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President Joe Biden has described national unity as the United States’ greatest strength in a video commemorating the 20th anniversary of the al-Qaeda attacks on September 11 which left nearly 3,000 people dead.

EU, US urge others to join methane reduction pledge

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Imran Khan tweeted on Saturday that he took the initiative after his meetings this week in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, with leaders of countries neighbouring Afghanistan.

Pakistan premier says he has started dialogue with Taliban over inclusivity

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Thousands of hunters marched in France on Saturday to defend “rural values” and traditional bird hunting which the country’s top administrative court has banned.

France: Thousands march against traditional hunting ban

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U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said France was a “vital ally” and that the United States would work in the coming days to resolve the differences.

French envoy: Australia made ‘huge mistake’ in cancelling submarine deal

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Three blasts kill two in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad

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Observers watch a live broadcast from polling stations at the Moscow Public Election Monitoring Center during the second day of a three-day long vote in parliamentary elections in Moscow, Russia September 18, 2021. REUTERS-Evgenia Novozhenina

Alexie Navalny allies accuse Telegram of censorship in Russian election

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Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter that party-goers were issued with fines as they left the site and organisers were being identified and would be prosecuted.

France closes Muslim publishing house for ‘legitimising Jihad’

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Speaking earlier on Friday, Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang said the government had to take the threat from China seriously.

China encroaches on Taiwan’s air defence zone

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Abu Dhabi cancels covid-19 entry testing for intra-national travellers

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Afghanistan: Taliban rulers exclude girls from returning to secondary school

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FILE PHOTO: Relatives of drug war victims hold photographs of their slain loved ones with placards calling for justice as they march towards the presidential Malacanang Palace during a protest to commemorate President Rodrigo Duterte's final year in office, in Manila, Philippines, June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Kin of Philippines ‘drug war victims’ hope for justice as ICC approves probe

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More than 10,000 mostly Haitian migrants were bivouacked in a squalid camp under a bridge in southern Texas on Friday.

10,000 Haitian migrants knock at U.S. border

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FILE PHOTO: Robert Durst in his wheelchair looks at people in the courtroom as he appears in an Inglewood courtroom with his attorneys for closing arguments in his murder trial at the Inglewood Courthouse in California, U.S., September 8, 2021. Al Sieb/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

US real estate heir Robert Durst convicted of murdering friend

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Nigeria received four million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the United States on Sunday as the West African nation steps up efforts to battle a third wave of infections.

Moderna coronavirus vaccine edges Pfizer in new US research

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UN extends Afghan mission mandate for six months

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