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Israel releases director of hospital it says was used as a Hamas base; he alleges abuse in custody

Khan Younis (Gaza Strip): Israel released the director of Gaza’s main hospital on Monday after holding him for seven months without charge or trial over allegations the facility had been used as

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Suspected female suicide bombers kill at least 18 in Nigeria, authorities say

Maiduguri: At least 18 people were killed and 30 injured, including 19 seriously, in coordinated attacks by suspected female suicide bombers in the northeastern Nigerian town of Gwoza on Saturday, local authorities

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5 missiles land near ship in the Red Sea in the latest attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Dubai: A ship traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated missile fire Friday in an attack launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, authorities said, the latest targeting the crucial maritime route. Five

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At least 9 dead including an entire family as landslides hit Nepal villages

Kathmandu: Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall on Saturday killed at least nine people including an entire family while they were sleeping in Nepal’s mountainous districts, officials said. The landslides buried houses in

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UNSC demands Yemen rebels halt their attacks on ships in Mideast waters

United Nations: The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved a resolution demanding Yemen’s Houthi rebels halt all attacks on ships and urged that the disruption to maritime security in a critical Middle

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Israel lets 19 kids leave Gaza who are sick or wounded, first medical evacuation in nearly 2 months

Khan Younis (Gaza Strip): Israeli authorities say 68 people — 19 sick or wounded children plus their companions — have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the

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21 children to exit Gaza in first medical evacuation since early May

Khan Younis: Twenty-one critically ill children were set to exit Gaza on Thursday in the first medical evacuation since the territory’s sole travel crossing was shut down in early May, Palestinian officials

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Increase in anti-conversion laws, hate speech for minorities in India concerning: Blinken

Washington: There has been a “concerning increase” in anti-conversion laws, hate speech, and demolitions of homes and places of worship for members of minority faith communities in India, US Secretary of State

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends

Canberra: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing US military secrets in a deal with Justice

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ICC convicts al-Qaida-linked leader of atrocities in Mali

The Hague: The International Criminal Court has convicted an al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali’s Timbuktu. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud

Armenia recognises a Palestinian state

Yerevan: Armenia’s foreign ministry said Friday that the former Soviet republic would recognize a Palestinian state, prompting Israel to summon its ambassador for a “severe reprimand.” A short statement from Israel’s Foreign

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Gaza hospital chief says hundreds of children are suffering from malnutrition

Deir Al-Balah: The head of one of the largest hospitals in north Gaza says his staff has recently registered some 250 children suffering from malnutrition and the numbers are raising daily due

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EU envoys agree on more Russia sanctions. LNG imports are among the targets

Brussels: European Union ambassadors have reached agreement on a “powerful and substantial” new series of sanctions that are part of its ongoing response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the bloc’s Belgian presidency

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Russia hammers Ukraine’s power grid again and Kyiv’s drones target more enemy oil depots

Kyiv: Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, seeking to curb each other’s ability to fight in a

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Muslim pilgrims wrap up Hajj with final symbolic stoning of the devil and circling of Kaaba

Mina: Muslim pilgrims wrapped up the Hajj in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the Kaaba,

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Hundreds died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials say

Mecca: Hundreds of people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced intense high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said on Wednesday

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Ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in fatal assault sinks in Red Sea in their second sinking

Dubai: A bulk carrier sank days after an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels believed to have killed one mariner on board, authorities said early Wednesday, the second ship sunk in the rebels’

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Putin says Russia and North Korea have vowed to aid each other if attacked

Seoul: Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a new partnership deal that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country is attacked, as both face

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Pilgrims commence the final rites of Hajj as Muslims celebrate Eid al-Azha

Mina (Saudi Arabia): Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat. The ritual marks the final days of the

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80 countries at Swiss conference agree territorial integrity of Ukraine must be basis of any peace

Obburgen (Switzerland): Eighty countries jointly called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, though some key developing nations at

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