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UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

United Nations: The UN Security Council on Monday overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The US-sponsored resolution

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Migrant boat sinks off coast of Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead, 140 missing, UN agency says

Cairo: A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead and 140 missing, the UN’s International Organization for Migration said Tuesday. The boat was carrying some

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Hamas commander killed in West Bank clash

Jerusalem: Hamas said that one of its commanders in the occupied West Bank was killed in a clash with Israeli forces, while Israel said four soldiers were killed in an explosion in

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Blinken welcomes UN vote in favour of Gaza cease-fire plan and again calls on Hamas to accept it

Tel Aviv: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the UN Security Council’s vote in favour of a US-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza made it “as clear as it

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UN human rights office says Israeli forces, Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes

Geneva: The UN human rights office is citing possible war crimes by Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in connection with a deadly raid by Israeli forces that freed four hostages over

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Blinken holds talks on Gaza in the wake of Israeli rescue raid and Palestinian deaths

Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a new visit to the region on Monday in the shadow of the dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza and turmoil

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Missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels strike 2 ships in the Gulf of Aden, US military says

Manama (Bahrain): Missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck two ships in the Gulf of Aden, authorities said on Sunday, the latest assaults on shipping in the region. One anti-ship ballistic cruise

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Main takeaways after far right rocks European politics, sparking snap election in France

Brussels: A four-day election has shaken the foundations of the European Union, with the far right rocking ruling parties in France and Germany, the bloc’s traditional driving forces. For the next five

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Ukraine’s air force may keep some F-16 warplanes abroad to protect them from Russian strikes

Kyiv: Ukraine may keep some of the F-16 fighter jets it’s set to receive from its Western allies at foreign bases to protect them from Russian strikes, a senior Ukrainian military officer

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South Korea says North Korea is installing its own loudspeakers along the border

Seoul: South Korea’s military on Monday said it’s detecting signs that North Korea is installing its own loudspeakers along their heavily armed border, a day after the South blared anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts

Israel rescues 4 hostages kidnapped in Hamas’ October 7 attack; at least 94 Palestinians are killed

Deir al-Balah: Israel on Saturday rescued four hostages who were kidnapped in the Hamas-led attack on October 7, the largest such recovery operation since the war began. At least 94 Palestinians including

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Normalisation of our ties with China must be based on mutual respect, mutual interest, mutual sensitivity: India

New Delhi: India on Saturday thanked China for congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his election victory and said it would continue to make efforts for normalisation of the bilateral ties based

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Danish prime minister assaulted in central Copenhagen, local media say

Copenhagen: A man reportedly assaulted Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in central Copenhagen, local media said. Police confirmed “there has been an incident with the prime minister” and that a 39-year-old man

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Russia puts former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on its wanted list

Moscow: Russia has put former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on its wanted list, Russian state media reported, citing the Interior Ministry’s database. Russian state news agency Tass said Tymoshenko was listed

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Promotion of violence not acceptable in Canada: Minister on Khalistani supporters’ Indira Gandhi assassination posters

Ottawa: Promotion of violence is never acceptable in Canada, a minister has said after posters depicting the assassination of India’s former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi were reportedly put up by Khalistan supporters

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Israeli strikes kill at least 18 in central Gaza a day after attack on UN-run school

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

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels detain at least 9 UN staffers and others in sudden crackdown, officials say

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

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Swedish police detain 19 pro-Palestinian activists who barricaded themselves inside a university

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

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Taiwan rejects China’s protest over messages between PM Modi, Taiwanese Prez Lai

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

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China & Pakistan vow to protect CPEC from ‘detractors and adversaries’

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

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