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Stubb narrowly wins Finnish presidential election
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Stubb narrowly wins Finnish presidential election

Helsinki, Feb 12: The presidential candidate for the National Coalition, Alexander Stubb, narrowly won the Finnish presidential election on Sunday night. With all the votes counted, Stubb got 51.6 per cent of support in the final round, while Independent Green candidate Pekka Haavisto obtained...
Mass rallies held across Iran to mark anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution
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Mass rallies held across Iran to mark anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution

Tehran, Feb 12: Mass rallies were held across Iran on Sunday to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the victory of the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The rallies, also attended by the country's officials and military commanders, started concurrently at 9:00 a.m. local time in 1,400 cities and...
Syrian president warns of escalating conflict as US attacks intensify in Middle East
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Syrian president warns of escalating conflict as US attacks intensify in Middle...

Damascus, Feb 12: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has expressed concerns that Washington's attacks in different parts of the Middle East threaten to expand the conflict in the region, the media reported. In a meeting with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Syrian...
US military confirms airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen
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US military confirms airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen's Hodeidah

Sanaa, Feb 12: US military on Sunday confirmed that it struck Houthi targets near the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah a day earlier, claiming to have hit the group's two unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and three anti-ship cruise missiles. In an online statement, the US Central Command...
US Defense Secy hospitalised again, transfers duties to deputy
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US Defense Secy hospitalised again, transfers duties to deputy

Washington, Feb 12: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalised "for "emergent bladder issue," and has transferred his duties to his deputy. According to a statement from department of defense, Austin was rushed by his security detail to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center...
Mount Everest climbers asked to bring their poop back to base camp
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Mount Everest climbers asked to bring their poop back to base camp

Guwahati, Feb 10: A bizarre request has been made to the Mount Everest climbers, as they were asked to clear their own poop and bring it back to the base camp.According to reports, Mingma Sherpa, the chairman of Pasang Lhamu rural municipality, took the decision as the mountains have started to...
Egypt opens Rafah crossing since
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Egypt opens Rafah crossing since '1st moment' of Gaza conflict

Cairo, Feb 10: The Egyptian presidency, in response to US President Joe Biden's statement, has said that Egypt has opened the Rafah crossing to enable the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip since "the first moment" of the Israel-Hamas conflict. "Egypt has mobilised massive humanitarian...
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China's Xi calls for stronger 'strategic coordination' with Russia in Lunar New...

Washington, Feb 10: Chinese President Xi Jinping increased his country's friction with the US and its Western allies by heralding the Lunar Year, vowing greater cooperation and coordination with America's fierce rival in geopolitics -- Russia. Xi heralded a new year of growing coordination with...
Israeli attack targets western Damascus region
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Israeli attack targets western Damascus region

Damascus, Feb 10: An Israeli missile attack targetted areas west of the Syrian capital of Damascus after midnight, witnesses and local media said early Saturday. Loud explosions were heard in the western countryside of Damascus, with the pro-government al-Watan news outlet saying it was an...
Philippines landslide death toll surges to 27, with 89 missing
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Philippines landslide death toll surges to 27, with 89 missing

Manila, Feb 10: The death toll in a landslide that crashed into villages in Davao de Oro province in southern Philippines this week has climbed to 27, with 89 remaining missing, authorities said. In an updated statement, the Maco municipal government said 32 have been rescued from the landslide,...
Syria intercepts drones near capital
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Syria intercepts drones near capital

Damascus, Feb 10: Syrian air defences have intercepted two combat drones launched from the direction of Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Syrian Defence Ministry said in a statement. The Ministry on Friday added that air defences shot the two unmanned aerial vehicles down west of the capital...
Finland extends land border closure with Russia until mid-April
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Finland extends land border closure with Russia until mid-April

Helsinki, Feb 9: The Finnish government has decided to keep the land border with Russia closed until mid-April, citing security concerns. All crossing points on the Finnish eastern border have been closed to passenger traffic since mid-December, Xinhua news agency reported. The country closed...
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