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Voting began on Sunday in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s general elections, with more than 3.4 million registered voters casting ballots to elect new leadership and lawmakers at several levels of government. Polling stations opened at 7am local time and are scheduled to close at 7pm, according to the Central Election Commission (CIK). A total of 3,414,364 voters are eligible to vote in the elections, which are held every four years. Voters will elect the Bosniak, Croat and Serb members of the country’s three-member presidency, as well as members of the state-level…

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The head of the Tennessee Department of Correction will step down this month, state officials said on Saturday, days after ​convicted murderer Christa Pike was left gravely ill from the ‌state’s failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection. The botched execution on Wednesday left Pike unconscious, intubated and hooked to a mechanical ventilator to breathe, her lawyers wrote ​in a Friday court filing. It is the state’s second ​failed execution attempt this year, prompting Tennessee Governor Bill Lee ⁠to halt attempts to carry out the death penalty for the…

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US President Donald Trump said that Iran had “virtually given up” plans to develop a nuclear weapon, one of his administration’s key objectives in its eight-month war with Tehran. Trump also said oil prices were falling after remaining elevated since Israel and the United States launched strikes against Iran on February 28, Anadolu said in a report. “Oil is coming down. Oil is right now lower, and it’s been lower than it was under the Biden administration,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a rally in…

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Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on Sunday, accompanied by CEOs from German defence companies, in a show of support for President Volodymyr Zelensky ​amid escalating Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities. Merz will announce a package of measures that includes the ‌release of €1 billion in military aid and €350 million for repairs in the energy sector, German government officials said. The visit is also expected to finalise a deal for joint production of various kinds of drones. “I travelled to Kyiv today because Ukraine needs all our support…

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has announced that the first phase of the long march will begin today. In a statement posted on social media platform X, Afridi said, “God willing, we will begin the first phase of the long march today from Gandi Chowk in Lakki Marwat.” Outlining the route, he said people from Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, South Waziristan, North Waziristan, Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts would join the march, which will begin at 1pm at Gandi Chowk in Lakki Marwat. The convoy would then reach near…

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Yemen’s government forces said on Sunday they had struck Houthi targets around the country, deepening the conflict ravaging one of the world’s poorest nations and the wider region. The armed forces launched strikes against the Houthis in the capital Sanaa, the northwestern governorate of Saada — one of the group’s strongholds — and Taiz in the southwest, military spokesman Colonel Majid Al Nuzaili said. Yemen was plunged back into civil war in July after years of calm, pitting the Iran-backed Houthis, who control most of northwest Yemen including Sanaa, against…

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Talks between the government and the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ended without a breakthrough as both sides blamed each other for the failure of the negotiations. Following the failure of the talks, the PTI announced that it would begin its long march today. Despite holding hours-long talks on Saturday, the two sides also failed to agree on a new round of negotiations. The talks continued until the early hours of Sunday, but the two sides could not reach an agreement on the draft. Prime Minister’s Adviser Rana Sanaullah said the…

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Ukraine will double down on attacking Russian oil refineries in response to a new policy of airstrikes by Moscow designed to force people to abandon Kyiv and other cities, but will not target civilians, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Ukrainian intelligence has obtained documents showing ​that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had issued a “new doctrine” of military attacks on a much broader range of civilian targets ahead of this winter, Zelensky said. “We saw documents and we know that they allow them ‌attack infrastructure… logistics… roads, schools, hospitals, to pressure people…

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Russia said on Saturday it would continue to carry out targeted retaliatory strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian ​cities and urged foreign nationals and diplomats to leave ‌the capital. In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that “in response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ terrorist acts against the civilian population and ​civilian infrastructure of our country, the Armed Forces of ​the Russian Federation are continuing to systematically carry ⁠out targeted strikes on military facilities in Kyiv and other ​Ukrainian cities”. “The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again warns…

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North Korea said it tested an intermediate-range strategic missile on Saturday that involved the use of AI, hours after Seoul said Pyongyang had launched a ballistic missile. The launch took place days after Seoul’s military demanded an apology from Pyongyang for a blast that wounded three South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) that it blamed on the North. Pyongyang has denied responsibility for last month’s explosion and called South Korea “despicable” on Friday, undercutting overtures by Seoul’s civilian leadership seeking a return to dialogue. Early Saturday, “our military…

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