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The Taliban have burned musical instruments in Afghanistan, claiming music "causes moral corruption".

Thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment went up in smoke on a bonfire on Saturday in western Herat province.

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Poland said on Tuesday it was rushing troops to its eastern border after accusing Belarus, Russia's closest ally, of violating its airspace with military helicopters.

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Traffic on the road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula was stopped early on Monday due to an "emergency situation," the Russian-backed head of Crimea's administration, Sergei Aksyonov said.

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A deadly virus spreading quickly across Europe, Africa and the Middle East could soon be heading to the United Kingdom.

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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that the mutinous chief of the Wagner group was still in Russia with thousands of fighters but dismissed speculation Vladimir Putin would have Yevgeny Prigozhin killed.

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China's top diplomat has urged Japan and South Korea to foster a sense of "strategic autonomy" from the West and cooperate with Beijing to "revitalize Asia," amid rising tensions between China and the two neighboring American allies.

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US CIA Director William Burns said on Saturday that the armed mutiny by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was a challenge to the Russian state that had shown the corrosive effect of President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.

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On Friday and Saturday, the world witnessed something it hadn't since 1991: military vehicles on the streets of Moscow, deployed to defend the Kremlin from what looked like a coup attempt.

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  1. Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is 'not a fool', wouldn't lead mutiny without support, expert says
  2. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Wagner insurrection shows 'cracks' in Vladimir Putin's rule
  3. Russia orders arrest of Wagner boss accused of mutiny, he says his fighters have entered Russia
  4. Vladimir Putin accuses Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin of treason as mercenary forces head towards Moscow