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Ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in fatal assault sinks in Red Sea in their second sinking

Dubai: A bulk carrier sank days after an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels believed to have killed one mariner on board, authorities said early Wednesday, the second ship sunk in the rebels’

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Putin says Russia and North Korea have vowed to aid each other if attacked

Seoul: Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a new partnership deal that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country is attacked, as both face

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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

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G7 Summit commits to promoting India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

Bari (Italy): The Group of Seven industrialised nations have committed to promoting concrete infrastructure initiatives such as the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) in the G7 Summit Communique issued at the end

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US military targets Houthi radar sites in Yemen after a merchant sailor goes missing

Dubai: The United States military unleashed a wave of attacks targeting radar sites operated by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over their assaults on shipping in the crucial Red Sea corridor, authorities said Saturday,

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Zelenskyy eyes ‘history being made’ at Swiss-hosted Ukraine peace conference

Obburgen (Switzerland): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday predicted “history being made” at the Swiss-hosted conference which aims to plot out the first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though experts and

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Italian PM Meloni officially closes G7 Summit; mentions talks with PM Modi

Bari (Italy): Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday officially closed the G7 Summit in the Apulia region of southern Italy, with a reference to her talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Iran swaps EU diplomat, another man for Sweden freeing Iranian convicted over ’88 mass executions

Dubai: Iran and Sweden carried out a prisoner swap on Saturday that saw Tehran release a European Union diplomat and another man for an Iranian convicted in Stockholm of committing war crimes

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A peace summit for Ukraine opens in Switzerland, but Russia won’t be taking part

Geneva: Switzerland will host scores of world leaders this weekend to try to map out first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though Russia, which launched the ongoing war, won’t take part.

40 people including several Indians killed in major fire in Kuwait

New Delhi: Over 40 people, majority of them Indians, were killed in a devastating fire in a building housing labourers in southern Kuwait and the number of deceased is expected to go

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Blinken says some of Hamas’ proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not

Beirut: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the war in Gaza would go on after Hamas proposed “numerous” changes to a US-backed cease-fire plan, some that he said were

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Hezbollah fires scores of rockets at northern Israel as Gaza cease-fire talks hang in the balance

Beirut: Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired a massive barrage of rockets into northern Israel on Wednesday to avenge the killing of a top commander, further escalating regional tensions as the fate of an internationally-backed

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UN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023, including in Gaza

United Nations: Violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries in crises, from Israel and the Palestinian territories

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Report by UN-backed experts cites crimes by Israeli forces, Palestinian militants starting Oct 7

Geneva: UN-backed human rights experts say in a report issued Wednesday that Israeli forces and Palestinian militants engaged in sexual and gender-based violence during the first months of the Israel-Hamas war. The

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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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This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

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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