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Jerusalem: Overnight Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza killed at least 18 people, including children, a day after 33 were killed at a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced Palestinian families, health officials said

Dubai:  At least nine Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen’s Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said Friday, as the rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes

Copenhagen: Swedish police detained 19 pro-Palestinian activists who barricaded themselves in the country’s main technical education and research university on Friday. After two hours, police carried out the masked activists from the

New Delhi:  Taiwan on Friday rejected China’s outrage over a “cordial” exchange of messages between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te describing Beijing’s reaction as “utterly unjustified”. The comments

Islamabad/Beijing:  Pakistan and China on Friday vowed to protect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) from its “detractors and adversaries”, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang and assured

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip):  An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed more than 30 people, including 23 women and children, according to local health

Barcelona:  Spain became on Thursday the first European country to ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. South Africa filed its

Colleville-Sur-Mer (France):  US President Joe Biden marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday by saying “we will not walk away” from the defense of Ukraine and allow Russia to threaten more

Beijing:  China on Thursday protested over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment that he looked forward to having closer ties with Taiwan, and insisted that New Delhi should resist Taiwan authorities’ “political calculations.”

Cairo: At least 100 people were killed, and dozens were injured after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked a village in Gezira province in Sudan on Wednesday, officials said. Women, children, and