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US accuses Russia of 'crimes against humanity' in Ukraine 18 Feb 2023 - 04:37 pm
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023. - The Munich Security Conference running from February 17 to 19, 2023 brings world leaders together ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as Kyiv steps up pleas for more weapons. (Photo by Thomas KIENZLE / AFP)
China blasts US over 'hysterical' balloon claim 18 Feb 2023 - 03:58 pm
China's Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC), on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Odd Andersen / AFP)
UK's Sunak set to say security guarantees need for Ukraine 18 Feb 2023 - 03:52 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gets off his plane after his arrival on February 18, 2023 at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, where he will attend the Munich Security Conference (MSC). (Photo by Ben Stansall / POOL / AFP)
UN says AI poses 'serious risk' for human rights 18 Feb 2023 - 03:47 pm
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18 bodies found in abandoned truck in Bulgaria 17 Feb 2023 - 07:11 pm
A security official gestures as an ambulance moves on the outskirts of the village of Lokorsko, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) north-east of Sofia, after the discovery of eighteen dead migrants in the rear of an abandoned truck. (Photo by NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP)
Russia, Belarus discuss closer military, economic ties 17 Feb 2023 - 06:41 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) meets with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik / AFP)
Ukraine accuses French retailer Auchan of being Russia's 'weapon' 17 Feb 2023 - 06:14 pm
In this file photo taken on August 03, 2020, the logo of French supermarket Auchan is pictured on the wall of a shopping mall in Moscow on August 3, 2020.  (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP)
Allies who can send Ukraine tanks must 'do so now': Scholz 17 Feb 2023 - 04:58 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Kienzle / AFP)
France raids consultants' homes in Macron campaign probe 17 Feb 2023 - 04:39 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on April 12, 2022 in Toulouse shows screens displaying the logo of US-based McKinsey & Company management consulting firm. - Four judicial searches perquisitions were caried out at the end of January at the home of managers and former managers of McKinsey in connection with an investigation over suspected illegal fundings in the presidential campaigns of Emmanuel Macron, according to sources close to the case on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)
Blast at Slovenia fireworks company kills 1, injures 2 17 Feb 2023 - 03:35 pm
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British embassy guard jailed for 13 years for spying for Moscow 17 Feb 2023 - 02:44 pm
An handout image released by the Metropolitan Police Service on February 17, 2023, shows a still from a covert camera during Russian spy David Smith's meeting with
Trains, ferries canceled because of storm over Nordics 17 Feb 2023 - 02:41 pm
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Thousands of flights canceled as German airport staff strike 17 Feb 2023 - 12:53 pm
A schedule board displays cancelled and delayed flights during a strike at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on February 17, 2023. Photo by ANDRE PAIN / AFP
Under fire TikTok pledges to follow EU rules 17 Feb 2023 - 12:05 pm
TikTok app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
King Charles faces 'not my king' protest on walkabout 16 Feb 2023 - 09:12 pm
Britain's King Charles III visits the Milton Keynes food bank in Milton Keynes, north of London on February 16, 2023, to see the support they provide to communities across the city. (Photo by Molly Darlington / AFP)
Berlin film fest to beam in Zelensky for opener with Sean Penn 16 Feb 2023 - 07:01 pm
A man makes a photograph as a woman passes the logo of the upcoming Berlinale 73rd International Film Festival in Berlin on February 15, 2023. (Photo by David GANNON / AFP)
UK embassy guard 'paid for treachery' by Moscow, judge says 16 Feb 2023 - 05:32 pm
David Smith was caught following an undercover operation in 2021. (Metropolitan Police/PA) / PA Media
NATO must be ready for long standoff with Russia: Stoltenberg 16 Feb 2023 - 04:50 pm
A photograph taken and released by the Turkish Presidential Press Office on February 16, 2023 shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shaking hands with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) in Ankara. (Photo by HANDOUT / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)