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21.08.2024 14:50 Ukrainian lawmakers on August 20 approved a bill banning religious organizations linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, which Kyiv has criticized for being supportive of Moscow's full-scale invasion.

21.08.2024 14:50 Since student-led opposition protests led Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down and flee Bangladesh on August 5, religious minorities say their communities have suffered violent attacks in the power vacuum.

21.08.2024 14:50 Promoted to the prime minister's office after a court ruling took out her predecessor, experts say Thailand's youngest ever leader, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, may be the last card her political dynasty has to play as it seeks to win back the Thai electorate.

21.08.2024 14:50 Human rights organizations reacted angrily Tuesday after Zimbabwe's ruling party acknowledged that more than 100 activists were detained to keep them from protesting during a Southern Africa Development Community summit held over the past weekend.

21.08.2024 14:50 The UN's top humanitarian official in Ukraine on Tuesday condemned "yet another attack" carried out by Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region.

21.08.2024 14:50 EU officials on August 20 again firmly rejected Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's claim that Western countries were behind recent protests against his government's lithium mining plans.

21.08.2024 14:50 The snow-covered mountains, expansive grasslands and crystal waters that cover the vast Tibetan plateau make this stretch of Earth a stunningly beautiful place.

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21.08.2024 14:50 George Semerene Quintero , 60, of Venezuela, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for his role in a scheme to evade U.S. sanctions imposed on Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. , a Venezuelan state-owned oil company.

21.08.2024 14:50 SARAJEVO -- CIA Director William Burns was in Sarajevo on August 20 to discuss the "worrying secessionist rhetoric and actions" of the pro-Russian president and government of Bosnia-Herzegovina's Serb entity, a U.S. government official told RFE/RL. CIA Director William Burns was in Sarajevo on August 20 to discuss the "worrying secessionist rhetoric and actions" of the pro-Russian president and government of Bosnia-Herzegovina's Serb entity,

21.08.2024 14:50 'Norway welcomes the announcement by Sudan's Sovereign Council on the reopening of the Adre border crossing between Sudan and Chad. We urge this to be made permanent', said Minister of International Development, Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim.

21.08.2024 14:50 The United States, as a non-party to the South China Sea issue, has no right to intervene in the maritime issues between China and the Philippines, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.

21.08.2024 14:50 Chinese Embassy in the Philippines on Tuesday urged the Philippines to earnestly observe the understandings and arrangement reached with China in terms of South China Sea disputes, refrain from taking actions that may complicate the situation following the recent clashes in Xianbin Jiao . The Chinese embassy also demanded the US to stop provoking confrontation in the South China Sea

21.08.2024 14:50 China's increasing aggression in the West Philippine Sea is not expected to result in a full-blown conflict, a Philippine Navy official said Tuesday.

21.08.2024 14:50 The Philippines is eyeing to file a case before an international body against China after two Philippine Coast Guard vessels were damaged after being subjected to "unlawful and aggressive maneuvers" by China Coast Guard ships in the waters adjacent to Escoda Shoal at the West Philippine Sea .