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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

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NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general

Brussels: NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organisation at a critical time for European security

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Israeli supreme court says ultra-Orthodox men must serve in military

Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s

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Israeli strikes kill at least 21 people in Gaza City

Cairo: Israeli strikes on Gaza City early Tuesday killed at least 21 people, including nine women and seven children, officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said. The strikes hit two schools-turned-shelters and

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Experts say Gaza is at ‘high risk’ of famine despite increased aid to the north

Juba (South Sudan): An influx of aid appears to have eased a hunger crisis in northern Gaza for now, but the entire territory remains at “high risk” of famine after Israel’s offensive

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

4 weeks ago

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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

4 weeks ago

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Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city

Jerusalem: The Israeli military confirmed Friday that its forces are operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city. Israel launched its ground assault into the

4 weeks ago

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UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict

United Nations: The number of people fleeing their homes because of war, violence and persecution has reached 114 million and is climbing because nations have failed to tackle the causes and combatants

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Donald Trump becomes first former US president to be convicted of felony in hush money trial

Washington: Donald Trump has been found guilty of all 34 charges of falsifying business records by a grand jury in New York, an unprecedented and historic verdict that makes him the first

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UN chief cites the promise and perils of dizzying new technology as ”AI for Good” conference opens

Geneva: The UN telecommunications agency has kicked off its annual AI for Good conference, hoping to guide business, consumers and governments on ways to tap the promise of the new technology but

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Massive international police operation takes down ransomware networks, arrests 4 suspects

The Hague (Netherlands): Police coordinated by the European Union’s justice agency have taken down computer networks responsible for spreading ransomware via infected emails, in what they called the biggest ever international operation

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2 soldiers are killed in a West Bank car-ramming attack, Israeli military says

Jerusalem: The Israeli military said Thursday that two soldiers were killed in a car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank. Violence in the West Bank has surged throughout the war in Gaza

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