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Georgian Airlines has imposed a travel ban on its own country's president

Georgian Airlines has imposed a travel ban on its own country’s president

President Salumi Zorabkholi, file photo Georgian Airways, the national airline of Georgia, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, banned the country’s president from boarding its planes. According to the foreign news agency, the president of Georgia, Salomi Zorabikhvili, said that she would boycott the airline after the national airline resumed flights to Russia….

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New EU sanctions on Iran

New EU sanctions on Iran

The European Union has imposed new sanctions on Iran against the government crackdown. According to the news agency from Brussels, the new sanctions were imposed on Iranian officials and institutions in response to the violent crackdown. The sanctions include 5 individuals and 2 entities of Iran. The news agency says that there were protests in…

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Bans should be lifted, not against neighbors and international community, Afghan Deputy Prime Minister

Bans should be lifted, not against neighbors and international community, Afghan Deputy Prime Minister

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi has said that the policies of the Islamic Emirate are not hostile to neighboring and international countries. Addressing an event in Kabul, he said that the Islamic Emirate wants relations with everyone based on respect. Mullah Abdul Salam demanded that the…

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Ali Akbar Ahmadian appointed secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council

Ali Akbar Ahmadian appointed secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has appointed IRGC Commander Ali Akbar Ahmadian as the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. The Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council is the highest-level post in Iran, playing an important role in the country’s domestic and regional policymaking. Before Ahmadiyan, Ali Shamkhani, who had held the post for…

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Ceasefire in Sudan could ‘pave the way’ to peace talks

Ceasefire in Sudan could ‘pave the way’ to peace talks

“Lives and infrastructure are being destroyed, and the security situation is impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid,” said Volker Perthes, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sudan, briefing the Security Council on Monday about recent developments. Five weeks since the eruption of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…

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Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost $4 trillion over last 50 years

Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost $4 trillion over last 50 years

According to WMO, weather, climate and water-related hazards caused close to 12,000 disasters between 1970 and 2021. Developing countries were hit hardest, seeing nine in 10 deaths and 60 per cent of economic losses from climate shocks and extreme weather.   WMO said that Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States suffered a “disproportionately” high…

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