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Jordan's Incoming PM to Pull Controversial Tax Bill After Protests

Jordan's incoming Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said Thursday he will rescind a controversial income tax bill that has triggered a week of protests after he is sworn in by King Abdullah.

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OSCE promotes combatting illicit weapons, ammunition and explosives trafficking in and across Ukraine’s borders

A high-level meeting to discuss key findings of an OSCE-conducted needs assessment on combating illicit trafficking in weapons, ammunition and explosive (WAE) in and across Ukraine’s borders and determine potential areas for subsequent project co-...

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Yemen: Attack on Hodeida Could Put 170,000 Children in the Line of Fire and Kill any Hope of Peace Talks

An estimated 340,0001 people in Hodeida, half of them children, could be forcibly displaced should the Saudi-led Coalition (SLC) and anti-Houthi forces try to retake the vital port city. This major escalation in violence would put 170,0002 children at...

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Putin Calls for New European Security System, Strategic Parity

Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the development of a new European security system Thursday in response to what he says is a U.S. effort to undermine strategic parity and warned that a third world war could end civilization.

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