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After 20 years at Guantanamo, Mohammad Ahmad al-Qahtani transferred out of detention facility back to Saudi Arabia

A Saudi prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center who was suspected of trying to join the 9/11 hijackers has been sent back to his home country for treatment for mental illness.

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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on a possible U.S. ban on Russian oil, Trump and the GOP base

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the latest political news, including how mounting pressure to ban Russian oil imports is putting President Biden in a tough situation

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WATCH: Ukrainian UN ambassador tells Russian officials to seek ‘mental help’ over delusional tweet

Sergiy Kyslytsya, the Permanent Representative to Ukraine from the United Nations, raked Russian diplomats over the coals at the UN on Monday over a delusional tweet sent by Russia’s embassy to the United Kingdom. The tweet in question claimed that

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‘I’m not hiding’: Defiant Zelenskyy reveals location in Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is “not hiding” and “not afraid of anyone” as he revealed his location in Kyiv.

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Supreme Court rejects GOP redistricting pleas in 2 states

The Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans more favorable to Democrats.

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Russia Pummels Civilian Targets While Talks Make Scant Progress

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators ended a third round of talks with little progress, while Ukraine’s military held fast along several fronts and Russia continued to shell cities and residential areas.

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The Ukraine War Is Going to Get Worse. It’s Time to Start Talking About How It Could End

As tragic as things already are in Ukraine, they will likely get even worse in the days and weeks to come. Vladimir Putin deserves every bit of punishment this war may exact on him, on the battlefield and to Russia’s

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Russian general reported killed in action near Kharkiv — second such loss in two weeks: report

On Monday, intelligence officials in Ukraine claimed that Russian General-major Vitaly Gerasimov, the deputy commander of Russia’s 41st Army ground forces, has been taken out near the city of Kharkiv. This comes just days after previous reports that Maj. Gen.

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Meet the Foreign Volunteers Risking Their Lives to Defend Ukraine—and Europe

On a chilly Thursday morning, Povilas Limontas stood outside the gates of the Ukrainian embassy in Vilnius, waiting for someone to notice him. In his knapsack were a handful of documents and his old beret: proof that he had once

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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 7)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Image credit: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

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