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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends

Canberra: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing US military secrets in a deal with Justice

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ICC convicts al-Qaida-linked leader of atrocities in Mali

The Hague: The International Criminal Court has convicted an al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali’s Timbuktu. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud

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NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general

Brussels: NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organisation at a critical time for European security

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Israeli supreme court says ultra-Orthodox men must serve in military

Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s

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Israeli strikes kill at least 21 people in Gaza City

Cairo: Israeli strikes on Gaza City early Tuesday killed at least 21 people, including nine women and seven children, officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said. The strikes hit two schools-turned-shelters and

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Experts say Gaza is at ‘high risk’ of famine despite increased aid to the north

Juba (South Sudan): An influx of aid appears to have eased a hunger crisis in northern Gaza for now, but the entire territory remains at “high risk” of famine after Israel’s offensive

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Netanyahu says he won’t agree to a deal that ends the war in Gaza, testing the latest truce proposal

Tel Aviv: The viability of a US-backed proposal to wind down the 8-month-long war in Gaza was cast into doubt on Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would only

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Thousands of Iran-backed fighters offer to join Hezbollah in its fight against Israel

Beirut: Thousands of fighters from Iran-backed groups in the Middle East are ready to come to Lebanon to join with the militant Hezbollah group in its battle with Israel if the simmering

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Netanyahu again claims the US is withholding arms shipments, days after Washington denies it

Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday that there had been a “dramatic drop” in US weapons deliveries for Israel’s war effort in Gaza, doubling down on

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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

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,

2 weeks ago

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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

2 weeks ago

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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.

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Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and

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A missile strike from Yemen”s Houthi rebels sets a cargo ship on fire in Gulf of Aden

Dubai: Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched two anti-ship cruise missiles and struck a commercial ship Thursday in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen, setting it on fire and severely wounding one civilian mariner,

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G7 leaders tackle the issue of migration on the second day of their summit in Italy

Bari (Italy): Leaders of the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations are turning their attention to migration on the second day of their summit Friday, seeking ways to combat trafficking and increase

2 weeks ago

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Iran installing and starting cascades of advanced centrifuges as tensions high over nuclear programme

Dubai: Iran has started up new cascades of advanced centrifuges and plans to install others in the coming weeks after facing criticism over its nuclear programme, the United Nations’ atomic watchdog said

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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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