#BREAKING Russian troops arrive in Belarus for combat drills: Minsk
#UPDATE Russian troops arrived in #Belarus on Tuesday for snap military drills, as Moscow hosted Germany's foreign minister for the latest talks over fears of an invasion of Ukraine u.afp.com/wGzY
#BREAKING Russian foreign minister says Moscow needs answers from US on sweeping security demands before continuing Ukraine talks
#BREAKING US Sec. of State Blinken will fly to Ukraine Tuesday amid Russia invasion fears: State Dept.
#BREAKING NATO chief Stoltenberg says has invited Russia, NATO allies to new talks on Ukraine
#BREAKING Blinken advocated 'diplomatic path' on Ukraine in call with Russian foreign minister: US State Dept.
#UPDATE Moscow on Tuesday rejected fresh talks on #Ukraine unless the West responds to its security demands, as the US and NATO pushed for more negotiations to avert a possible Russian invasion of its pro-Western neighbour u.afp.com/wGzY
#BREAKING Blinken, Russian foreign minister to meet in Geneva Friday on Ukraine crisis: US official
#BREAKING The White House says it believes Russia could attack Ukraine 'at any point,' adding that 'no option is off the table' for its response to any Russia aggression on its neighbor
#UPDATE Moscow rejected fresh talks on Ukraine unless the West responds to its demands, as the US and NATO pushed for more negotiations to avert a possible Russian invasion of its pro-Western neighbour u.afp.com/wGVV
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#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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