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Iran announced Wednesday that there has been progress in the multinational talks on renewing the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA) Iran nuclear deal, and that negotiations had reached a “critical” stage, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. This sentiment has been echoed by the US, France and Germany, which are key parties to the talks.

Europe’s largest war since World War Two appeared to be underway Thursday, with Ukraine saying Russia had launched a full-scale invasion.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) suggests a global digital identity system that could involve implanting microchips into humans worldwide by 2026, according to an insight report and footage obtained by Worthy News.

The emotional Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the Kremlin has approved the movement of nearly 200,000 forces into his nation for Europe’s most significant military conflict since World War Two.

Ukraine declared a state of emergency for 30 days and said Ukrainians should leave Russia immediately.

Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that abortion should be decriminalized up to 24 weeks’ gestation, i24 News reports. The court made its decision after rights groups filed suit for abortion on demand to be legalized.

A Christian aid group has condemned U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to seize $7 billion in Afghan funds, saying it could increase Islamic extremism.

After five long hours, a hostage standoff that captivated the Netherlands ended at the Apple Store in downtown Amsterdam with a police car driving into the hostage-taker.

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken the United States should not include Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, in America’s Indo-Pacific strategy.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said he wants to use the Emergencies Act to sell the trucks seized from Canadian Freedom Convoy protesters.

U.S. President Joe Biden announced new economic sanctions against Russia Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin moved troops into two pro-Moscow separatist areas of eastern Ukraine.

Witnesses say tanks and other military hardware are moving through Ukraine’s separatist-controlled city of Donetsk after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two breakaway regions and laid claim to all of Ukraine.

The Canadian House of Commons on Monday night voted 185 to 151 in favor of extending the emergency powers that police can invoke to quell any potential new blockades from protesters opposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

A Russian invasion into neighboring Ukraine was underway Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering troops to enter the country’s east to “maintain peace.”

Europe was edging closer to war on Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two separate eastern Ukraine regions and called the U.S.-led NATO military alliance an “existential threat to Russia.”

The United States and Russian presidents tentatively agreed to meet to prevent a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. But sustained shelling in the east and Moscow’s move to recognize two rebel-controlled republics raised doubts about when and if the meeting would occur.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday emergency powers are still needed despite the progress police have made in stamping out weeks-long paralyzing protests by truckers and others angry over Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday that he is scrapping the last domestic coronavirus restrictions in England, including the requirement for people with COVID-19 to self-isolate, even as he acknowledged the potential for new and more deadly variants of the virus.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that Europe is heading towards its most significant armed conflict since the end of World War Two. He made the comments as the West fears for an imminent full-scale Russian invasion into Ukraine, where a flare-up of fighting has been seen between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has launched electricity production from the country’s mega-dam on the Blue Nile river, despite opposition from neighbors Egypt and Sudan.