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Three dead in Kharkiv attack, Russia launches new barrage of missiles on Ukrainian energy facilities

Kyiv: At least three people were killed in a Russian bomb attack on Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, on Saturday afternoon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Another 19 people were wounded in the

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An Israeli found dead after being shot in the West Bank as deadly strikes hit northern Gaza

Ramallah: An Israeli was shot dead in a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank Saturday morning, Israel’s army said, while deadly strikes rocked northern Gaza. The army said the Israeli man

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Armenia recognises a Palestinian state

Yerevan: Armenia’s foreign ministry said Friday that the former Soviet republic would recognize a Palestinian state, prompting Israel to summon its ambassador for a “severe reprimand.” A short statement from Israel’s Foreign

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Gaza hospital chief says hundreds of children are suffering from malnutrition

Deir Al-Balah: The head of one of the largest hospitals in north Gaza says his staff has recently registered some 250 children suffering from malnutrition and the numbers are raising daily due

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EU envoys agree on more Russia sanctions. LNG imports are among the targets

Brussels: European Union ambassadors have reached agreement on a “powerful and substantial” new series of sanctions that are part of its ongoing response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the bloc’s Belgian presidency

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Russia hammers Ukraine’s power grid again and Kyiv’s drones target more enemy oil depots

Kyiv: Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, seeking to curb each other’s ability to fight in a

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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

PM Modi leaves for Italy to attend G7 outreach session

New Delhi: India will focus on artificial intelligence, energy, Africa, and the Mediterranean at the outreach session of the G7 summit in Italy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. Modi left

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Kuwait identifies bodies of 45 Indians, 3 Filipino nationals; vows to promptly investigate the incident

Dubai/Kuwait City: Kuwait Thursday said authorities have identified the bodies of 45 Indians and three Filipino nationals killed in the tragic fire incident in a building housing foreign workers as the Gulf

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Pak court acquits Imran Khan, Qureshi and Sheikh Rashid in case of vandalism

Islamabad: In a major relief to Imran Khan, a Pakistani court on Thursday acquitted the jailed former premier, his aide Shah Mehmood Qureshi and former minister Sheikh Rashid in a case of

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Sri Lanka President recalls crisis help from SAARC nations including India

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday recalled the assistance received from India and Bangladesh during the early days of the worst economic crisis and said the island nation would not

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Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan will affect 2,00,000 people, a top UN official warns

Islamabad: An estimated 2,00,000 people in Pakistan could be affected by the upcoming monsoon season, which is expected to bring heavier rains than usual, a top UN official warned on Thursday. The

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More than 1.5 million foreign Muslims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage

Mecca: Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale.

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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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