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Iran’s newly appointed Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, delivered his first public message on Thursday, combining mourning, defiance, and a call for national unity as the country faces
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The Pentagon spent an unprecedented $93.4 billion on grants and contracts in the final month of the last fiscal year, according to a new report by government spending watchdog Open the Books.
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A United Nations inquiry has concluded that Russia’s forcible transfer of Ukrainian children amounts to a crime against humanity, directly implicating President Vladimir Putin in a coordinated state policy spanning several years.
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As Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Mahishini Colonne addressed the National Convention on Women in India at O.P. Jindal Global University on International Women’s Day with a theme that resonated far
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