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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the government has already chartered commercial jets that would be ready within months. The plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda had previously faced legal hurdles.

At a weekend rally, Prime Minister Modi claimed the opposition wanted to take Hindus’ money and give it to “infiltrators.” The opposition Congress Party said he meant Muslims, and lodged an official

The European Commission is threatening to suspend the TikTok Lite rewards programme, unless the Chinese-owned app provides answers within 24 hours. The European Commission on Monday gave TikTok a 24-hour deadline to submit an assessment of

European foreign and defense ministers are meeting to discuss support for Ukraine that has waned in recent months. Sanctions against Russia and Iran are also on the agenda. Foreign and defense ministers

The joint drills include simulations of US and Filipino troops recapturing islands amid maritime tensions between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea. Some 16,700 Filipino and US troops began annual joint

Prime Minister Marape said his nation doesn’t deserve to be labeled cannibals. In controversial statements last week, US president Biden implied his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals in the country

An estimated 250,000 people in Colombia took to the streets in various cities to protest the social and economic reforms of the left-wing President Gustavo Petro. Many chanted “out with Petro.” Hundreds

The chief warden of a prison was shot dead in western Ecuador. His death came as citizens voted on a referendum on President Noboa’s plans to crack down on criminal gangs and

Moscow has blacklisted the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, a free-market think-tank as “undesirable,” essentially banning it. The organization said it was a sign of Russia’s “threat to civil and human rights.” The Russian

Kenya’s defense chief and several other senior military officers died in a helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, the president has announced. Kenyan military chief Francis Ogolla and several