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The US Department of War has labelled the Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes a threat to US national security. In a video,…

Asia-Pacific
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Middle East & North Africa
A one-page unclassified memo from Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Iranian plans…

Middle East & North Africa
Rafael Grossi told the UN General Assembly that the technical groundwork for a deal with Iran is done and that…

Politics & Diplomacy
A State Department statement of 22 October says the talks between Venezuela's 2015 National Assembly and the interim government also…

Europe
Downing Street says the UK Prime Minister raised full Starlink access for Ukraine, Argentina's coercive measures over the Falklands and…

Middle East & North Africa
Speaking at a campaign rally in Florida, Donald Trump left open a new round of US strikes on Iran: “We…

Middle East & North Africa
The US ambassador to the UN told the Financial Times the Iran war could last another year, while Trump asks…

Cyprus
The Republic of Cyprus has taken its reaction to the approval of the illegal 2019 Turkish-Libyan memorandum to the UN.…

Africa
The UN human rights office says drone strikes by both the army and the RSF killed at least 306 people…

Politics & Diplomacy
Russia and Ukraine agreed to a local ceasefire in the southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky, mediated by US First Lady…

Middle East & North Africa
The UN says it is “extremely alarmed” by Israel’s sweeping West Bank closures after the Hebron attack, and Guterres condemns…