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Russia's assault on Ukrainian civilians raises war crimes concerns

One attack this past spring illustrates what investigators describe as Russia's strategy: On Palm Sunday, Russian missile strikes killed 35 civilians.

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Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group

President Trump designated Venezuela a "foreign terrorist organization" Tuesday and formally ordered a blockade of all U.S. sanctioned oil tankers servicing the country.Why it matters: Trump's newest escalation, which he says is backed by a giant U.S. armada, exerts unprecedented pressure on Venezue…

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Zelenskyy and some 30 countries to approve compensation body for Ukraine damages

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and about 30 other countries are expected to approve plans to create a compensation body for damages caused by the Russian invasion

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Fitch Pushes Colombia Further Into Junk Citing Fiscal Deficits

Fitch Ratings downgraded Colombia’s credit rating one notch deeper into junk territory, citing persistently large budget deficits that will add to the nation’s debt load.

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Trump expands US entry ban to include Palestinians and Syrians

Administration cites war and weak governance without citing evidence of specific security threats from nations listed

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Canadian MP blocked from West Bank rejects Israel’s ‘safety concern’ claims

'How is it that members of parliament are a public safety concern?' Canadian MP Jenny Kwan tells Al Jazeera.

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Here are the Caribbean allies helping the U.S. against Venezuela

The Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago are hosting U.S. forces and facilities. Grenada is considering it.

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Palestinian infant freezes to death in Gaza as Israel keeps blocking aid

Winter cold 'becomes lethal' as Israel restricts entry of tents, blankets and other shelter supplies to ravaged enclave.

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South African authorities raid US refugee facility

South African authorities raided a U.S. refugee facility in the country, briefly detaining U.S. staff who have been processing white Afrikaner refugees. The episode is sure to be a source of further tension between U.S. and South African officials who have denied claims from President Trump that th…

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Palestinians mourn teenager killed by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank

Mourners crowded the streets of Tuqu in the occupied West Bank to say goodbye to 16-year-old Ammar Sabah.

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UK set to rejoin EU’s flagship student exchange programme

Britain expected to return to Erasmus+ scheme as part of reset of relations with the bloc

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Deals put UK-US trade relationship in the spotlight | Letters

Richard Torbett and Nick Dearden respond to an article by Aditya Chakrabortty on Keir Starmer’s medicines agreement with Donald TrumpFar from costing British lives, as Aditya Chakrabortty suggests (What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives, 11 Decemb…

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Erasmus scheme to return for UK students

The UK had ended its participation in the scheme in 2020 after agreeing a Brexit deal with the EU.

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Starmer under pressure to pick next UK envoy to US after tech deal paused

Varun Chandra, Number 10 business adviser, seen as frontrunner for Washington role

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Macron: We urgently need to rebalance EU-China relations

Resolving serious trade imbalances will require co-operation and co-ordinated action

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US designates Colombia’s biggest drug cartel Gulf Clan as terrorist organization

Marco Rubio calls drug-trafficking militia, present in at least 20 of Colombia’s departments, ‘violent and powerful’The US has designated the Gulf Clan, Colombia’s largest and most powerful illegal armed criminal group, as a foreign terrorist organisation.The notorious drug-trafficking militia with …

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Driving Maduro from power may prove to be the easy part

The president assembles a fleet of warships off the shores of an oil rich country run by a brutal dictator. He orders hundreds of air strikes against the dictator’s assets, which forces him from power. The president proudly proclaims, “Without putting a single U.S. service member on the ground, we a…

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