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[ad_1] The upper house of Russia’s parliament has unanimously endorsed a bill allowing confiscation of assets from those spreading deliberately false information about the military. The lower house also quickly approved the bill, and it is expected to be signed into law by President Vladimir Putin. Existing laws targeting military …

[ad_1] A Malaysian facilitator announced on Wednesday that the Thai government and Muslim separatist rebels in southern Thailand have reached an agreement to end their conflict. The talks, held over two days in Kuala Lumpur, will resume over the next two months to finalize details of the peace plan. The …

[ad_1] A couple of bombings in Pakistan at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate killed at least 24 people and wounded more than two dozen others on Wednesday, the day before parliamentary elections. The first attack happened in Pashin, a district in Baluchistan province, provincial …

[ad_1] The European Union’s executive arm shelved an anti-pesticide proposal Tuesday in yet another concession to farmers after weeks of protests that blocked many capitals and economic lifelines across the 27-nation bloc. Although the proposal had languished in EU institutions for the past two years, the move by European Commission …

[ad_1] Argentina’s headline-grabbing new president has promised Israel that he will move his country’s embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. “For me, it is a pleasure, an honor to be here,” Argentinian President Javier Milei said upon his arrival in Israel on Tuesday. “I am keeping my promise to have …

[ad_1] Residents of the Greek island of Aegina have spent several days without drinkable water running in their homes after an alleged act of sabotage disabled an undersea pipeline from the mainland, authorities in Athens said Tuesday. GREEK POLICE ARREST 12 LEFT-WING PROTESTERS WHO SHUT DOWN EXAMS OVER PRIVATE UNIVERSITY …

[ad_1] Ten people died as a result of unprovoked shark attacks last year, the Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File report states. A total of 120 worldwide alleged shark-human interactions were investigated. Of them, 69 unprovoked shark bites on humans and 22 provoked bites were recorded. Bites …

[ad_1] VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — The death toll from wildfires that ravaged central Chile for several days increased to 131 on Tuesday, and more than 300 people were still missing as the blazes appeared to be burning themselves out. The fires in Valparaiso are said to be Chile’s …

[ad_1] A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister has resigned after being arrested in a scandal over the government’s alleged purchase of counterfeit drugs during the country’s economic crisis. A government statement Tuesday confirmed that Environment Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, who previously served as health minister, has resigned. He was arrested on Friday …

[ad_1] UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iraq’s government is focused on avoiding a domestic or regional spillover of the Israel-Hamas war but continuing attacks on the country threaten its hard-won stability, the U.N. envoy for Iraq warned Tuesday. With the war raging in Gaza, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert told the U.N. Security Council …