any further escalation of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev.He also suggested that the path to peace is still open, singling out the Sino-Brazilian pe

 

 

 

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