Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will speak to Vladimir Putin by phone on Sunday to discuss Russia&s war in Ukraine, spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said, adding Turkey was ready to help resolve the crisis, Reuters reported.

NATO member Turkey shares a maritime border with Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea and has good ties to both, but opposes...

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The US is planning to complete in August the resettlement of Afghan refugees stranded by its withdrawal from the country last year, a senior State Department official has reportedly said on Friday.

So far, 85,000 Afghan refugees have been resettled in the US and thousands more remain in facilities in the United Arab Emirates, Albania, Mexico and...

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Russia is blocking Meta Platforms Inc&s (FB.O) Facebook, the country&s communications regulator said on Friday, in response to what it said were restrictions of access to Russian media on the platform.

The regulator, Roskomnadzor, said there had been 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media by Facebook since October 2020,...

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Shane Warne, one of cricket&s all-time greats, has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52 while in holiday in Koh Samui, Thailand.

Warne, who was named one of Wisden&s Five Cricketers of the Century, claimed 708 Test wickets in a 15-year career for Australia between 1992 and 2007, and was also an ODI World Cup winner in 1999,...

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More than 410,000 Chinese netizens have signed a joint letter by China&s Global Times newspaper urging the United States to return assets in full to Afghans immediately and unconditionally.

This comes after US President Joe Biden moved to divert $7 billion in frozen Afghan assets for humanitarian assistance and to the families of 9/11 victims....

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President Vladimir Putin urged Russia&s neighbours on Friday not to escalate tensions, eight days after Moscow sent its forces into Ukraine.

&There are no bad intentions towards our neighbours. And I would also advise them not to escalate the situation, not to introduce any restrictions. We fulfil all our obligations and will continue...

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