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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands during the welcoming ceremony prior to an informal dinner on the sidelines of BRICS Summit at Kazan City Hall in Kazan, Russia.

Unable to travel abroad, ‘pariah’ Putin has Xi, Modi come to him

The Russian president received the visitors at the historic Kazan Kremlin. He’s hosting a BRICS summit attended by 30 countries.

  • Valerie Hopkins and David Pierson

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Detained on suspicion of spying: a pigeon that was captured eight months back is released at a vet hospital in Mumbai.

They thought it was a Chinese spy. It was just a pigeon that got lost

The pigeon’s ordeal began in May when it was captured near a port in Mumbai with two rings tied to its legs, carrying words that looked like Chinese.

The British ship HMS Trent has been sent to the waters off Guyana as tensions rise after Venezula revived a claim over part of Guyana’s territory.

Maduro orders drills to counter ‘threat’ after British warship sent to Guyana

In national address, the Venezuelan president committed 6000 troops, air and naval forces to conduct operations near the territory he wants to take from Guyana.

  • Manuel Rueda
A woman sells fruit in front of a mural of the Venezuelan map with the Essequibo territory included and the words “All of Venezuela. Vote yes five time on December 3”, in Caracas.

Another land grab attempt is underway, this time on the other side of the world

Following massive offshore oil discoveries in the region and with elections coming, the Venezuelan president appears to have taken a leaf out of Putin’s playbook.

  • Regina Garcia Cano and Jorge Rueda
A Russian peacekeepers’s military helicopter transports a wounded person from a field hospital in Nagorno-Karabakh to the Armenian side on Tuesday.

By decree, Nagorno-Karabakh ‘will cease to exist’

After a nearly three-decade bid for independence, the unrecognised republic at the centre of a geopolitical fight is no more.

  • Avet Demourian and Rob Harris
Smoke rising after a fuel depot explosion near Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh.

Fuel explosion death toll leaps to 68 as Armenians filled up to flee

The death toll from an explosion and fire at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh has sharply increased as hundreds suffered burns while filling up with fuel.

  • Maxim Rodionov
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Ethnic Armenians arrive from Nagorno-Karabakh in Goris, Armenia, on Sunday.

‘No one came for us’: Abandoned by Russia, ethnic Armenians flee threat of genocide by Azerbaijan

About 1500 families have already crossed the border into Armenia since Azerbaijan renewed bombing their enclave. More are expected to follow.

  • Ivan Nechepurenko
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Azerbaijani forces strike Armenians, killing dozens

The EU, US, France and Germany condemned Azerbaijan. Armenia accused Russia of being too distracted by its own war in Ukraine to protect it.

  • Andrew Osborn
Mana, India, near the border with China.

Distrust and danger: The view of the India-China rivalry from the highest road in the world

High in the Himalayas, a barrier of breathtaking mountains has not stopped the two giants of Asia from sliding into nationalism, economic rivalry and militarisation.

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Saurabh Yadav
Papuan separatist rebels with New Zealander pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens, who they took hostage in early February.

Indonesia denies Papua rebel claims of soldier executions

Some 36 troops set out to free a New Zealand pilot kidnapped by separatists who say they are holding the remains of 12. Indonesia disagrees.

  • Niniek Karmini

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