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Taliban begin house searches, sparking fear, diplomatic criticism

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Taliban administration spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the searches were part of a "clearing operation" and that houses were only raided if there was a specific report of possible criminal activity. "The operation is not against just anyone, it is against kidnappers, professional thieves and crime groups," he said at a news conference on Sunday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/e1t8ZPu via

Lockdown fears spark panic buying in Hong Kong

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Thousands evacuate worst Australian floods in decades

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Russian isolation intensifies as Ukraine fighting rages

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Vast Russian army convoy spotted north of Kyiv

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A huge Russian military convoy stretching some 40 miles was spotted Monday by a US satellite imaging company just north of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, which has already repulsed several assaults. Satellite photos provided by Maxar, a US company, showed that the convoy -- which had been massing since Sunday -- had mushroomed to more than 40 miles of military vehicles. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/EkzoQxs via

Taiwan says inappropriate to link its situation to Ukraine's

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UN to hold 2 meetings on Russia's invasion of Ukraine

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The UN's two major bodies - the 193-nation General Assembly and the more powerful 15-member Security Council - will hold separate meetings on Monday on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a reflection of widespread international demands for an immediate ceasefire. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/wO6yaZz via

Europe and Canada move to close skies to Russian planes

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People flee to rooftops as 'weather bomb' submerges Australian towns

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Hong Kong facilities for storing dead bodies stretched as Covid deaths climb

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North Korea says it tested cameras for spy satellite

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A spy satellite is among an array of sophisticated weapons systems that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed last year to develop under military modernisation plans to cope with what he called hostile US policies toward his country. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/tiq2YZI via

Ukraine crisis: Blasts heard in Kyiv, Kharkiv

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China reports 87 new local Covid-19 cases on February 27

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Of the new cases in China, 87 were locally transmitted, the national health commission said, compared with 112 a day earlier. About half of the new local cases were in the southern province of Guangdong. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/FMuHjva via

Ukraine rejects Belarus as location for talks

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that he was ready for talks with Russia, but rejected Moscow's push to stage them in Belarus as it was a launchpad for invading forces. "Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Istanbul, Baku. We proposed all of them," Zelensky said in an address posted online. "And any other city in a country from whose territory missiles do not fly would suit us," the 44-year-old president said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/mXrSMGb via

Putin hails 'heroism' of Russian special forces in Ukraine

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"Special gratitude to those who these days are heroically fulfilling their military duty in the course of a special operation to provide assistance to the people's republics of Donbas," Putin said in a televised address. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Ml3POgA via

US unveils relaxations for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan

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China envoy to Ukraine postpones evacuation of citizens

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Ukraine says Russian troops blow up gas pipeline in Kharkiv

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North Korea launches a ballistic missile, South Korea says

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North Korea on Sunday launched a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast in its eighth missile test of the year, the South Korean military said. The missile was launched at 7.52am from Sunan, near Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, the South Korean military said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/4nAMaK1 via

US, EU agree to freeze assets of Russia's Putin, Lavrov

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New US Covid guidelines allow most Americans to go mask-free indoors

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Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson as 1st Black woman to serve on US Supreme Court

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Kalashnikov in hand, ex-prez Petro Poroshenko says Putin can never catch Ukraine

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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake kills 7 on Indonesia's Sumatra

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A strong and shallow earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, killing seven people and injuring 85, while causing panic on the island and in neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3NyRTKf via

Putin’s Soviet dream, Ukraine’s nightmare

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Russian Roulette: Putin goes to war

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Comic-turned-president Zelensky steps into a role he didn’t rehearse for

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Verdict reached for 3 ex-officers charged in Floyd killing

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Biden says any nation that supports Putin will be stained by association

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Warning that any nation that supported Russian leader Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine will be "stained by association", US President Joe Biden, on Thursday unleashed what he described as a "devastating package of sanctions and other economic measures" to cripple the Russian economy. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/bmEkKCp via

