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Zelensky Calls for Peace, Not More Weapons, in Davos

In a speech in Switzerland, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine asked for more sanctions on Moscow, but he did not appeal for weaponry for new offenses.

Deadly Iranian Strike in Kurdistan Inflames Tensions in the Region

A deadly Iranian ballistic missile strike in northern Iraq on Tuesday drove a wedge — at least temporarily — between Baghdad and Tehran, adding to the already volatile and tense situation in the Middle East.

​North Korea Says It Is No Longer Interested in Reunifying With the South

North Korea has formally abandoned peaceful reunification as a key policy goal, according to state media reports on Tuesday. The country's leader, Kim Jong-un, said the North no longer saw the South as “the partner of reconciliation and reunification” but instead as an enemy that must be subjugated, if necessary, through a nuclear war.

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