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UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July

Cairo: United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. The World Food

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Israeli nationalists march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem, some chanting ‘Death to Arabs’

Jerusalem: Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis took part in an annual march through a dense Palestinian neighbourhood in Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday, with some stoking wartime tensions and chanting “Death to

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Rights group accuses Israel of hitting residential buildings with white phosphorous in Lebanon

Beirut: A global human rights group accused Israel of using white phosphorus incendiary shells on residential buildings in at least five towns and villages in conflict-hit southern Lebanon, possibly harming civilians and

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A Russian cyber gang is thought to be behind a ransomware attack that hit London hospitals

London: A Russian cyber gang is believed to be behind a ransomware attack that disrupted London hospitals and led to operations and appointments being cancelled, the former head of British cybersecurity said

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Gunman captured after shootout outside US Embassy in Lebanon

Beirut: A gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a shootout outside the US Embassy outside Beirut on Wednesday morning, the military said. The attack took place as tensions continued

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Israeli strikes kill 11 overnight in Gaza, including a family of 3 at a refugee camp

Jerusalem: Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip said Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people overnight into Tuesday, including a family of three in the built-up Bureij refugee camp and eight

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Biden takes big swing at hostage-for-truce deal, puts onus on Israeli, Hamas officials to step up

Washington: President Joe Biden is looking past resistance from key Israeli officials as he presses Israel and Hamas to agree to a three-phase agreement that could immediately bring home dozens of Israeli

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Israel declares 4 more hostages are dead in Gaza, including 3 older men from Hamas video

Jerusalem: Four more hostages kidnapped on October 7 were declared dead by the Israeli military — including three older men seen in a Hamas video begging to be released. Monday’s announcement heightens

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Police arrest pro-Palestinian demonstrators inside San Francisco building housing Israeli Consulate

San Francisco: Police on Monday arrested pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied the lobby of a San Francisco building that houses the Israeli Consulate. It was not immediately clear how many people were taken

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Tractors rumble in streets again ahead of EU polls

Beersel (Belgium): The far-right Flemish Interest party had set up the demonstration in the picture-pretty rolling fields south of Brussels, ahead of the four-day European Union elections which start on Thursday. The

Israeli airstrikes near city of Aleppo kills several people, Syrian state media say

Beirut: Israeli airstrikes around the Syrian city of Aleppo killed several people early on Monday, Syrian state media reported. The state-run SANA news agency gave no specific toll. It said the strikes

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Iran’s acting top diplomat visits Lebanon in the first official visit since his predecessor’s death

Beirut: Iran’s acting foreign minister arrived in Lebanon Monday, his first official diplomatic visit since his predecessor died in a helicopter crash last month. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that Ali

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Israel tells citizens to avoid travel to Maldives, leave if present there

Jerusalem: Israel has advised its citizens, including those holding an additional foreign passport, to avoid travelling to the Maldives and asked those staying there to leave the Indian Ocean archipelago, a day

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Energy shutdowns hit Ukraine after Russian attacks target infrastructure

Kyivy: Ukraine imposed emergency power shutdowns in most of the country on Sunday, a day after Russia unleashed large-scale attacks on energy infrastructure and claimed it made gains in the eastern Donetsk

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China’s Chang’e-6 successfully lands on rarely explored Moon’s far side to collect samples

Beijing: A Chinese spacecraft successfully touched down on the far side of the Moon on Sunday, in the first endeavour of its kind to collect samples from this rarely explored terrain. The

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Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election

Dubai: Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country’s top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation’s

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Oil producers led by Saudis extended supply cuts amid slack prices

Frankfurt: Saudi Arabia and allied oil producing countries on Sunday extended output cuts through next year, a move aimed at supporting slack prices that haven’t risen even amid turmoil in the Middle

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Hostage families call for a cease-fire deal pushed by Biden. Israel says conditions must be met

Tel Aviv: Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas called for all parties to immediately accept a proposal detailed by US President Joe Biden to end the nearly 8-month-long war and bring

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US defence secretary says war with China neither imminent nor unavoidable, stressing need for talks

Singapore: United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin told a gathering of top security officials Saturday that war with China was neither imminent nor unavoidable, despite rapidly escalating tensions in the Asia-Pacific

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12 killed in airstrikes in central Gaza as strikes targeting Houthi rebels kill 16

Jerusalem: At least a dozen people were killed in two airstrikes Friday in central Gaza. Two children and four women were among the dead. Palestinians in the border city of Rafah have

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