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  Last update: 09:14 GMT 25.02.2021

  09:14 GMT 25.02.2021

  World

  Live Updates: Situation in Armenia After Military Demands That Prime Minister Resign

  Earlier in the day, the general staff demanded Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation and warned him against using force against the Armenian people.

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  Last update: 09:11 GMT 25.02.2021

  09:11 GMT 25.02.2021

  Europe

  German National Charged With Passing Secret Information to Russia From Bundestag, Prosecutors Say

  The suspect is alleged to have collected secret data from the parliament building and passed it on to a Russian intelligence operative attached to the Russian Embassy in Berlin.

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  Last update: 08:11 GMT 25.02.2021

  08:11 GMT 25.02.2021

  World

  China Denies US Diplomats Were Forced to Take Anal Swab Tests For Coronavirus

  On Wednesday, the US media outlet Vice cited a US State Department official as saying that the test was given in error and that China would stop using the swabs for testing diplomats.

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  Last update: 05:33 GMT 25.02.2021

  05:33 GMT 25.02.2021

  Middle East

  As Egypt Marks 1st Anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's Death, Ex-Diplomat Says His Legacy Will Live On

  Mubarak will always be remembered for the efforts he exerted in the modernisation of Egypt, for the infrastructure he built and for the stability he ensured. But his 30-year rule was too long for Egyptians to swallow, especially as it was marked with corruption, shady deals and the uneven distribution of resources.

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  Last update: 08:04 GMT 25.02.2021

  08:04 GMT 25.02.2021

  World

  India, Pakistan Agree to Stop Cross-Border Fire in Kashmir After 2 Record Years of Violations

  The two countries had been accusing each other of a record number of ceasefire violations since the Narendra Modi government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's temporary special status in August 2019. However, several surprise statements were made from Pakistan's establishment earlier this month, indicating thaw in bitterness over the Kashmir dispute.

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  Last update: 04:03 GMT 25.02.2021

  04:03 GMT 25.02.2021

  World

  China Blasts US for Undermining Regional Peace as American Destroyer Sails Through Taiwan Strait

  Earlier, the guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force replenishment ship JS Hamana and light frigate FNS Prairial to conduct a tri-lateral replenishment-at-sea.

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  Last update: 05:32 GMT 25.02.2021

  05:32 GMT 25.02.2021

  World

  Live Updates: India Registers 16,738 New COVID-19 Cases

  The global death toll from the coronavirus infection has topped 2.491 million; over 112.3 million cases of the infection have been detected, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.

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  Last update: 07:00 GMT 25.02.2021

  07:00 GMT 25.02.2021

  Society

  Kim Kardashian & Kanye West "Have Different Vision of How Kids Should Be Raised", Insider Claims

  The ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star officially filed to divorce her famed husband last week following a rocky year full of public drama and tears (quite literally in Kanye West’s case). The divorce process is expected to be peaceful but many are wondering – is there no turning back point for the Hollywood couple?