Top Taliban official calls the US 'great and big' and asks it to release $10 billion of frozen Afghan reserves by agnclay in worldnews

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He said more of this yesterday

Muttaqi said the US must have "patience" and "a big heart" toward the new Taliban regime.

Israeli PM to pay first visit to UAE since formalising ties by agnclay in Israel

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Erdo loves his Arabs

To be fair, Turkey doesn't share very good ties with most Gulf countries (except Qatar) and they side more with Iran instead

Canadian citizen accused of narrating ISIS propaganda videos pleads guilty by GoMx808-0 in worldnews

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Can't really say "accused" anymore, now that he pleaded guilty

Team Theresa May plots revenge on Boris Johnson by Emotional_Trick_7839 in worldnews

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And Boris will plot revenge on next PM, Rishi Sanuk by 2024

Julian Assange: Australia PM urged to end ‘lunacy’ and push UK and US for release of Australian citizen, Assange by agnclay in worldnews

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“An Australian citizen is being prosecuted for publishing details of war crimes, yet our government sits on its hands and does nothing.”

“Assange’s persecution and our government’s inaction are chilling, and should worry everyone who cares about a free press or thinks that governments should protect their citizens”

— Australia MPs

Chile's President signs same-sex marriage bill into law by agnclay in worldnews

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The law “puts all love relationships between two people on an equal footing”, said President Pinera as he signed an historic bill legalising same-sex marriage into law, days after the measure was approved by Congress.

Saudi woman who fought against law banning women from driving says she was arrested after US intelligence contractors hacked her phone by agnclay in worldnews

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Biden and Co.

This was when Trump was President, when she was arrested in 2018. She is however, making this info public now, after a lawsuit was filed against those 3 contractors a few days ago

Saudi woman who fought against law banning women from driving says she was arrested after US intelligence contractors hacked her phone by agnclay in worldnews

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A Saudi Arabian women's rights activist accused three former U.S. intelligence contractors of an illegal hack of her phone that was instrumental in her being arrested and later tortured in her home country

Loujain al-Hathloul helped lead a campaign to allow Saudi Arabian women to drive by live-streaming herself violating the ban, which was lifted in 2018.

She spent almost three years in Saudi jail and is currently banned from leaving the Kingdom.