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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

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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

UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July

Cairo: United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. The World Food

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Israeli nationalists march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem, some chanting ‘Death to Arabs’

Jerusalem: Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis took part in an annual march through a dense Palestinian neighbourhood in Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday, with some stoking wartime tensions and chanting “Death to

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Rights group accuses Israel of hitting residential buildings with white phosphorous in Lebanon

Beirut: A global human rights group accused Israel of using white phosphorus incendiary shells on residential buildings in at least five towns and villages in conflict-hit southern Lebanon, possibly harming civilians and

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A Russian cyber gang is thought to be behind a ransomware attack that hit London hospitals

London: A Russian cyber gang is believed to be behind a ransomware attack that disrupted London hospitals and led to operations and appointments being cancelled, the former head of British cybersecurity said

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Gunman captured after shootout outside US Embassy in Lebanon

Beirut: A gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a shootout outside the US Embassy outside Beirut on Wednesday morning, the military said. The attack took place as tensions continued

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Israeli strikes kill 11 overnight in Gaza, including a family of 3 at a refugee camp

Jerusalem: Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip said Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people overnight into Tuesday, including a family of three in the built-up Bureij refugee camp and eight

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Biden takes big swing at hostage-for-truce deal, puts onus on Israeli, Hamas officials to step up

Washington: President Joe Biden is looking past resistance from key Israeli officials as he presses Israel and Hamas to agree to a three-phase agreement that could immediately bring home dozens of Israeli

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Israel declares 4 more hostages are dead in Gaza, including 3 older men from Hamas video

Jerusalem: Four more hostages kidnapped on October 7 were declared dead by the Israeli military — including three older men seen in a Hamas video begging to be released. Monday’s announcement heightens

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Police arrest pro-Palestinian demonstrators inside San Francisco building housing Israeli Consulate

San Francisco: Police on Monday arrested pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied the lobby of a San Francisco building that houses the Israeli Consulate. It was not immediately clear how many people were taken

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Tractors rumble in streets again ahead of EU polls

Beersel (Belgium): The far-right Flemish Interest party had set up the demonstration in the picture-pretty rolling fields south of Brussels, ahead of the four-day European Union elections which start on Thursday. The

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