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Taliban shuts down ‘unnecessary’ election commission, peace ministry

The Taliban has dissolved a number of “unnecessary” ministries and electoral bodies, including Afghanistan’s two election commissions. The group plans to replace them with a “grand council” structure, a spokesman said. The decision to scrap the country’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Electoral Complaint Commission was reportedly taken on Thursday, but announced by government spokesman […]

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Ex-Polish president, anti-communist & Nobel Peace Prize winner Walesa faces jail over denying links to сommunist secret police

Former Polish President Lech Walesa was summoned to the nation’s prosecutor’s office on Friday on charges of perjury in a case related to his alleged links to the socialist-era Polish secret police. The leader of Poland’s Solidarity movement known as a pro-democracy activist, Walesa was summoned to hear the charges related to his testimony back […]

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Pope Francis tells S. Korean president he’ll travel to N. Korea for ‘cause of peace’ if invited

Following a meeting at the Vatican, South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s office has stated that Pope Francis said he would visit North Korea for “the cause of peace” if invited, to help improve the pair’s relations. Moon, in Rome for the G20 Summit, presented Pope Francis with a cross made of barbed wire from the […]

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All the money in America won’t bring children back, US must just leave Afghanistan in peace – Kabul drone strike victim’s brother

The US is admitting error by offering compensation for the lives of innocent children killed by a drone strike in Kabul, but no amount of money will ease their family’s pain, the aggrieved brother of one of the victims told RT. Not a single terrorist was hit, but seven children – some as young as […]

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China blasts Royal Navy’s ‘malicious’ sail in Taiwan Strait as ‘undermining peace and stability’

The Chinese military has condemned the UK Navy after it engaged in what Beijing officials described as a “malicious” sail through the Taiwan Strait that “undermined” its “peace and stability.” The HMS ‘Richmond’, a frigate deployed as part of the UK Carrier Strike Group, containing aircraft carrier HMS ‘Queen Elizabeth’, tweeted on Monday that it […]

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North Korea slams South’s ‘sloppy’ submarine-missile launch as ‘self-comforting’, says Seoul set to ruin peninsula’s peace

North Korea has blasted its southerly neighbor’s recent submarine-missile launch, slamming Seoul’s attempt as “sloppy” and “self-comforting”, but claiming it spells further tension that will derail the peace on the peninsula. On Monday, Jang Chang Ha, chief of North Korea’s Academy of the National Defence Science, criticized South Korea’s submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test as […]