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 AP/ PTI

US and Japan seek UN resolution calling on all nations to ban nuclear weapons in outer space

United Nations:  The United States and Japan are sponsoring a UN Security Council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the US ambassador has announced. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told a UN Security Council meeting on Monday that “any placement of nuclear weapons into orbit around the Earth would be […]

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Qatar is ‘cautiously optimistic’ after cease-fire talks with Israeli intelligence chief

Jerusalem: Qatari officials were “cautiously optimistic” after talks with Israel’s intelligence chief in Doha aimed at trying to reach a cease-fire, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said on Tuesday at a news conference, stressing that an Israeli ground operation in Rafah would set back any talks. Meanwhile, incoming Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa laid […]

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Israel launches another raid on Gaza’s main hospital

Israel launches another raid on Gaza’s main hospital

Rafah (Gaza Strip):  Israeli forces launched another raid on the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital early Monday, saying Hamas militants had regrouped there and had fired on them from inside the compound, where Palestinian officials say tens of thousands of people have been sheltering. In a separate development, the European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, accused […]

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Putin declared winner of a presidential race that was never in doubt

Moscow:  President Vladimir Putin basked in an election victory that was never in doubt, as officials said Monday that he had won his fifth term with a record number of votes, underlining the Russian leader’s total control of the country’s political system. After facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices, Putin was set […]

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Pakistan conducts airstrikes inside Afghanistan; 8 people killed

Islamabad/Kabul:  Pakistan on Monday carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan that killed eight civilians, including three children, Afghan Taliban said, amidst a war of words between the two neighbours for a spate of recent militant attacks in restive Pakistani cities. A senior Afghan interim government official on Monday confirmed that strikes in the Afghanistan provinces of […]

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Netanyahu rails against US criticism, says Israel won’t stop until ”total victory” is achieved

Netanyahu rails against US criticism, says Israel won’t stop until ”total victory” is achieved

Tel Aviv:  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed  on Sunday against growing criticism from the United States against his leadership amid the devasting war with Hamas, saying the pressure won’t stop Israel from achieving “total victory.” In recent days, top officials from the US, Israel’s staunchest ally which has provided key military and diplomatic support […]

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A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden

Dubai:  A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a ship early Sunday in the Gulf of Aden, potentially marking their latest assault on shipping through the crucial waterway leading to the Red Sea. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre offered few details in an announcement about the attack, saying only it […]

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Israel strikes several sites in Syria, wounding a soldier, Syrian military says

Beirut: Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria early Sunday wounding a soldier, Syrian state media reported. State news agency SANA, citing an unnamed military official, said air defences shot down some of the missiles, which came from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights at around 12:42 a.m. local time. The strikes led […]

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Cease-fire talks with Israel and Hamas expected to restart

Cease-fire talks with Israel and Hamas expected to restart

Cairo:  Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to restart in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials. The talks would mark the first time both Israeli officials and Hamas leaders joined the indirect negotiations since the start of the Muslim holy […]

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Schumer’s rebuke of Netanyahu exemplifies US leaders skirting an unwritten rule on allies’ elections

Washington:  Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza and called for Israel to hold new elections. They accused the Democratic leader of breaking the unwritten rule against interfering in a close ally’s electoral politics. Senate […]