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With G20 event, India seeks to project normalcy in disputed Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — As India prepares to host a meeting of tourism officials from the Group of 20 in the disputed region of Kashmir, authorities have deployed elite commandos and stepped up security in the region's largest city. The meeting will be the first significant...
Ukraine's president takes his diplomatic campaign against Russia to Arab summit, G7
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a summit of Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia on Friday before what a senior official said would be a trip to Japan for a meeting with the leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies. Zelenskyy has in recent...
Russian PM to visit Beijing as China renews criticism of Western arms sales to Ukraine
BEIJING (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Beijing next week for talks, China's Foreign Ministry said Friday, marking the latest exchange in a relationship in which Russia is becoming increasingly reliant on China for economic and diplomatic support. ...
South African army general in Moscow days after country accused of sending weapons to Russia
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Russia's top army general and his South African counterpart discussed "military cooperation” while meeting Monday in Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The announcement came hours after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa denied...
Germany announces $3 billion military aid package for Ukraine ahead of expected Zelenskyy visit
BERLIN (AP) — Germany will provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth more than 2.7 billion euros ($3 billion), including tanks, anti-aircraft systems and ammunition, the government said Saturday. The announcement came on the eve of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's...
Belarusians wary of being drawn into war with Ukraine
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — For Ruslan, an engineer in the Belarus capital of Minsk, Russia's war in neighboring Ukraine suddenly seemed closer than ever when a conscription office recently sent him a summons for military training. It's part of an effort that will see thousands of men...
Iraq's years of carnage still engrained in Baghdad streets
BAGHDAD (AP) — There are places around Baghdad where I’ll sometimes say a silent prayer for the dead when I pass — on certain residential streets, at a particular restaurant, in a square where minibuses gather. Today, people go about their daily business in these places,...
China defense minister to meet Russian counterpart in Moscow
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu will visit Russia next week for meetings with counterpart Sergei Shoigu and other military officials, China's Defense Ministry said Friday. Li’s visit underscores China’s strengthening engagement with Russia, with which...
1st woman to lead UK communications intelligence agency GCHQ
LONDON (AP) — Anne Keast-Butler, who has spent 30 years working in national security for Britain, was named Tuesday as the first woman to head the U.K.'s communications intelligence agency. Keast-Butler, currently deputy director general at MI5, the domestic intelligence agency,...
Thousands still missing from 20 years of Iraq's turmoil
BAGHDAD (AP) — Nawal Sweidan quietly folded her son’s clothes and straightened the bedsheets in his room as she always used to do when he was out at work or at university. She still does it regularly, even though he hasn’t been home for almost 10 years since he was taken away by militiamen. ...
