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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with Ukraine for a four-year financing package worth about $15.6 billion. The agreement, which must still be ratified by the IMF's board, takes into consideration…

A public inquiry into allegations that members of British special forces carried out dozens of extra-judicial killings during night raids in Afghanistan gets underway in London on Wednesday. Britain's defence ministry ordered the inquiry…

Russian President Vladimir Putin says China’s proposals could be used as the basis of a peace settlement in Ukraine. Putin made the statement in Moscow after talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday. "We believe that many of…

The Committee of Privileges of the UK Parliament is set to question former Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday about whether he misled parliament over rule-breaking COVID-19 lockdown parties. The Committee is investigating whether…

Education workers backed by the teachers' union have commenced a three-day strike in Los Angeles at the second-largest school district in the United States. The Service Employees International Union Local 99, representing bus drivers,…

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered the suspension of a ceasefire with the Clan del Golfo also known as the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces (AGC), the country's largest criminal organization, because it had attacked police. "I…

Australian authorities have arrested a former soldier for allegedly killing an Afghanistan civilian while deployed with the country's defence force there. According to a statement by the Australian Federal Police, the 41-year-old man is…

New Zealand's foreign minister, Nanaia Mahuta, will travel to China on Tuesday to meet her counterpart Qin Gang. Mahuta said she would raise New Zealand's concerns about key security challenges at the meeting with Qin Gang in Beijing,…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for the country to stand ready to conduct nuclear attacks against the U.S. and South Korea. Kim accused the U.S. and South Korea of expanding joint military drills involving American nuclear…

Iran and Iraq have signed a border security agreement aimed at tightening the frontier with Iraq's Kurdish region. According to a statement from the Iraqi prime minister's office, the joint security agreement includes coordination in …