China avoids direct political support to Russia

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Amid attack on Ukraine, Imran-Putin discuss bilateral ties, J&K

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Open to diplomacy but won’t compromise on security: Vladimir Putin

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Ukraine crisis exposes Putin's 'isolated, paranoid' world

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A French presidential official, who asked not to be named, said that Putin's speech on Ukraine mixed "rigid and paranoid ideas" which recalled the impression Macron had got in his five-hour closed door talks with Putin at the Kremlin earlier this month. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/TZUcQDC via

Hostage taker in Amsterdam had explosives: Police

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Ukraine declares emergency, drafts citizens for fight

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House nod for Putin clears path for troops in Ukraine

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Amsterdam police end hostage situation at Apple flagship store

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Dutch police said on Tuesday evening they had ended a hostage situation in an Apple flagship store in Amsterdam, where a man with a gun held at least one person hostage for hours. "We managed to end the situation by hitting the hostage taker with a car when he ran outside," police said in a tweet, adding that the man was being treated for his injuries. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/hTvsP4k via

Several persons freed from the Amsterdam Apple store where people are held hostage

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Several persons have been able to leave an Apple store located on a central square in Amsterdam, where a man with a gun has taken one or more people hostage, the Dutch police said in Tuesday. In a tweet, the Amsterdam police added it didn't want to elaborate for now on the situation in and around the store. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/jt13Zo2 via

Biden sanctions Russia and its elites, cutting off western financing and access to markets

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US President Joe Biden on Tuesday cut off Moscow from western financing and imposed unspecified sanctions on Russian elites in the first tranche of punitive measures in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Speaking at the White House, Biden said there would be more sanctions if Russia moved further into Ukraine, as he expected it would. "If they move further, we have further sanctions ready," he warned, saying everything Russia was doing pointed to a fuller invasion of Ukraine. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/zOshFi2 via

Biden announces sanctions against Russian oligarchs, banks

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US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced what he called the "first tranche" of sanctions against Russia, including steps to starve the country of financing, saying Moscow had started an invasion of Ukraine. "We're implementing sanctions on Russia's sovereign debt. That means we've cut off Russia's government from Western financing," Biden said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/EGBvZrN via

Armed police at Amsterdam Apple Store, armed person inside

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Armed police gathered Tuesday evening outside the Apple Store in Amsterdam amid reports that an armed assailant in the store is holding a hostage there. Amsterdam police said in a tweet that ``somebody with a firearm is in the store, police are at the location with many (specialized) units to bring the situation under control.'' from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/CUByWMl via

Putin demands Ukraine end 'military operations'

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Putin recognises Ukraine rebel regions as independent

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All eyes on Pak army as opposition gears up for no-trust move against Imran

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‘Gen. Zia’s ISI head swindled CIA’s mujahideen cash for Afghan-Soviet war’

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Boris Johnson scraps remaining Covid restrictions in England

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday that he is scrapping of the last domestic coronavirus restrictions in England, including the requirement for people with Covid-19 to self-isolate. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/hF2mJtQ via

Canada: Blockades over, but Trudeau says emergency powers needed

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Russia has lists of Ukrainians 'to be killed or sent to camps', US warns UN

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The United States has warned the UN it has information that Russia has lists of Ukrainians "to be killed or sent to camps" in the event of an invasion, according to a letter sent to the UN rights chief and obtained by AFP Sunday. US has "credible information that indicates Russian forces are creating lists of identified Ukrainians to be killed or sent to camps following a military occupation," the letter says. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/jJqwcY5 via

'US plans to cut ties with targeted Russian banks if Ukraine is invaded'

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'Fortress Australia' re-opens to tourists after two-year Covid closure

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The country closed its borders to almost everyone except citizens and residents in March 2020 in an attempt to slow surging Covid-19 case numbers. The travel ban -- which also barred citizens from going overseas without an exemption and imposed a strict cap on international arrivals -- earned the country the nickname "Fortress Australia". from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/NSpJfKY via