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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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Israel’s army says it will pause daytime fighting along a route in southern Gaza to help ramp up aid

Jerusalem: Israel’s military announced on Sunday that it would pause fighting throughout daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries destined for desperate

An old land mine found by children near an Afghanistan village explodes, killing 9

Islamabad: An old land mine found by children in eastern Afghanistan exploded while they were playing with it, killing nine children, a Taliban spokesman said Monday. The mine, which the children found

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US military says it destroyed Houthi drones over the Red Sea and in Yemen

Cairo: The US military has said its forces destroyed one unmanned aerial vehicle in a Houthi rebel-held area of war-ravaged Yemen and another over a crucial shipping route in the Red Sea.

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Israeli airstrike on hospital tent camp in Gaza kills 2 Palestinians

Deir al-Balah (Gaza Strip): An Israeli airstrike hit a tent camp inside a hospital in central Gaza on Sunday, killing two Palestinians and wounding another 15. The strike hit one of several

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2 dead as Russia launches attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Kyiv: A Russian cruise missile strike on infrastructure in Ukraine’s western Lviv region killed one man, while another man died in an attack in the northeast officials said Sunday. The attack in

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France to deliver hundreds of armoured vehicles to Ukraine, defence minister says

Paris: French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu said France is to deliver “hundreds” of armoured vehicles by the beginning of next year to Ukraine as part of a new package of military aid

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US welcome new Palestinian govt following its repeated calls for political reform

Jerusalem: The United States has welcomed the formation of a new Palestinian autonomy government, signaling it is accepting the revised Cabinet lineup as a step toward Palestinian political reform. The Biden administration

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Police say 3 hostages have been released but the situation in a Dutch town is not over

Ede (Netherlands): Three people who were held hostage for hours in a nightclub in the central town of Ede were released Saturday, police said, but they added that the “situation is not

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9 detained in Tajikistan in relation to Moscow concert hall attack, Russian state media report

Moscow: Nine people have been detained by Tajikistan’s state security service over suspected contact with the perpetrators of last week’s attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144

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Syria says Israeli airstrikes near northern city of Aleppo inflicts casualties

Beirut: The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes early Friday near the northern city of Aleppo have killed and wounded several people and caused material damage. Syrian state media quoted an unnamed military

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Won’t start a war with NATO but Western bases hosting Ukraine F-16s would be targets: Putin

Kyiv: Russian President Vladimir Putin scoffed at the possibility of his country launching an attack on a NATO member, calling it “sheer nonsense,” but warned that any Western air base hosting US-made

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