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The agreement signed in Doha in late February 2020 sets May 1 as the deadline for a full withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan. The Pentagon currently has 2,500 service personnel deployed in the country, with NATO allies fielding some 7,000 more. Under the agreement, the Taliban pledged to make …

The government is expected to increase the tax on business from 19 pence in the pound and to outline a pathway whereby it rises to 23 pence in the pound by the time of the next general election. The measure will be officially announced on March 3, and is set …

Citing intelligence reports, Rear Admiral Vyacheslav Sytnik, deputy chief of the Russian de-escalation mission in Syria, claimed that militants belonging to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have transported containers with toxic agents to the settlement of Tarmanin. The Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists plan to use the chemicals, believed to be chlorine, to “simulate” …

On Friday, a judge at the Lefortovo Court said that Voronin would remain behind bars while prosecutors prepare a case against him for high treason. A source told the Interfax newswire that he “is suspected of transferring information constituting a state secret to one of the NATO countries. In the …

The social media platform announced on Sunday that it had taken action against the military force’s Tatmadaw True News Information Team Page for repeatedly violating Facebook’s guidelines prohibiting “incitement of violence and coordinating harm.” Known as the Tatmadaw, the Myanmar military has been accused of brutally suppressing opposition to a …

As Australia launched its mass vaccination using the Pfizer jab on Sunday, Health Minister Greg Hunt promised a wide-ranging communication campaign to promote inoculation. The publicity drive will take place both offline and online – but nothing will be posted to Facebook, Hunt told national broadcaster ABC. Exclusion of the …

The six-wheeled robot beamed back several high-resolution images taken during the rover’s landing. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter also captured the spacecraft sailing into the landing site within the Jezero Crater, with parachute in tow. © NASA/ JPL Caltech The snapshots were sent via several spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet but …

McGregor became the first man to hold UFC titles concurrently when he knocked out Eddie Alvarez in November 2016 to add the lightweight belt to his featherweight crown. That capped an exhilarating run for ‘The Notorious’ after exploding onto the octagon scene in 2013, as he won nine of his …

“Will American Ideas Tear France Apart?”asks the New York Times in an article, published earlier this month, quoting prominent intellectuals concerned about the impact of theories on gender, race and post-colonialism on French solidarity.  French President Emmanuel Macron has led a complete volte-face in France against the notion of “separatism” …

Recently appearing on Steve Bannon’s ‘War Room’ podcast, lawyer Giuliani recounted a tale about a charity pro-am golf event he had played at in Florida seven years ago alongside late radio broadcast icon Rush Limbaugh. Asking Bannon’s permission to tell a “funny story”, Giuliani went on to recall how he …