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Resignations fail to ease protests over US police’s killing of black man in Minnesota
The resignations of a police chief and of an officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota have failed to end protests over Sunday's killing.
Keep Ukraine out of NATO
By Daniel Larison*
Fighting kills, injures nearly 1,800 Afghan civilians in first three months of 2021: UN
Nearly 1,800 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first three months of 2021 during fighting between government forces and Taliban militants despite efforts to find peace, the United Nations said in new findings on Wednesday.
US administration proceeding with $23 billion weapons sales to UAE
US President Joe Biden’s administration has told Congress it is proceeding with more than $23 billion in weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates – a member of a Saudi-led coalition which claimed the lives of thousands of people in its war on Yemen.
US says NATO forces to leave together from Afghanistan
A coalition of NATO-led troops in Afghanistan will leave the war-ravaged country in coordination with a planned US withdrawal by Sept. 11, Washington's top diplomat said on Wednesday.
Somali president signs law extending mandate for two years
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has signed a controversial law extending his mandate for another two years, despite threats of sanctions from the US and the European Union.
Iran to retaliate nuclear site attack with proportionate intensity: Gov’t spox
The Iranian government’s spokesman pledged that a retaliatory action with proportional intensity and at an appropriate time will definitely take place in response to the targeting of an enrichment facility in Natanz, central Iran.
Russia warns US warships to steer clear of Crimea 'for their own good'
Russia on Tuesday warned the United States to ensure its warships stayed well away from Crimea "for their own good", calling their deployment in the Black Sea a provocation designed to test Russian nerves.
Nearly a million going hungry in conflict-hit Mozambique, UN says
Almost one million people are facing severe hunger in northern Mozambique where hundreds of thousands have fled worsening violence, the UN food agency said on Tuesday.
Don’t play with fire: China warns US on Taiwan
China told the United States on Tuesday to stop playing with fire over Taiwan and lodged a complaint after Washington issued guidelines that will enable US officials to meet more freely with officials from the Chinese island.

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